I have had a look through the forum but was not able to find anything directly on this topic. I have a few pieces of information that may be of interest and some questions to go with it.
To give the background......
I have an expanda 21.64 (Dec 2014) touring model which needed to be raised as it is too low. Looked at all the different options, underling etc. As I have an annex I wanted to raise the van about 50mm without any alteration work to the chassis or the springs. In the end decided to have the axles changed from the drop axle to a straight axle. I dropped the caravan off to yard today to get the axles changed over. A couple of hours later they rang me and informed me that the current axles are a type that would normally be on an off-road van. Has anyone come across this before or is it unique? Bad news is as I was not aware of this, I had them order in the wrong axles, they now need to order in new ones. Fair chance I will have to pay for a pair axles that I can't use as well. Anyway, the good news is as a result of this the current max. weight rating of the van can be increased by 200kg's if I get the compliance plate changed. Has anyone done this before? How hard was it to get done and how did you go about it?
Any feedback with anything I have noted above would be appreciated.
To give the background......
I have an expanda 21.64 (Dec 2014) touring model which needed to be raised as it is too low. Looked at all the different options, underling etc. As I have an annex I wanted to raise the van about 50mm without any alteration work to the chassis or the springs. In the end decided to have the axles changed from the drop axle to a straight axle. I dropped the caravan off to yard today to get the axles changed over. A couple of hours later they rang me and informed me that the current axles are a type that would normally be on an off-road van. Has anyone come across this before or is it unique? Bad news is as I was not aware of this, I had them order in the wrong axles, they now need to order in new ones. Fair chance I will have to pay for a pair axles that I can't use as well. Anyway, the good news is as a result of this the current max. weight rating of the van can be increased by 200kg's if I get the compliance plate changed. Has anyone done this before? How hard was it to get done and how did you go about it?
Any feedback with anything I have noted above would be appreciated.