Hello, all. I am new to this whole trailer thing, and I have a travel trailer I have on grass/dirt area. Yesterday when we leveled it it was level, but this morning it seemed to become out of level.It was very foggy in the morning with a lot of condesation, so I am worried that the dirt and grass is becoming moist, and is changing the ground stability.Does any one have any recommendations of how I can make it more steady? This is the only location where the trailer fits. Thanks!

Put boards under the jacks and tires to spread the weight over a larger area. It is normal to get some settling. After a few adjustments it should stop moving. Unless of course you are on a recently filled in area. Then it could keep moving for a while

and no matter what you put under the stabilizers there will be movement inside the trailer when on every surface but concrete; not terrible but can be distracting when someone is moving around the trailer while you are trying to sleep.

Second what Shlep suggested. And I would not put my stabilizers down until the settling quit. You don't want too much weight of the trailer on those stabilizers, because keep in mind they are not Jax. They're not designed to support the weight of the trailer. That is why when you store it for a long time you should not even put the stabilizers down at all in case you have a flat tire. don't get upset, there's just a lot of stuff you need to learn. We've all gone through it and end up enjoying our campers.

schlep1967 wrote:Put boards under the jacks and tires to spread the weight over a larger area. It is normal to get some settling.Long, wide boards !

Yeah, any non-concrete surface, but especially grass/dirt is going to settle just a hair when you put a load on it. And sometimes that will result in slight out-of-level and/or bouncy feeling a day or so after you "land."I carry 4 or 5 12 inch long pieces of 2x12 pressure treated lumber to place under the stabilizers and tongue jack whenever I'm on dirt, grass, gravel, or even asphalt, as all of them are prone to that settling and some of them can actually be quite soft. The square foot of bearing surface helps a lot, both in reducing the need to monkey with the stabilizers and the risk of poking a hole in asphalt pads. There are campgrounds which have in the rules a stipulation that you much use something of that sort.

Parking on area with dirt/grass stability | Good Sam Community

cekkk
Explorer
Aug 04, 2020
Second what Shlep suggested. And I would not put my stabilizers down until the settling quit. You don't want too much weight of the trailer on those stabilizers, because keep in mind they are not Jax. They're not designed to support the weight of the trailer. That is why when you store it for a long time you should not even put the stabilizers down at all in case you have a flat tire. don't get upset, there's just a lot of stuff you need to learn. We've all gone through it and end up enjoying our campers.
Dick_B
Explorer
Aug 04, 2020
and no matter what you put under the stabilizers there will be movement inside the trailer when on every surface but concrete; not terrible but can be distracting when someone is moving around the trailer while you are trying to sleep.
schlep1967
Nomad
Aug 04, 2020
Put boards under the jacks and tires to spread the weight over a larger area. It is normal to get some settling. After a few adjustments it should stop moving. Unless of course you are on a recently filled in area. Then it could keep moving for a while

Forum Discussion

Parking on area with dirt/grass stability

About RV Newbies

Related Content

stabilizers while parked

Stabilizers

Stabilizing jacks don't really stabilize much at all

Stabilizing trailer

Stability