Stabilizing when at site

tomman58 wrote:

Carrier wrote:
Our 3008 Windjammer was terrible for bounce. Our 10 lb dog felt like a 300 pounder jumping in the trailer. Put x clocks on and it helped a little. Went to the local pick u part wreckers and picked up two of these for $10.00 both had never been used.
I would say 90% of the bounce is now gone.

Looks like you just set yours under the frame. I used tec screws and bolted them to the frame in the same manor as the Jayco folks. I had the electric stabilizers on my last 35' TT, I didn't care for them compared to the old scissor jacks.
Oh and I have an aluminum box on the rear bumper that holds 4X6X10" and 2X6X10" blocks to shorten the jacks stroke.
The more you RV the more you find what works and of course what doesn't!

Trailer is at a seasonal site for a couple more months. I'm making brackets and welding them to the top of each jack then clamp the to the crossbar that they are on now which is just in front of the front tires. It's a 2015 that will be going in for some warranty work this fall and I don't want to give any excuse to deny warranty with drilling any holes yet.

Muddydogs wrote:
I was noticing how much my trailer moved when chocked and the stabilizers tight while camping. I had made a chock like pictured but I used the Harbor Freight wood clamps instead of 4x4 blocks.
I only used the chock when unhooking at my house which is on a little hill just for added security but the last time I went camping I decided to chock the wheel with the wood clamp and WOW what a difference just having one set of tires chocked up tight made with the rocking. I plan on making another chock and doing both sets of tires next time out.

Muddy,

Got a pic ?

Carrier wrote:
Our 3008 Windjammer was terrible for bounce. Our 10 lb dog felt like a 300 pounder jumping in the trailer. Put x clocks on and it helped a little. Went to the local pick u part wreckers and picked up two of these for $10.00 both had never been used.
I would say 90% of the bounce is now gone.

Looks like you just set yours under the frame. I used tec screws and bolted them to the frame in the same manor as the Jayco folks. I had the electric stabilizers on my last 35' TT, I didn't care for them compared to the old scissor jacks.
Oh and I have an aluminum box on the rear bumper that holds 4X6X10" and 2X6X10" blocks to shorten the jacks stroke.
The more you RV the more you find what works and of course what doesn't!

I was noticing how much my trailer moved when chocked and the stabilizers tight while camping. I had made a chock like pictured but I used the Harbor Freight wood clamps instead of 4x4 blocks.
I only used the chock when unhooking at my house which is on a little hill just for added security but the last time I went camping I decided to chock the wheel with the wood clamp and WOW what a difference just having one set of tires chocked up tight made with the rocking. I plan on making another chock and doing both sets of tires next time out.

My TT didn't have stabilizer jacks when I got it.

Got four of these with 20% coupon for about $26 each.

HARBOR FREIGHT

X2 on using a pair of Junk Yard scissor jacks and putting them under the frame and between the wheels to stop the bounce. Did that with our TT and it stopped 99% of the bounce.

Mmwtdh wrote:
I find the less I extend the stabilizers the better they work. I either stack yellow blocks under them or I bought a set of light weight aluminum jack stands that I put under each foot....

Mine is a FW but I noticed this too. Seems like there is a sweet spot in not too loose or too tight that takes too much weight off the suspension. I do believe I'm going to get a couple aluminum stands to put in the axle area. My ultra fab chocks seem to help and one of the other things I like is that they can be padlocked. I have been in some steep sites but also chain and lock through the wheels at those times.

Our 3008 Windjammer was terrible for bounce. Our 10 lb dog felt like a 300 pounder jumping in the trailer. Put x clocks on and it helped a little. Went to the local pick u part wreckers and picked up two of these for $10.00 both had never been used.
I would say 90% of the bounce is now gone.

my dog panting, laying on the floor shakes my tiny 20 ft trailer, even with all 4 stabs down. he's good at finding the resonance frequency or something. his breathing can also shake my truck and station wagon

I find the less I extend the stabilizers the better they work. I either stack yellow blocks under them or I bought a set of light weight aluminum jack stands that I put under each foot....