Trailer stair bounce
What do you use outside to stop the trailer stair bounce ? Small bottle jacks ?
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If it's annoying to a person inside when someone walks up the steps, it's not the steps themselves. Travel trailers (I assume it's a TT) can have a lot of "bounce" from inadequate stabilizers. If electric stabilizers, look at adding a screw or bottle jack at each of the 4 corners of the frame. Adding a pair of bottle or screw jacks ahead of the axles can help a lot.
When someone walks up the steps, a trailer tends to roll about a longitudinal axis and you want vertical support at below the frame.
I hate bounce with a passion. We have elec. stabilizers and the single most effective reduction I've found has been the use of stabilizer struts. I used a pair of BAL Lock Arm. Mounted them to the bumper so I get some for/aft reduction in movement. Once these were installed, I got less bounce reduction from the use of 6 screw jacks (2 ahead of the axle).
If your frame is moving around from inadequate stabilizers, adding something under the steps isn't going to help much. Get down on the ground and watch the stabilizers as someone walks up and down the steps.
When someone walks up the steps, a trailer tends to roll about a longitudinal axis and you want vertical support at below the frame.
I hate bounce with a passion. We have elec. stabilizers and the single most effective reduction I've found has been the use of stabilizer struts. I used a pair of BAL Lock Arm. Mounted them to the bumper so I get some for/aft reduction in movement. Once these were installed, I got less bounce reduction from the use of 6 screw jacks (2 ahead of the axle).
If your frame is moving around from inadequate stabilizers, adding something under the steps isn't going to help much. Get down on the ground and watch the stabilizers as someone walks up and down the steps.
