removing air from tires on stationary site...
trying to get my TT as solid as possible to avoid rocking. We have a 33 ft with 2 slides, 1 on each side. Stabilizer jacks on each corner and 4 jack stands towards the middle, 2 on each side on oppos...
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In the early 1970's, I was deeply involved in the mobile home industry. A travel trailer today is very much the same structurally as those mobile homes.
To make the trailer level and without any motion, the entire frame must be supported, dispersing weight throughout the frame rails and the suspension not carrying any weight. To accomplish this:
1. Park trailer in desired location, reasonably level.
2. Place 30 inch or longer level on trailer floor where it can be seen without entering the trailer.
3. Level the trailer front to back using the tongue jack.
4. Use a 10 ton bottle jack to raise the trailer positioning it directly on the frame rail immediately forward of wheels.
4. On the side of the trailer that is lowest, raise it up to it now being higher than the other side.
5. Using concrete blocks with a solid block on the ground, stack blocks until they closely reach trailer. Blocks should be stacked so that are structurally sound.
6. There should be least 3 stacks of the concrete blocks for a 25 foot trailer. One between the back and the wheels. One just front of the wheels. One at the front. All of them must be supporting the frame rail. Longer trailers use two stacks behind the wheels and more stacks in the front spaced equally from front of the wheels to the very front of the trailer.
6. Position one pressure treated 2x6 cut 16 inches long on top of the concrete blocks. Then position two wooden wedges, made from pressure treated 2x4's, with the slim edges opposing each other. If there is not room for the wood, dick odown in the earth for the blocks.
7. With a hammer, drive the wedges tight against the frame rail.
8. Repeat the process on the other side of the trailer, jacking it up until it is level.
9. Some, if not all, of trailer weight should have been removed from the wheels. The tires and wheels can be safely removed from the trailer since all of the trailer weight is now evenly distributed along the frame rails and completely supported by the blocks.
10. Remove any weight from the tongue using the tongue jack.
11. The trailer is now rock solid.
12. If the trailer has slideouts, deploy them before executing this procedure.
To make the trailer level and without any motion, the entire frame must be supported, dispersing weight throughout the frame rails and the suspension not carrying any weight. To accomplish this:
1. Park trailer in desired location, reasonably level.
2. Place 30 inch or longer level on trailer floor where it can be seen without entering the trailer.
3. Level the trailer front to back using the tongue jack.
4. Use a 10 ton bottle jack to raise the trailer positioning it directly on the frame rail immediately forward of wheels.
4. On the side of the trailer that is lowest, raise it up to it now being higher than the other side.
5. Using concrete blocks with a solid block on the ground, stack blocks until they closely reach trailer. Blocks should be stacked so that are structurally sound.
6. There should be least 3 stacks of the concrete blocks for a 25 foot trailer. One between the back and the wheels. One just front of the wheels. One at the front. All of them must be supporting the frame rail. Longer trailers use two stacks behind the wheels and more stacks in the front spaced equally from front of the wheels to the very front of the trailer.
6. Position one pressure treated 2x6 cut 16 inches long on top of the concrete blocks. Then position two wooden wedges, made from pressure treated 2x4's, with the slim edges opposing each other. If there is not room for the wood, dick odown in the earth for the blocks.
7. With a hammer, drive the wedges tight against the frame rail.
8. Repeat the process on the other side of the trailer, jacking it up until it is level.
9. Some, if not all, of trailer weight should have been removed from the wheels. The tires and wheels can be safely removed from the trailer since all of the trailer weight is now evenly distributed along the frame rails and completely supported by the blocks.
10. Remove any weight from the tongue using the tongue jack.
11. The trailer is now rock solid.
12. If the trailer has slideouts, deploy them before executing this procedure.
