| Rear Bumper Caster: Help or Hindrance? [message #351000] |
Sat, 28 December 2019 08:29  |
Stu Rasmussen
Messages: 130
Registered: January 2019
Location: Silverton, OR
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A PO installed a 'hell for stout' receiver hitch on our Birchaven which included a large-ish heavy-duty swivel caster as part of the hitch frame.
The caster was/is obviously intended to prevent the tail of the coach from contacting the ground and perhaps saving the sheet metal bits and black tank.
When I purchased the rig the black tank was beaten to death and the wheel of the caster was gone, leaving only the swivel. Cause and effect or coincidence?
Now the question: Does this caster arrangement actually help with reducing coach damage or is it not worth replacing? I bought a replacement caster wheel but will return it if the consensus is 'useless'. (If it is 'useless' then I'll take it off because it looks a bit 'dorky'.)
Thanks in advance,
Stu
Stu Rasmussen W7QJ
Silverton, OR
'77 Birchaven
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