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Bigmoss
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Aug 02, 2016

Rig Shake Issues ??

Brought my new Jayco 27.5 RLTS home on the weekend and set it up. Its level and all good but the rear stabilizers only put a little pressure on the rear blocks I have and won't go down anymore.

The rig still has allot of shake in it when my wife and others walk around. It is worth getting a Pin Tripod to stabilize ? With this help with that or am I wasting my money ?
  • The rear stabilizers go down and I hold the button until the motor will not turn anymore, I actually popped the reset trying to hard. There is a manual crank I will try that tomorrow.
  • Sounds like you have an problem with the rear jacks. You should be able to put some serious pressure on them. When I put our electric stabilizers down in back you can see the trailer rise. I run them down until the motor pretty much quits, and there is plenty of pressure there.

    Yeah, the tripods are a waste of money and space. The JT Strongarms are the way to go.
  • I have 6 point auto-levelers and I added scissor jacks to the rear of the trailer. With all of those in position, while laying in bed, we still feel people moving around. Point is we can reduce the shakes but nothing will ever totally get rid of the shakes. As long as our wheels are on the ground the suspension will cause the shakes.
  • JT Strongarms will only work as designed if you can get enough pressure on the rear stabs. They will take out the side to side and fore/aft movement, but if the rear stabs are not cranked down enough then you'll still get some up/down bounce.
    Like others have mentioned can you manually crank them? If so then after you elec them down give them a few manual cranks to firm things up. Also make sure you have tight chocks as well.
  • I would use jt strongarm I used them on my last trailer worked very well. Stop most of the shaking and also used a wheel block between tires and cranked it until it was very tire.
  • Bigmoss wrote:
    Brought my new Jayco 27.5 RLTS home on the weekend and set it up. Its level and all good but the rear stabilizers only put a little pressure on the rear blocks I have and won't go down anymore.

    The rig still has allot of shake in it when my wife and others walk around. It is worth getting a Pin Tripod to stabilize ? With this help with that or am I wasting my money ?


    One of the reasons I'm not a huge fan of electric stabilizers; I like to know how much down force they have on them and that can only really be known by hand-cranking. From everything I've read here, the tripods are pretty much a waste of money. Some like them, but the majority think they're just so much scrap metal. You're much better off, IMO, in getting JT Strongarms, or one of the various other brands of stabilizing systems. Just one more option that most mfrs fail to offer that would make the RVing experience much more enjoyable.

    On edit: Don't electric stabilizers have a manual option? If so, power them down, then use the hand crank to give another turn or two.

    Lyle
  • Forget the tripod and buy JT Strongarm stabilizers or Steadyfast stabilizers. Far better than a tripod.

    Your might also get some taller blocks to put under the rear stabilizers. 4" x 6" x 12" wood blocks work well.