Square Platform Chassis

Our "in-house advantage" begins right away with our own Square Platform Chassis only found on Carriage Products. Because these frames are engineered, constructed and welded in our own plant, we are able to deliver a superior frame design.

We use a 2" x 6", double stacked, box steel tube for a 12" box frame. In non-engineering terms, its two 6" tubes stacked on top of each other! We stack two tubes to bring twice the horizontal support as an I-Beam. Same for vertical support...twice the protection. As an RV travels and hits the road, side to side movement is what causes most of the damage. It's a rolling earthquake inside. With a box tube chassis, any chance of twisting the chassis is eliminated! And, with two horizontal supports and 20% taller, we've eliminated any chance of frame bending or collapse due to vertical stress!

The strength of our frames from the box alone offers superior strength, but Carri-Lite's dual floor system is what truly puts our chassis construction over the top. This sub-floor/main floor setup allows Carriage to mount our slide outs above our box tube frame. Top mounting keep us from having to torch-cut holes through our steel in order to run slide-outs. Every other brand does this and weakens the steel by 40%. On a quad-slide unit, the competition must cut 8 holes into their frames for slide arms!