Would like to have the ability to lift our TT off the ground and also make it more stable. Right now like all TT there are only four stabilizers on the TT one at each corner. You can't lift a TT with the four stabilizers as it would put too much pressure on the frame causing a the frame to bend. Yet fifth wheel units with six stabilizers can (so dealers have told me) be lifted off the ground and are very stable. So the question is will added one or two more jacks per side allow the trailer to be lifted off the ground without causing any damage to the frame. Has anyone out there already done or tired this and how did it work?Thanks,Craig

On our 27ft TT, the 4 stabilizer jacks do a perfect job of keeping the camper stable. You do have to crank them down quite hard. Not sure how lifting the wheels/TT off the ground will make it more stable but you can always bring a couple of scizzor jacks and put them under the middle shackle of the axles to take the "springinesss". Gerry

The only person qualified to answer is the manufacturer of your trailer. What I can or cannot do with my trailer is irrelevant to your trailer.

I temporarily lifted mine so I could work under it. Just used a floor jack, lots of wood board pieces and some sturdy jack stands. After jacking about 8 inches, the stands were placed onto the reinforced area of the frame, near the axle. The TT was also hitched to the truck, with parking brake set and the tongue jack run out. After jacking, I ran out the stab jacks. The RV was super stable inside, after removing bounce from the suspension.My rv frame didn't bend, and the world didn't end. Your idea sounds similar, I suppose the issue is - how do you balance the weight across six manual jacks, knowing the frame will not be tolerant of any miss-matches?

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Whenever I have to lift mine off the ground its hitched to the truck with the parking brake engaged as well. I lift it on the shackle or whatever its called at the tires suspensionWhen i first got my TT i would crank the stabilizers lifting the tires nearly off the ground. It didnt take long for me to figure out that it was a bad idea due to the stabilizer/scissor jack bending when I was on a slight incline and rendered my chocks useless.To each their own though, im sure if you are on perfectly level ground it wouldnt cause any harm

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GordonThree
Explorer
Oct 06, 2015
I temporarily lifted mine so I could work under it. Just used a floor jack, lots of wood board pieces and some sturdy jack stands. After jacking about 8 inches, the stands were placed onto the reinforced area of the frame, near the axle. The TT was also hitched to the truck, with parking brake set and the tongue jack run out. After jacking, I ran out the stab jacks. The RV was super stable inside, after removing bounce from the suspension.

My rv frame didn't bend, and the world didn't end. Your idea sounds similar, I suppose the issue is - how do you balance the weight across six manual jacks, knowing the frame will not be tolerant of any miss-matches?
beemerphile1
Explorer
Oct 06, 2015
The only person qualified to answer is the manufacturer of your trailer. What I can or cannot do with my trailer is irrelevant to your trailer.
fitznj
Explorer
Oct 06, 2015
On our 27ft TT, the 4 stabilizer jacks do a perfect job of keeping the camper stable. You do have to crank them down quite hard.

Not sure how lifting the wheels/TT off the ground will make it more stable but you can always bring a couple of scizzor jacks and put them under the middle shackle of the axles to take the "springinesss".

Gerry

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