5th wheel front tripod

Helps some with taking out the bounce. Not necessary but they work.

Our FW is rock solid and no bounce, if yours is like that then it's a waste of money, but if you need it, they work.

I've tried one, and gave it away. Waste of money, did little, to no, good and a real pain to haul around. If you need a solid trailer, support the trailer with the wheels off the ground, or invest in JT Strongarms.

I had one given to me and I couldn't tell any difference with or without. It was just one more thing to do when setting up and breaking camp.

As long as my wife thinks it makes the rig more stable, it will be installed for any stay of more than one night.

Why not??

TravelinDog wrote:
We're currently staying at an rv park and while walking around I notice out of 100+ 5ers 2 have what looks like a support tripod under the kingpin.
What is the purpose of it when you already have 4 or 6 jacks plus the tires on the ground?

None whatsoever. :)

They are great to support a flag pole under.. Thats it

What is the purpose of it when you already have 4 or 6 jacks plus the tires on the ground?

Jacks and tires won't make a stable trailer for folks like my self that may have a medical problem (motion sickness).
Don't confuse jacks with stabilizers.

Jacks can only lift so they may not stop side to side/fore and aft movement on some trailers.
Same for tires in a rv trailer.

The tri pod....or bi pod as I have, can only stop side to side movement at the front of the trailer.

Why did those two use a tri pod ??? We can only guess.....but I assume they work for them.

There was a time when I thought this was important. Eventually my sea legs got adjusted to the movement and I don't care. I often skip the scissor jacks in the rear too. The tripod is long gone.

Best is what someone has a pin box like this with a front pin stabilizer.

One came with our CarriLite, gave it away.