Trailer "shimmy" in campgrounds

rustymusket wrote:
Huntindog:
I'm not clear where you got your information on the Camco aluminum stand capacities, but I verified the information on the Camco website where they also state these stands WILL support up to 6,000 lbs, or are you suggesting the four stands contained in the box will collectively, but not individually, support up to 6,000 lbs?
This number is of no consequence, as the coach is supported by six scissor jacks, the four tires, and a hitch stand, and I will be initially adding only two Camco stands just aft of the axles to see if LarryJM's suggestion works. Based on the previously-mentioned existing tires, jacks, and stands, each Camco stand will only be supporting approximately 1,000 lbs.
I will be ordering a total of eight Camco aluminum stands, and if my initial attempt to stabilize the coach with two Camco stands behind the axles fail, I will be retracting the six factory-mounted scissor jacks and using the other six Camco stands in their place, but spacing them ten feet apart on both sides of the coach, also as recommended by LarryJM.
I understand your concern, and if you have proof of your claim, I'd suggest you contact the manufacturer.
Otherwise, do you have an alternate suggestion to solve my RV problem?

I wouldn't worry about Huntindog's arm chair engineering remarks ... a lot of folks here like to ignore the basic question and just shoot arrows into the air and see if they hit anything.

Back to your issue, IMO again getting the correct amount of support under each support area (i.e. Jackstand) is critical since what you want to do is to remove the tires and suspension from the equation and at the same time getting the proper support for the frame. I use 4 of those alum. screw jack stands only to stabilize my 31' trailer and can get it basically rock solid. I say basically since I have a rear bedroom model and found for our use I didn't need any support closer than about 8' from the end of the trailer. However, I i stand in the very back and jump up and down I can get quite a bit of movement, but that is not how we use our trailer so it's a non issue for us.

Anyway once you get ready let me know and I think I might be able to give you some hints on how to set these "jackstands". You CANNOT simply use the screw on them to get the necessary support and this is why I recommend using something like a bottle jack to set the multiple sets you are going to use. If you were only using 4 then you could simply use the tongue jack to set them, but that won't work for any of them inbetween jackstands that have already been set.

Good Luck and please keep us advised here on your findings in this endeavour since we might all learn something from your experiences.

Larry