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tonychipperman's avatar
Dec 24, 2013

Stablizing parked F W

Hi, I have a 32ft FW with front and rear stabilizers plus I use the wheel chocks and tripod but still get a fair bit of movement and was thinking of using two bottle jacks to lift the wheels off the ground. has anyone else tried this, I'm just a bit concerned about putting to much stress on the chassis but I think if the tyres are off the ground it might help.( Anything would be easier than asking the wife to lose a few pounds.)

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  • No need to raise the wheels off the ground. On our Montana I have the SteadyFast stabilizers and the X-chocks. I also have a set of scissors jacks mounted just in front of the wheels. After dropping the rear stabilizers I use the front landing gear to snug the rear jacks, then I lower the scissors jacks by the wheels till they're snug. Camper is VERY sturdy with very minimal movement. If staying in same place for an extended period you might have to snug up all jacks after a couple of days. Tim
  • Thanks guys but I have both of those already and still get to much movement and as we tend to stay put for at least a month at a time I thought the jacks would work...Merry Christmas.
  • The struts pictured in the previous post are JT Strongarms. IMHO these are the best thing you can purchase for stabilizing a trailer.
  • RoyB's avatar
    RoyB
    Explorer II
    I had alot of movement also with just using the stablizer jacks. I then added the tri-pod and it really helped me big time.


    I see you are already using the tri-pod so guess you may need something else.

    I have heard others talk about cross rods something like this may help but have no first hand knowledge of using these...


    Roy Ken