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Originally Posted by backtrack15
I believe the Winnie Drop trailers use torsion axles (not spring axles). Lifting requires inserting a special spacer between the axle and the original mounting points on the trailer frame.
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Correct they are lippert made and in this case the diamond shaped ones.
We have a neighbor with a starcraft mini that has a single 3500 lb axle on springs that bent because the trailer is even closer to the maximum load and has off road tires that are heavy, if things start go south I will get a new 4600 lb axle as another winnie owner has done.
I have read that some winnie drops have had a problem on the slide out side. Ours seems fine and I will pay careful attention to not overloading the trailer on the slide side. Once I have the lift kit installed I will run it over a scale one each side of the axle to see if there is much difference in loading between the two tires with the trailer empty.
I will also photo document the process and post them.