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by **critter** » Mon May 14, 2007 4:15 pm

Hey All,
Has anyone came up with a good homemade stablizer.I have a couple of ideas kicking around like 3/4 steel tubing inside 1" steel tubing with hole drilled every inch with a foot welded on the bottom.... or maybee a homemade screw type.Just looking for ideas... :roll:

by **NightCap** » Mon May 14, 2007 4:27 pm

I guess they do make some heavy duty threaded rod that work work for that. A bit of welding and ta daa. Good idea there.

by **wa_flyfisher** » Mon May 14, 2007 4:30 pm

I have heard of using your spare tire scissor jack welding to the bottom of your frame.

by **NightCap** » Mon May 14, 2007 4:30 pm

What about air shocks that would self adjust? Just brainstorming.

by **Dale M.** » Mon May 14, 2007 4:52 pm

Just get a pair of Harbor Freight jack stands... When unhooking from car just drop front of trailer below level line, put stands under rear crossmember, raise front till level....

http://www.harborfreight.com/cpi/ctaf/d ... mber=38846

Pretty hard to beat price ....

Dale

by **critter** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:26 pm

Hey Guys,
I have thought of that but I wuz wanting something attached to the trl and something homemade maybe like a tounge jack that swivels down but with a pin instead of a crank.Dont know how you could make it swivel though!

by **PaulC** » Mon May 14, 2007 5:47 pm

We call them scissor jacks down here. The car style is what I have seen used. Weld and/or bolt them to the chassis and wind them down when you get to your camp site. We can get them pretty cheap from the car junkyards.

Cheers
Paul :thumbsup:

by **fornesto** » Mon May 14, 2007 6:56 pm

I'm going to have to draw this, But I've seen jack-knife style stabilizers before. A 12" piece of steel hangs from the frame from a hinge. Attached to this piece of steel is a 12" piece of steel, hanging from a hinge. At this point, you have a double hinge. On the frame member, running from the hinge-attachment point towards the front, there is a third piece of steel with well defined knotches every 1". When the trailer is relatively level, the 16" piece of steel swivels upward and locks into the appropriate knotch, creating a triange. The trailer rests on the middle hinge. If designed cleverly, the whole thing can fold flat against the underside of the frame during transit. It can also be designed such that the free end of the double hinge is permanently attached to the knotched area rail.

Got it? :oops:

by **Mary K** » Mon May 14, 2007 8:57 pm

fornesto wrote:I'm going to have to draw this, But I've seen jack-knife style stabilizers before. A 12" piece of steel hangs from the frame from a hinge. Attached to this piece of steel is a 12" piece of steel, hanging from a hinge. At this point, you have a double hinge. On the frame member, running from the hinge-attachment point towards the front, there is a third piece of steel with well defined knotches every 1". When the trailer is relatively level, the 16" piece of steel swivels upward and locks into the appropriate knotch, creating a triange. The trailer rests on the middle hinge. If designed cleverly, the whole thing can fold flat against the underside of the frame during transit. It can also be designed such that the free end of the double hinge is permanently attached to the knotched area rail.

Got it?

No,

I dont get it, but it sounds really Cool! Can ya Find a napkin and do a drawing?

Mk

by **Podunkfla** » Mon May 14, 2007 10:54 pm

critter wrote:Hey All,
Has anyone came up with a good homemade stablizer.I have a couple of ideas kicking around like 3/4 steel tubing inside 1" steel tubing with hole drilled every inch with a foot welded on the bottom.... or maybee a homemade screw type.Just looking for ideas...

I think making something kinda like this would work... On the other hand, what's your time worth? Sometimes it's just not worth "reinventing the wheel" when you can buy them ready-made for a few bucks...

http://www.pplmotorhomes.com/parts/rv-j ... -jacks.htm

by **irondance2003** » Tue May 15, 2007 2:24 am

Why bother !!!

just put the wheels 6" further back on stronger springs a 20gal water tank in the rear a good jocky wheel as far as forward on the pull as possible and then when she gets amourous toss a blankie on the ground.
Never rock again

Sorry Joke
After market stuff is a lot quicker and a lots more easy.

by **GPW** » Tue May 15, 2007 6:48 am

Remember, anything you add to the TD increases the weight , and allows you to carry LESS Fun stuff ...

by **critter** » Tue May 15, 2007 11:37 am

Hey Guys,
Some great ideas here,Ill tell you why bother,I could have bought them,heck I didnt even need top build this camper,I gotta lot bigger one sittin in the yard.Im retired "med stuff not cause I got too much money or got too old to work" and my time is spent having fun building this stuff and Im almost done with the camper besides their is something to being able to say "I built that".I know about the screw type jacks I just wanted something neater looking than them great big jacks hangin under my trailer.Podunkfla...I like them best so far but I want to see the napkin also!Gotta have my surgery monday so I need something to keep my mind ocupied anyway.Yall keep the ideas comming.Thanks Guys! :thumbsup:

by **GPW** » Wed May 16, 2007 6:47 am

Salad might have prevented surgery.... :roll:

Good Luck !!!

by **Big DE** » Wed May 16, 2007 8:45 am

Hey Critter,
Here is what I bought,
http://www.domarproducts.com/stabilizer ... GgodrHv6MQ
I bought and in stalled 4 of them they work great. I have a cordless Impact that I use that makes it that much easier.

Big DE

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