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slowmover · 06-26-2015, 09:37 PM

Clearance on mine, body to road, is 17". Walls are radiused down into full belly pan. Only axles are exposed. Comparatively long leaf springs with fairly sophisticated equalizer. Full set of shock absorbers. Cross members from spring attach points.

A representative mid 20' footer Shasta Flyte was 23". No pan. Everything exposed. No shocks, short springs and standard steel equalizer. No crossmember. Greater resistance, IOW, to crosswind pressures, not to mention larger volume of air under trailer in any situation.

06-26-2015, 09:37 PM	#17 (permalink)
slowmover Banned Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Fort Worth, Texas Posts: 2,442 2004 CTD - '04 DODGE RAM 2500 SLT Team Cummins 90 day: 19.36 mpg (US) Thanks: 1,422 Thanked 737 Times in 557 Posts	Clearance on mine, body to road, is 17". Walls are radiused down into full belly pan. Only axles are exposed. Comparatively long leaf springs with fairly sophisticated equalizer. Full set of shock absorbers. Cross members from spring attach points. A representative mid 20' footer Shasta Flyte was 23". No pan. Everything exposed. No shocks, short springs and standard steel equalizer. No crossmember. Greater resistance, IOW, to crosswind pressures, not to mention larger volume of air under trailer in any situation. Last edited by slowmover; 06-26-2015 at 09:51 PM..