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Old 04-29-2005, 12:39 PM   #3
sreigle
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As harleyrider said, a tri-pod (or bi-pod) will help and so will the chocks that go between the wheels. We use the BAL Deluxe somethingorother. They're similar to the RotoChocks Harleyrider mentioned. We use one on each side. Also, when setting the rear stabilizers, we just snug both pads until the pads are fully seated, then give each a half turn more. Any more than that seems to reintroduce movement in our rig. After all that, we still get some movement but not nearly so much. Part of it is vertical movement. To eliminate that you can use the triangular adjustable stands intended for stabilizing travel trailers (Most Walmarts have them as do RV dealers, Camping World, etc.). When we used these we put them under the spring hangers, one on each side of the rig. We put ours under the rear hangers but found the front hangers work just as well. the rear ones are more accessible for us. We found this totally stops the vertical bouncing. I got tired of dealing with those stands and added a sicissor jack bolted to the frame behind the rear wheel on each side. With the triangular stands or the scissor jacks we just snug them until fully seated. Any more and we're lifting the rear stabilizers and reducing their effectiveness.

Hope this helps. We've never figured out how to totally eliminate the for-aft and side-side movement other than maybe using concrete blocks under the entire length of the frame.
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