idmt
Weekender RV’er
Posts: 94
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Post by idmt on May 23, 2021 12:50:26 GMT -5
Hi all with Escape Hatch's -- I am a member of a facebook group where 2 members have reported bent camper tongues -- not overweighted - one member just drove 3 hrs and found his trailer with a severe bend -- another member now has a trip on hold after looking at their camper and has a bend in their tongue as well--
The first member had a remote tech dispatched and had to have the tongue cut off and rewelded with a heavier guage boxsteel --
just a fYI for you to check
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Post by wildbio on Jun 10, 2021 14:02:40 GMT -5
That was me - the one that had the tongue replaced
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Post by Edd505 on Jun 12, 2021 15:37:04 GMT -5
Sounds like a project for any weld shop to replace/reinforce a trailer tongue.
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Post by nvguy on Jun 20, 2021 22:28:50 GMT -5
Sounds like a project for any weld shop to replace/reinforce a trailer tongue. Yes, not a big deal for an experienced fabricator. Darn near every "light weight" trailer has had (or will have) this issue. Apparently the designers have not learned how to calculate leverage. |
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Post by calebmstone on Jun 29, 2021 6:02:19 GMT -5
I am having the same problem with my brand new hatch, the tongue is bent up and I don’t feel comfortable towing it. I have a call in to KZ Warranty but having a hard time getting any answers or help, do any of you have any suggestions?
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Post by lynnmor on Jun 29, 2021 8:33:01 GMT -5
I am having the same problem with my brand new hatch, the tongue is bent up and I don’t feel comfortable towing it. I have a call in to KZ Warranty but having a hard time getting any answers or help, do any of you have any suggestions? Take it to a heavy truck & trailer repair facility and have the frame reinforced properly. If that costs too much, get rid of the trailer. |
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Post by offinthedistance on Jul 27, 2021 7:53:03 GMT -5
I am having the same problem with my brand new hatch, the tongue is bent up and I don’t feel comfortable towing it. I have a call in to KZ Warranty but having a hard time getting any answers or help, do any of you have any suggestions? Take it to a heavy truck & trailer repair facility and have the frame reinforced properly. If that costs too much, get rid of the trailer. We are having the same issues. We’ve had the RV for 6 months. What is the FB group the person mentioned before? Thanks |
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Post by fenneo on Aug 12, 2021 13:46:05 GMT -5
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Post by tmoneyvt on Jan 15, 2022 0:34:33 GMT -5
Did they have weight distribution hitches?
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Post by sbdavis on Nov 9, 2022 9:49:53 GMT -5
our tongue is bent as well sent a msg to KZ still waiting on a reply we've been stuck here for a week. just bought trailer in may and it has gone less than 500 miles we didnt even make it out of our state
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