Trailer stability while parked
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 w...
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hawkeye-08 wrote:Ron3rd wrote:
Had the same problem when I went to the longer 35 ft trailer. You need to determine if the movement is front to back, the X Chocks will help with that, or up and down, the X Chocks will do nothing for that. A scissor jack under the axle works wonders. I chased this problem for some time and tried an old scissor jack I had in the garage and that got rid of most of the movement. I'd try that first or even experiment with a bottle jack if you have one on hand. Don't put too much pressure on the axle, it doesn't take much.
Our last trailer had some bounce/wiggle. The wheel chocks and extra screw jacks took care of it. I would not put jacks under the axles since that would only remove tire wiggle/bounce, but leave the suspension wiggle/bounce. I put my jacks on the frame either just in front of front axle spring hanger or just behind rear axle spring hanger and had no more problems..
Set of 4 cheap screw jacks from Walmart.
Congrats you have IMO described the best solution one can get and have actually again IMO correctly specified where that support should go. I would only add that I have found for my 31' trailer the best locations are about 4 to 6 feet in front and to the rear of each axle.
Trying to get good stability with only support at the corners is IMO a VERY POOR solution since it does absolutely nothing or at least close to nothing for either frame flex or suspension bounce/flex.
I have actually removed the factory stabilizer jacks and now only use the 4 screw jacks and couldn't be happier.
Larry
