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cougar28's avatar
cougar28
Explorer
Feb 02, 2020

King pin stabilizer ?

On my old 5th wheel it had just screw down jack in the rear and I used a king pin stabilizer and it did help with the 5er movement. Our new 5er has the auto leveling which puts a lot of weight on the jacks at 4 points. So my question is those with auto leveling do you use and if so are there much improvement using a king pin stabilizer?
  • Cummins12V98's avatar
    Cummins12V98
    Explorer III
    Feb 27, 2020
    ford truck guy wrote:
    Cummins12V98 wrote:
    I get a kick out of the people that place a stabilizer under an air bag kingpin.


    Yes, that WAS ME in my rookie season in a 5'er. . . . Lot's of laughs...Lot's of learning ...

    After all, I knew it all ! ! ! :S


    Yes we have ALL made plenty of ROOKIE mistakes. Years ago forgot to put TV antenna down. Got waived at shortly before overpass, pulled over to see what was wrong!
  • ford_truck_guy's avatar
    ford_truck_guy
    Nomad
    Feb 27, 2020
    Cummins12V98 wrote:
    I get a kick out of the people that place a stabilizer under an air bag kingpin.


    Yes, that WAS ME in my rookie season in a 5'er. . . . Lot's of laughs...Lot's of learning ...

    After all, I knew it all ! ! ! :S
  • Cummins12V98's avatar
    Cummins12V98
    Explorer III
    Feb 27, 2020
    I get a kick out of the people that place a stabilizer under an air bag kingpin.
  • ford_truck_guy's avatar
    ford_truck_guy
    Nomad
    Feb 27, 2020
    ** YUP **

    I had one with my 1st fiver back in "08".. Some lucky winner on here received it for free from me a month or so later..

    Never looked back
  • Nicholsfamily05's avatar
    Nicholsfamily05
    Explorer
    Feb 27, 2020
    We have a 42’ fifth wheel and it has the 6 point hydraulic leveling system. It’s a front living room and has a lot of bounce with our two kids and 2 65lb dogs as well.
    We use the king pin stabilizer and it helps a lot.
  • laknox's avatar
    laknox
    Nomad
    Feb 05, 2020
    Super_Dave wrote:
    A kingpin stabilizer with a little modification would make a great satellite dish mount for the front of the 5er and double as a head protector.


    Especially as there's so many free ones out there! :B

    Lyle
  • fj12ryder's avatar
    fj12ryder
    Explorer III
    Feb 05, 2020
    How did this thread morph into a discussion of slide out supports, from king pin stabilizers?
  • Super_Dave's avatar
    Super_Dave
    Explorer
    Feb 05, 2020
    A kingpin stabilizer with a little modification would make a great satellite dish mount for the front of the 5er and double as a head protector.
  • laknox's avatar
    laknox
    Nomad
    Feb 05, 2020
    davosfam wrote:
    Wish I would have read this a few days ago. We have a 4-pt. system but still feel movement, especially in the bedroom and LR slide. We ordered a pin stabilizer, slide stabilizers and jacks for the rear bumper. Our 5'er is set up on our lot and doesn't move so we only have to set up everything once and then we're done. Wouldn't bother with all of this if we had to do it every weekend.


    Shoot, if it's a permanent site, just jack the durn thing up, put blocks under the frame, take the tires off and skirt it. I would =never= use slide stabilizers without the frame being blocked. Imagine the damage caused if the rig settled for some reason!

    Lyle
  • JIMNLIN's avatar
    JIMNLIN
    Explorer III
    Feb 05, 2020
    Those slide out stabilizers come from the era before powered slides and were to use under what we then called tip outs or pull outs (no power). Most modern trailers have powered side outs now and most trailer mfg don't recommended their use. Check with your trailer mfg for their input on their use.

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