We had a great maiden voyage and made it to fL. we are now parked and using our new TT for the 1st time. It is a triple slide 30' long.Our biggest disappointment is the bounce we feel when someone walks through the TT even our small dog causes a lot of bounce.I am on a cement pad the front of the trailer is only about 15" off the ground when level. I have the electric stabilizers and have tried putting a little more pressure on them. I have an X chock on 1 side and standard chocks on the other.I think this is quite comnmon and so just hoping to get info on products and techniques to help eliminate this.

2 words. Steady fast. Love ours and works GREAT. check out there website

Dog Trainer wrote:We had a great maiden voyage and made it to fL. we are now parked and using our new TT for the 1st time. It is a triple slide 30' long.Our biggest disappointment is the bounce we feel when someone walks through the TT even our small dog causes a lot of bounce.I am on a cement pad the front of the trailer is only about 15" off the ground when level. I have the electric stabilizers and have tried putting a little more pressure on them. I have an X chock on 1 side and standard chocks on the other.I think this is quite comnmon and so just hoping to get info on products and techniques to help eliminate this.suggest X chocks on both sides of trailer.

You cannot expect a trailer to be as firm underfoot as a home. Even a house on pillars has a support at the minimum every 3 feet; and that is with framing far beefier than a trailer.

We installed the Steadyfast on our fiver and it made a huge difference, especially when the washer is in the spin cycle. We also use X Chocks on both sets of wheels. I still feel some movement when my teenagers are moving around but pretty darn solid now.Only took a couple of hours to install the Steadyfast system and the company president emailed me to make sure the install went well and gave me his personal cell phone number if I had issues. Now that's service.

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camp-n-family
Explorer
Feb 08, 2015
Bounce or wiggle? The stabilizers when set firmly should take out the bounce. You may want to consider a 3rd set in the middle close to the axles. Stacking blocks under the jacks to shorten the extension can help too. The longer they extend the less stable they become.

Our long tt didn't bounce much but it did wiggle with any movement inside. Solved it by adding JT Strongarms to the stabilizers, all 4 corners. No more wiggle or bounce. Best investment/ mod so far.
RoyB
Explorer II
Feb 08, 2015
My trailer uses manual scissor jacks on the four corners of the trailer and also a tongue jack. I also use 12x2 boards under each of the jacks.

I like to lift the front door area just a tad higher than the back side to allow run off water from the air conditioner to drain to the back side of the trailer. My trailer has to be very level from end to end otherwise my access door does not open freely.

Being manual jacks allows me to be more firm on setting-up each side.

My trailer is not as long as yours but is pretty firm when setup.

Roy Ken
therink
Explorer
Feb 08, 2015
Longer trailers are going to bounce as the frame will flex a bit. There are 2 things I have done to minimize the bounce. 1) I installed Bal locking stabilizer bars on front and rear Jacks. This almost eliminates side to side and front to back movement. 2) For the frame flex/bounce I use small bottle jacks under the axle equalizer on each side, just putting enough upward pressure to tighten up the axle suspension at center of trailer. Some folks have installed scissor jacks just fore or aft of the axles. I am thinking of doing this myself.
spadoctor
Explorer II
Feb 08, 2015
I use a 3rd set of stabilizers in front of the front axle....2 x-chocks I made....and BAL stabilizer arms ( their version of JT Strongarms and a hell of a lot cheaper). Its almost perfect....as perfect as possible that is.
Halmfamily
Explorer
Feb 08, 2015
We installed the Steadyfast on our fiver and it made a huge difference, especially when the washer is in the spin cycle. We also use X Chocks on both sets of wheels. I still feel some movement when my teenagers are moving around but pretty darn solid now.

Only took a couple of hours to install the Steadyfast system and the company president emailed me to make sure the install went well and gave me his personal cell phone number if I had issues. Now that's service.
prichardson
Explorer
Feb 08, 2015
You cannot expect a trailer to be as firm underfoot as a home. Even a house on pillars has a support at the minimum every 3 feet; and that is with framing far beefier than a trailer.
RJCorazza
Explorer
Feb 08, 2015
I also x-chock on both sides.
MarkTwain
Explorer
Feb 08, 2015
Dog Trainer wrote:
We had a great maiden voyage and made it to fL. we are now parked and using our new TT for the 1st time. It is a triple slide 30' long.
Our biggest disappointment is the bounce we feel when someone walks through the TT even our small dog causes a lot of bounce.
I am on a cement pad the front of the trailer is only about 15" off the ground when level. I have the electric stabilizers and have tried putting a little more pressure on them. I have an X chock on 1 side and standard chocks on the other.
I think this is quite comnmon and so just hoping to get info on products and techniques to help eliminate this.

suggest X chocks on both sides of trailer.
jmiller
Explorer
Feb 08, 2015
2 words. Steady fast. Love ours and works GREAT. check out there website

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