Tripod on 5th wheel

[stifflej]

I was wondering if those of you that use a tripod on the 5th wheel hitch to steady the camper what you think of them, does it work, is it worth the cost?

Thanks.

[Splashers3]

I also only use mine when staying longer than a weekend trip. It seems to help a fair amount on our rig....but it is a pain to break it out from the basement, which is why it only gets used on extended stays.

[time2roll]

I use mine when staying 2 or 3+ nights. Yes it helps. Complete stability, no.
I do not have the Strong Arms but I think I would get those instead now with hindsight.

[Justaguy]

If one uses the tripod in conjunction with the stabilizers you can do a pretty good job of eliminating some heavy movement. It takes some experimenting to get enough force on the pin but it does work pretty good. Not as good as the after market products others here have used and promote but not bad if you take your time to lock it down.

[CabinetmakerII]

rhagfo wrote:

Rygar wrote:
I have a tripod. I only use it when parking for an extended stay. It's a pain to haul out and set up for a night or two.

I agree, now with the JT Strong arms installed I will likely retire it! The Strong Arms are easy to setup, and are rock solid.

After installing the strong arms, I wanted to retire the tripod. My DW thinks the tripod still makes a difference. We still utilize the tripod during extended stays. Happy wife.... you know the rest.

[rhagfo]

Rygar wrote:
I have a tripod. I only use it when parking for an extended stay. It's a pain to haul out and set up for a night or two.

I agree, now with the JT Strong arms installed I will likely retire it! The Strong Arms are easy to setup, and are rock solid.

[Rygar]

I have a tripod. I only use it when parking for an extended stay. It's a pain to haul out and set up for a night or two.

[Racine96]

I have a tripod and strong arms. It works better this way.

[dieseltruckdriv]

I used to use a tripod, then I remade it into a bipod, and that worked much better. A couple of years ago I made and installed something similar to the JT Strongarms, and it works so good I don't carry the bipod anymore. I made something similar to the Waynes Stabilizer for the rear, mounted side to side. Our 5er doesn't move when I set it up properly, even in 50+ mph winds.

[kennethwooster]

I have big foot leveling system. Thus the tri pod works perfect.

[RAS43]

JIMNLIN wrote:
I've used the same bi-pod pin stabilizer on all three of our 5th wheel trailers since the early '80s. This takes care of side to side movement at the front of the trailer.
Now common sense tells most folk the back of the trailer needs some thing else. My BAL telescoping stabilizer eliminates side to side back there.
And of course fore and aft movement is taken care of by my adjustable chocks. I'm rock solid.

X2 Have the same bi pod stabilizer and rear BAL stabilizers and with chocks we are pretty solid also.

[JIMNLIN]

I've used the same bi-pod pin stabilizer on all three of our 5th wheel trailers since the early '80s. This takes care of side to side movement at the front of the trailer.
Now common sense tells most folk the back of the trailer needs some thing else. My BAL telescoping stabilizer eliminates side to side back there.

And of course fore and aft movement is taken care of by my adjustable chocks. I'm rock solid.

[topjimmy]

Had one on my 2004 and it helped a "little" but on my 2012 and 2015 with the Mor-Ryde pin Box they are worthless as the pin Box moves fore and aft etc.. and I have 6 point auto level on top of that, Lucky I sold it for 20 bucks at a garage sale and glad to be rid of it

[ramgunner]

We have one on our 43' 5th wheel. Where it makes a difference for us is when we run the washing machine. The spin cycle runs at something north of warp factor 8, and the tripod does dampen the vibration.

[Dave_H_M]

I nicknamed mine the octopus and sold it for $50 on my second trip to FL.

i now use Winfield stabilizers and BAL's between the wheels.

I wonder where that octopus is now and how it is getting along? :h