We took our Grand Design Imagine 2250RK from Texas to Florida in January. After arrival in Florida, I noticed that the stone guard was torn just above the A-frame of the hitch on both the road (driver) side and curb (passenger) side of the trailer. The road side was torn approximately ¼” and the curb side was torn approximately 1/8”. When I looked more closely, I saw that the bottom of the hitch pass-through crossmember beam appeared to be bent about ¾” towards the hitch (tow vehicle).
We are always careful when we tow the trailer. We typically drive no faster than 63 mph on interstate and state highways. There were some rough spots of road and bridge abutments but nothing that stood out as damaging on the trip.
Are others having this type of damage? Any ideas about what could have caused the stone guard to tear and cross beam to bend? I saw the comments on backing stress and weight distribution hitches.
Pictures attached of damage and towing setup. Thanks!
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