Friday, February 16, 2018

How To Stabilize A Parked Travel Trailer

By Nancy White


Camping is supposed to be fun but will easily be ruined by a trailer that is unstable. Trailers save you the trouble of setting up a tented camp. It also delivers comfort and security because of the hard and solid body. Since camping grounds are usually uneven, most owners and campers have to deal with the challenge of how to stabilize a parked travel trailer.

Campers might wonder why too much attention is focused on stabilizing trailers. The truth is that this is the secret to enjoying a good use of such a camper. If your unit is not stable, slides, drawers and doors will malfunction. In the process, the items stored within are damaged or broken, especially during retrieval. This may cause injuries to the campers beyond damaging your personal effects.

The entire unit is also prone to damage is it is unstable. Swaying from one side to the other or up and down could cause your camper to topple. This is made worse by the weight of internal modifications. You will be left with the cost of repairing the cabin or towing it to the garage. The damage to personal effects must also be counted. This will be the end of your camping tour.

It is important to note that stabilizers are not supposed to hold any weight. Even by design and materials used in manufacture, they are meant to provide stability which enables you to avoid unnecessary swinging that affects how trailers are used. There are stabilizers available for sale or you can get a custom made stabilizer depending on the design of your cabin.

Stabilizing options are factored during fabrication. It is the fabricator who understands the amount of weight that these levels and stabilizers need to hold. You will get a package of four to eight wooden blocks of two by ten inches. They come in different dimensions to make it easier to hold the jack. The blocks are used for providing a solid ground where the levels or jack cannot sink. If the jack digs into the soft ground or soil, you will have lost stability.

Manufacturers of trailers build levels alongside the cabin. They are strategically placed on the shaft and both corners of the front end. Where the cabin does not come with the levels, get them fixed on installed in a customized manner. The levels allow you to adjust the length depending on the orientation of the ground where you are camping.

Achieve stability side by side before focusing on front and back. You will need to focus on the wheels as well as choose a ground that is relatively stable. Leveling blocks are used to lock wheels to prevent them from moving. When you have achieved side by side stability, you chock tries and brake the cabin in order to work on forward-backward stability.

Install the stabilizing jacks on both sides of your trailer and at the connecting shaft. Use boards to achieve the desired level, ensuring that the boards are properly maintained. Boards will prevent your jack from sinking into the soil. Do not place unnecessary weight or cause the trailer to swing unnecessarily. This will compromise all the efforts you have made to achieve stability.




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