Eliminate front to back wobble when parked?

2112 wrote:
X-Chock
I use one and really tightened things up

X2 on the X Chocks. My son puts them on in about 2 minutes while I'm plugging into shore power. Make sure you check and retighten again once tires have cooled down. Happy Camping

I use two ratchet straps, one on each side. I came across that when trying to un hitch on an incline and the trailer came forward even though chocked. Needed a fix in a hurry. Now I use it to stop the back and forth which is alot less expensive than the xchock.

X-Chock
I use one and really tightened things up

Those jacks are useless ! You need scissor jacks.
Also even with the scissor jacks, the higher you jack them the less stable they will be.
I made up wooden boxes to go under my stabilizers and my tongue jack for my 25 footer and it is rock solid
If you could replace the ones you have with scissors, I think you would see a big improvement

Jack L

Make sure your 4 corner jacks are facing different directions. The two in the front should be parallel to the trailer and the back two should be adjacent - This strategy will remove all forward and side to side movement - 100% guaranteed!

The front jacks should be pointing toward the nose of the trailer:


The back jacks should be pointing outwards.


This is how Lance Trailers are stabilized and I'm impressed by their engineering.

Probably the best and cheapest way to reduce the front to back wiggle is the load the wheel chocks. You need 4 chocks and a helper. Also wood chocks work better for this as they won't crush or break.

Park the trailer where you want it.

Put a chock in front of the front tire on both sides of the trailer.

Put a chock behind the rear tire on each side of the trailer.

Put the tow vehicle in gear and pull the trailer forward a bit so the tires start to climb the front chock. Don't go to hog wild or you'll just crush the chock.

Now press firmly on the brakes so the trailer cannot roll backwards.

Have your helper kick the rear chocks up snug to the rear tiers then step back out of the way.

Once the helper is out of the way put the vehicle in neutral and let the trailer roll back and settle between the chocks.

The chocks should now be tight so you can't easily kick them out from under the tires. Your front to rear motion should be significantly reduced.

Un-chocking is the reverse method, pull forward a bit and have helper kick the rear chocks out.

Google B A L Lock arms. They reduce 90% of the wiggle.

I also use just the basic yellow camping world chocks and installe those once I stop and am about to lower the nose of the trailer onto the yellow come type thing I have for the tongue