The ultimate 5th wheel stabilizers!
I believe I have discovered the ultimate home-made 5er stabilizers! I was at a Love's Travel Center and found the S-Line SL125-HT Ratcheting Cargo Bars at $19.95 each. The bar expands from 40 to 70 in...
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We took our 5er on the first trip this weekend since installing the stabilizers. I discovered one thing that should be mentioned concerning the operation.
I lowered the landing legs down to where the 5er was level and started to ratchet the bars to put pressure on them. One of them clicked one time and was very tight. The other one would not tighten enough to click. The leg was in just the position that would not allow the bar enough movement to ratchet. I lowered the landing legs just a tiny bit and that allowed me to ratchet it one click. Then I raised the landing legs just a small amount to put a little more pressure back on them. One caution here. I have stated earlier that you should not use use the landing legs to tighten the bars, but this is one time that it was necessary. You should apply VERY LITTLE pressure on the bars with the landing legs, or you could easily strip the ratchet assemblies!
I lowered the landing legs down to where the 5er was level and started to ratchet the bars to put pressure on them. One of them clicked one time and was very tight. The other one would not tighten enough to click. The leg was in just the position that would not allow the bar enough movement to ratchet. I lowered the landing legs just a tiny bit and that allowed me to ratchet it one click. Then I raised the landing legs just a small amount to put a little more pressure back on them. One caution here. I have stated earlier that you should not use use the landing legs to tighten the bars, but this is one time that it was necessary. You should apply VERY LITTLE pressure on the bars with the landing legs, or you could easily strip the ratchet assemblies!
