Stabilizers

I have JT's and they are loose when traveling and they are only finger tight when down and in use.

Checkout Steadyfast Stabilizers, three knobs to tighten and your set up. Took about two hours to install. A little more expensive than JT's but they are with it, in my opinion. Also, outstanding customer service and the owner of the company will answer any questions you have.

I always tighten the T-Nuts on the JT Strongarms when traveling. I don't want to arrive somewhere and discover the T-Nuts have vibrated out and are MIA. I did make a tightener on a handle for my JT Strongarms so I wouldn't have to bend/squat down to snug them up.

I have the BAL's. I have lost a couple of the locking bolts, they are a standard hardware store item. I bought strickly on price as they were the cheapest I could find.

Having said that, next trailer it will be Steady Fast. I have a friend who has the SF. After watching him use his, that is what I want. Only three to tighten instead of six. JMHO

JTs are standard on Open Range. On our first trip with it I didn't tighten the T-handles while travelling and lost one. The best deal I could find for a replacement was on ebay- about $20 for a 2-pack.
JK

I have the JTs. They are pretty heavy duty and well made. From pictures they look to be a bit heavier grade than the Bals. I always tighten the handles when travelling. Partly out of fear of them falling out but more to stop anything from rattling.

I haven't tried but I imagine you could replace the handles with a bolt of the same thread if you'd prefer to use a tool to tighten. My handles only take a 1/2 turn to tighten and don't need a lot of force so I never felt the need for tools.

Good to know that not much force is needed to snug up. If you do lose the JT handles it's pretty expensive for replacements.

Halmfamily wrote:
Checkout Steadyfast Stabilizers, three knobs to tighten and your set up. Took about two hours to install. A little more expensive than JT's but they are with it, in my opinion. Also, outstanding customer service and the owner of the company will answer any questions you have.

+1 on Steadyfast

We have JT's and love them! they make our 32' 5er rock solid without X chocks. The hardware is top quality and strong instillation was easy. I got my set from CW on sale for $185, both Amazon and PPL Motor Homes have very good pricing currently.
I feel the six shorter arms are much better as the front two corners have two direction bracing and the rear one direction. Set properly 5er is like a rock.
I hand tighten the T bolts tight when setting up and then per instructions tension it all with a short final lift of the front landing gear.

I keep T bolts snug when traveling.

thinking somebody would remove one of our T handles I carry 2 short bolts of that thread size. I have never tighten for traveling but ??

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