My TT - Love & Hate relationship

34ft Palomino Sabre 31qbds

Love the floor plan

Hate that it bounces & shakes

I have used the x-chocks on both sides. I have attempted to use stablizer manual jacks on the slide out sides.

It has electric jacks & they stink. Would switching to manual scissor jacks help? Could I install scissor jacks & use both?

I use these jacks from walmart..

I lower the front of the TT as low as it can go then place two jacks on the rear frame. Then I lift the front up to just above level then place two on the front frame. Then lower.. All four corners are now fully supported..

I get zero bounce and shake. ( I support on Wood blocks )

Camco jacks

One thing that might help is to use a scissor jack under one of the axles. I have a 35 ft TT and have had the same problem and explored options on the Forest River forum, where I got the idea of the scissor jack there. Seems to be a problem on the very long trailers like yours and ours. The jack helps quite a bit.

Are you using the jacks on the slides themselves or on the frame in that area? Generally jacks on the slides are NOT suggested....check your paperwork.

We have a 26' and had no problem in the front, but the rear had more bounce than we liked. We were overnighting at a CW and in looking around DH found a type of jack, I guess you could call it. It's a length of angle steel with legs that make sort of a tripod effect, then it's secured and tightened with a heavy strap and rachet. That may not be the best description, but check the CW website and you should find it. They're a bit awkward to set up, but it's solved the wiggle in the rear. We went ahead and got one for the front as well. Someone else had a similar system with pix on here just a few weeks ago...you might get lucky and find the info on them. Pretty much the same concept.

Hard to eliminate all movement and bounce, but we have BAL scissor jacks (front), stab jacks (rear), and chocks between the wheels and when all are properly implemented they reduce movement about 80% on our 33' rig. Adding scissor jacks just in front of wheels can help, in severe cases JT Strong Arm stabilizers added to jack stands will further eliminate movement. Thus far we are happy with what is working currently for us.

The Bigger Blocks, the less Bounce

29' Rockwood with large slide sits steady with the 4 corner stabilizers down, BAL chocks between both wheels and two Camco jacks mid frame near the axles. Usually do it in that order.

JT Strongarms really help with the shimmy and shake. They are easy to install

What are you setting in on. On pavement with my DIY JT's it pretty much rock solid. On dirt or gravel not so much. JMO is that you need some form of jack stabilizers like JT Strongarms front and rear. And good chocks. Putting under the frame near the axles helps too.

I am curious about this thread as my 40lb 5 year old will rock us around on cement pads when dancing..."let it go". If someone could post pictures about what they are doing, I would be greatly appreciative as it sounds like you are adding in extra sets of stands to the frame of the trailer to keep it from moving.

Thanks in advance!