Homemade stabilizers

[oklahomajewel]

I'm with Cliff....you can pick up a scissor type auto jack for next to nothing, flea markets, pick-N-pulls. It's just me in the trailer, but I always stabilize it. Doug

that's what I've heard as a thrifty stabilizer... even go to a salvage yard and get the car jacks.

I've usually camped alone, and have noticed that to not "sway" when rolling over in bed or moving to get out the door, I like having a wheel chock on either side of each wheel. I just have inexpensive orange ones from walmart but spray painted them black.

[CliffinGA]

I would not find a teardrop a big enough trailer to make babies in anyways. save the baby making

Then you've been doing it all wrong my friend!!! I can always find room when I need it!

Cliff

[Miriam C.]

If you really want some fun just put the bed across the back..add some soft springs. Rock and Roll!

I got some garage sale jack stands for $5 each. They are harder to get exact than a screw type but cheap and they work.

[CliffinGA]

I was checking ebay and the stackable trailers jacks in Aluminium were $29 and 12.50 shipping still is not bad.

Cliff

[Miriam C.]

I was checking ebay and the stackable trailers jacks in Aluminium were $29 and 12.50 shipping still is not bad.

Cliff

What are stackable trailer jacks? Can you get a URL?

Oops never mind, found them
http://www.rvpartscenter.com/ProductDet ... 45&CID=167

[LDK]

I'll probably just get two of the screw out type stabilizer jacks for up front or just leave it hooked up to the tow vehicle like cowboy mentioned.

[bobhenry]

I was thinking in terms of something made or repurposed
I have seen a crutch made to be used as an adjustable table leg

If your trailer has a tongue jack all you really need is a stack of lumber. With the nose of the trailer low in front Block the rear to level and crank up the tongue jack to where it is slightly high in the nose then block the front at either the tongue or both front corners. Lower the jack and you are as stable as if you were on a concrete foundation.

I was lucky and hit a yard sale and purchased 3 scissor jacks for $5.00. Yep all 3 for $5.00 !

Later I found those aluminum screw jack stabilizers at another sale for $2 each bought 4 of them. [ same guy had 12 volt and 120 volt ac on demand water pumps for $5.00 each I bought both]



However for the life of me I can't see a crutch as a table leg

o.k. o.k. ya caught me

but I have to give credit for the idea to Handyman Dan who I stole the idea from



However I gotta hand it to Cliff he has perfected the hinge thing to make the folding leg work great !

[Yota Bill]

I just recently built something for a different project that would also work in this case, and without spending alot of money.

I used a piece of 7/8" threaded rod, with a piece of steel "U" channel welded on one end, then a nut threaded on, and a washer slid on after the nut. I then welded a piece of 1" I.D. tube to another washer, and then welded that washer onto a suitable sized piece of pipe (actually, I used HREW steel tube) so that the 1" I.D. tube was inside the other tube. I then welded a wider piece of steel on the bottom of the tube. Slide the threaded rod through the washer/tube at the top, and adjust the nut as needed...could also weld some small diameter (1/2" or so) solid round stock onto the nut so a wrench isnt needed.


I made 4 of them as temporary supports for a project I'm working on, and later I plan on cutting the tube and welding a slug inside so that I can add spacers as needed for future uses. I only made the adjustment range at about 6", which still leaves 3" of the thread rod inside the tube.

[Dan & Julie CO]

Ha Ha Guys lol
I like the ideas that came forth, I think that the car jack is in close running

[dh]

I picked up two new scisor jacks for $20 each at wall-mart. I mounted them upside down so the large pad gave a nise area to drill bolt holes, and the smaller lift pad goes down onto a block of wood. I have some picks on my webpage, sorry can't post, I'm mobil, but click my webpage link.

[dh]

Almost forgot, if you really want to trick it out, harbor freight sells the same scisor jack in a 12v version so you would just have to flip a switch and watch it go down on its own.

[bobhenry]

Damn ! now another bells and whistles future project........

http://2manytoyz.com/hfjack.html


All electric leveling system. No more motorhome envy watching them push a button to level their behemoths.

[Mike-n-Britney]

I bought a pair of the stackable aluminum leveling jacks made by Camco from Amazon.


http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000760FX4

$20.78 at Amazon and if you can find something else (like a couple stick-on bubble levels) to bring your total to $25, you get free shipping.

The first things I bought for the trailer were these jacks, a set of Lynx Levelers, a couple bubble levels and a set of chocks. Everything is lightweight, stows easily, and the jacks work great.

I back into a slot, level the TD side-to-side with the Lynx blocks and chock the wheels, then unhitch the TV, level the TD front-to-rear with the hitch jack, then throw the jacks under the rear corners (usually on top of a Lynx block) - and the TD is rock steady![/b]

[Mike-n-Britney]

I guess I should say: What makes these stackable, is that the screw (with the nut on it [like a 1" hex nut]) just slides into the tripod-like cast aluminum stand and sits in a hex-shaped pocket. To stack them, you just slide the screw out of the stand and the stands stack nicely, and you can put the screws wherever.

[bobhenry]

I have cussed mine and hauled them around loose in the bed of the truck.

Stupid me never thought of taking out the screws and nesting them DUH!

I'm gonna look around in the garage and find one of those camp chair sleves that never seem to get the chair back in them and nest all the parts in one of those.



here is 5 on the ground ( all 4 corners and the tongue) and a spare setting in the foreground.

Guess I thought I had BIG plans that night !