Trailer stair bounce

Got the pair of Camco supports today. They work slick & with coarse thread they spin up fast. My lady & I are quite pleased.

restlesswind wrote:
A quick "google" search "RV step support" will bring up several different types available. Two are needed, one will be "OK" but two will be much better!

Over time the bounce will cause wear in the pivot points and you will find that the steps will need replacing or repairing.

I don't see how the movement of his 5th wheel is going to cause wear in the pivot points. It's not the steps that are bouncing, it's the movement of someone going up and down the stairs that is causing the 5th wheel to move on it's suspension. Keep the steps from flexing from weight on them and you should solve most of the issue.

A simple prop under the bottom most step that doesn't pivot should help. A prop under the bottom step will stop it from moving, but you'll still have movement when you step from the bottom step to the next one if your bottom step pivots because your steps are hinged at various places, and not solid.

Just ordered two Camco supports through Amazon

A quick "google" search "RV step support" will bring up several different types available. Two are needed, one will be "OK" but two will be much better!

Over time the bounce will cause wear in the pivot points and you will find that the steps will need replacing or repairing.

Myredracer it's a 5er not a TT.

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.

I put two of the camco drop down ones as pictured. I think one on each side is much more stable than one in the center. JMHO

I used something like this on my last coach:



But you can find step stabilizers at Amazon.com or any other online store.

Thanks all for the info.

Try this. 2- 3" Diameter x 1" pipe flanges. 1-1" pipe coupling and 2-2" x 1" pipe nipples. Screw everything together and adjust to height. Depending on the level of the ground below the step you may want an assortment of 1" pipe nipples like a close nipple and some longer than the 1" you started with.