Shimmy and shake single axle trailers

Lynnmor wrote:

mike-s wrote:
What works great is to lower the tongue with the jack, set the rear stabilizers, then raise the tongue to take a lot of weight off the axle. Finally, set the front stabilizers then let the weight off the jack. Much easier than trying to lift weight off the axle using just the stabilizers.

Now you have the trailer sitting on its four corners bending the he!! out of the frame. Bad advice.

LOL. First, I'm not suggesting lifting the wheels off the ground. Second, it's no different than cranking down on the stabilizers, just easier. Third, supporting a truss from 3 points gives it more strength than supporting it by one. Fourth, it works and doesn't hurt a thing.