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Old 08-28-2006, 10:37 PM   #1 (permalink)
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work & Play Trailer

I am thinking of buying a Work & Play trailer by Forest River.

Would appreciate any opinions on these trailers.
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Re: work & Play Trailer

Have not pulled one of the 5er versions, but the TT models are nose heavy (empty) and catch a bunch of wind. Other than that, they track pretty good.

On the plus side, they are close to the ground, which makes entry easy, especially if you have an issue with steps. Happy hunting.
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Re: work & Play Trailer

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On the plus side, they are close to the ground, which makes entry easy, especially if you have an issue with steps. Happy hunting.

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On the minus side, they are close to the ground, which makes getting it over obsticles like a curb difficult.
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Re: work & Play Trailer

So if one of my good camping spots (out side of Ruidoso NM)
requires driving through a creek bottom I might have a problem?

We usually try not to camp where there are other campers.

My current toy box is a tahoe sport and it is extremely
tall and does not tow that great in the Texas winds.

Besides that I think it is poorly made.
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Re: work & Play Trailer

If it's to low just relocate the springs to the other side of the axles and pick up 5", this is a common mod to do on lower trailers.
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Re: work & Play Trailer

I had to do that on my current toy box. It became to top
heavy for me so I swithed them back. Again, my trailer is
to tall for my liking witch is one of the reasons why I am
looking at a lower profile 5th wheel toy box.
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Re: work & Play Trailer

One thing to always look at with a new trailer is shocks. These are often overlooked, but will provide a very large bang-for-buck improvement in ride and handeling. They don't cost all that much in my opinion, and can really tame a bucking / swaying trailer down.

Another thing I'd recomend are a good set of heavy duty castor wheels at the back end. I've seen enough nasty grade breaks at driveways and around corners to make these another "almost a must". Do make sure they're heavy duty & not a set of light weight plastic units. AND - GO SLOW around nasty corners & heavy grade breaks- you'll save your trailer.
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Re: work & Play Trailer

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If it's to low just relocate the springs to the other side of the axles and pick up 5", this is a common mod to do on lower trailers.

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I'm pretty sure the Work n Play trailers come with Torsion axles, and I don't know if you can flip those axles. Seems like the spring tension would be pushing the wrong way.

They are pretty much "Race Car" trailers with living quarters. Can't say I've seen any off road or at the dune areas probably because of their low ground clearance.

Not sure about all of this but the one I looked at, in the Pits at a drag race, had torsion axles. But they might be an option.

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Re: work & Play Trailer

I think your right . The 34 ft. I looked at
yesterday had the torsion axles.
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