Alko chassis

[G-RMPS]

1200

Nearly enough!

 

[Diabalo]

Looking at it with my fabricator/welder hat on (no longer in the game) If you can get it off any good fabricator/welder should have it sorted within an hour. It's a very simple job but only if you can get it off.

 

[PeteH]

My R-V had a couple of these attached where the Cross Member and chassis where Joined.:-

BUT the Steel cross section was substantially greater.

 

[Pausim]

Calmac paid for repairs to the back end of my last motorhome, after waving me down a ramp and failing to provide lifting wedges. My point of view was strengthened by being wedged on the ramp with a ferry full of vehicles behind me (2nd off). It took them 20 minutes to even find some wedges and I refused to move until they provided them, it would have ripped the rear section off completely. Eventually an Officer arrived who understood that I needed to reverse onto ramps first, to lift the rear end, before moving forward onto more wedges and ramps. Sorry if you were in the queue at Campbeltown.

 

[bigtwin]

Resurrecting this thread from earlier in the year.

Not wishing to argue but those couple of small wheels are going to have to support the best part of 1000kg EACH to keep the cross member clear of the floor.
Unless the wheels are machined from steel bar with substantial mountings on the chassis ends they simply won't carry that weight.
Then of course, you just lost maybe 3 or 4 inches of normal ground clearance for the mounts and wheels so will ground at times you normally wouldn't.

You’ve got it in one.
The last thing you want to do is fit wheels, or anything else that sits lower than the existing chassis.
All that achieves is to increase the frequency of grounding and increasing the magnitude of forces transmitted to the chassis/bodywork.

Ian

Just spotted a Concorde today that has these wheels fitted. Both of the ‘anti-grounding‘ wheels were splayed outwards!

Supports our view that unnecessary grounding has likely occurred and that they are not substantial enough to do what folks believe they’re supposed to do. In response to those who maintain that manufacturers such as Concorde, Carthago, etc know what they’re doing, I’d venture to suggest that they are, effectively, provided as placebos.

Ian

^{_{Subscribers  do not see these advertisements}}

 

[PeteH]

Euro Chassis, are Not subtantial enough IMV, for these wheels. R-V Chassis, for which most are designed, are substantially more structurally heavy. For example the chassis steel on my F50 based Winnebago was 6 or 7 mm Thick!, Pre-formed Channel.

 

[G-RMPS]

After nearly 9 months, and two attempts at getting the right part delivered, it was finally fitted in December. Wallet is £1400 thinner...maybe I should have asked for it to be teflon-coated (the chassis, not the wallet!) ;-)

 

[Clarky]

After nearly 9 months, and two attempts at getting the right part delivered, it was finally fitted in December. Wallet is £1400 thinner...maybe I should have asked for it to be teflon-coated (the chassis, not the wallet!) ;-)

Ouch!
I assume that includes labour???
Going by previous posts though I’m not so sure.

Richard

 

[G-RMPS]

Yes, labour didn't add much to the bill.