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03-05-2018, 10:51 PM
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Sonoma
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Stabilize non-camping stops
Planning on short stops each night in 19’ trailer.
Do y’all lower the tongue jack and stabilizer jacks for better sleep (not disconnected from truck)?
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03-05-2018, 11:18 PM
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Rivet Master
2007 22' International CCD
Corona
, California
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 9,180
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Tongue jack only if it’s not windy. If it’s a bit windy, the stabilizers get used. It all depends on wife, as she tends to be more motion sensitive than I am. We usually stay hooked up when on the move, unhitch at final destination if we need to use the truck.
Tend to use KOA pull- through sites underway...
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2012 shortbed CrewMax 4x4 Toyota Tacoma TV with more antennae on it.
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03-06-2018, 06:48 AM
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4 Rivet Member
Chelsea
, Maine
Join Date: Aug 2016
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If I’m just staying for the night and the trailer is anywhere close to level I set the parking brake and call it good.
If wind caused too much wiggling I’d put the stabilizers down and leave the cordless drill on the driver’s seat so I don’t forget them.
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03-06-2018, 08:15 AM
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Rivet Master
2017 26' Flying Cloud
Tampa
, Florida
Join Date: Feb 2017
Posts: 7,638
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Since I travel solo I have never put the stabilizer jacks down. I guess whatever wiggling the trailer does doesn't bother me. Maybe 20 years of boating has me used to some movement.
On a overnight stop, I'd leave it hitched and jacks up.
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03-06-2018, 09:50 AM
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Site Team
2002 25' Safari
Dewey
, Arizona
Join Date: Mar 2005
Posts: 15,615
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We use the tongue jack to level the trailer front to back.
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Wally Byam Airstream Club 7513
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03-06-2018, 10:30 AM
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Rivet Master
1988 25' Excella
1987 32' Excella
Knoxville
, Tennessee
Join Date: Oct 2010
Posts: 5,103
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I almost never use the stabilizers even when camping at the destination. Have used the tongue jack for level when hooked up. Worry about forgetting it. Put a leveling block on the steering wheel as a reminder but still worry when the jack is down.
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03-06-2018, 10:40 AM
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Rivet Master
2007 22' International CCD
Corona
, California
Join Date: Jul 2013
Posts: 9,180
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I've been using a checklist, and multiple (at least three) consisting of high, middle, and low walk-arounds prior to getting under way.
Hopefully that gets all the possibilities from TV antenna, awning, utilities, and stabilizers/jacks.
Usually the scraping noises are the very last clue....haven't had that yet. I do remember my tire locks were left in place one time--hitting the gas (gently) resulted in absolutely no movement...(sigh).
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Rich, KE4GNK/AE, Overkill Engineering Dept.
'The Silver HamShack' ('07 International 22FB CCD 75th Anniversary)
Multiple Yaesu Ham Radios inside and many antennae sprouting from roof, ProPride hitch, Prodigy P2 controller.
2012 shortbed CrewMax 4x4 Toyota Tacoma TV with more antennae on it.
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03-06-2018, 11:04 AM
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2015 25' FB Flying Cloud
2012 23' FB Flying Cloud
2005 25' Safari
Santa Rosa Beach
, Florida
Join Date: Jul 2006
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We have spent a lot of nights at Wal-Marts. We sometime level side-to-side with Legos and front-to-back with the tongue jack. I don't think that we have ever used the stabilizers on a quick overnight stop.
Brian
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03-06-2018, 11:07 AM
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Rivet Master
2017 26' Flying Cloud
Tampa
, Florida
Join Date: Feb 2017
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Quote:
Originally Posted by JMynes
I’d put the stabilizers down and leave the cordless drill on the driver’s seat so I don’t forget them.
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Great idea!
My cargo trailer once left a trench in the yard when I forgot to raise the jacks.
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03-06-2018, 11:12 AM
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Rivet Master
2008 22' Safari
Spicewood (W of Austin)
, Texas
Join Date: Mar 2015
Posts: 2,950
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Only if we plan adult-games.... (don't want to distract the neighbors.)
It's sorta like using Vaseline during s e x .... put it on the doorknob.....
.....(Keeps the children out.)
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03-06-2018, 11:25 AM
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Rivet Master
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Walnut Creek
, California
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Yes - unless it's a rest area type stop for a nap or a meal where we just pull in and park in a safe location.
An over night stop gets leveling close, but usually not perfect. Tongue jack down to level front to back. No unhitch. Stabilizers down. Chocks on the wheels. No - a Walmart stop would be as above.
A multi-day stop gets side to side level as close as possible with any variance to a head high bed configuration. Tongue jack down to level front to back. Chocks on the wheels. Unhitch. Stabilizers down and on pads if not concrete site.
Let your preference and logic lead your path. Pat
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03-07-2018, 11:27 AM
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4 Rivet Member
2010 27' FB International
Deforest
, Wisconsin
Join Date: Jul 2016
Posts: 306
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Tongue jack down, WD bars loose, level side to side (close) and front to back (close), wheel chocks. No stabilizer jacks.
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03-07-2018, 11:39 AM
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3 Rivet Member
1972 25' Tradewind
Chattanooga
, Tennessee
Join Date: Oct 2012
Posts: 165
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Only if I need to level more accurately for the fridge
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03-07-2018, 11:43 AM
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Rivet Master
2015 25' Flying Cloud
Bend
, Oregon
Join Date: Sep 2014
Posts: 761
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We always level with the jack and then drop the stabilizers. It is our routine and it is the same if we un-hitch or not
Also, with a cordless drill it takes seconds, usually I have not even opened my beer as i walk around deploying them...
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03-07-2018, 12:30 PM
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Rivet Master
1976 31' Sovereign
Oswego
, Illinois
Join Date: Jan 2007
Posts: 2,017
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I have never used any thing in over 55 yrs. of AS travel and several sob before AS. I don't want to pick up as have been in snow storm when sleeping, have rains also come when sleeping, don't feel like getting wet or sloshing in snow. I have never had issues rocking or any thing else by not using stabilizers or tongue jack. Also if some thing happened that caused immediate departure nothing to forget and loss of time to get out.
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