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Old 08-21-2006, 09:00 PM   #2
JimGolden
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Well, if you get too wild with the stabilizers, or put a scizzors jack in the same place, you'd probably bend the frame outrigger that it's attached to. They're not real heavy.

But, your idea would work just fine if you moved it inboard to the actual longitudinal (lengthwise) frame rail, rather than on the outrigger. No reason you couldn't, just would be a little further reach into it. You could maybe even extend the bolt out so that it'd be in the same place as the OEM; it'd just reach further into the center to the new scizzor jack mounted to the longitudinal, rather than the outrigger.

I've always heard to not store the trailer with the stabilizers down. If you do, and the ground settles a lot, it could dump undue stress into the outriggers...
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