tbhunter
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Hi Folks. Need some help. I just bought a 2010 Keystone Hideout 27DBS with a slide out. We absolutely love the trailer and have had 3 trips in 3 weeks. However, I'm having trouble stabilizing the trailer. I put the stabilizer jacks down but still feel alot of rocking with any movement in the trailer. Someone had told me putting a stabilizer under the slide out would fix the problem but I'm not sure if that is ok (or where it would go under the slide out). Any suggestions? Thanks.
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JLangton
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DO NOT put any kind of stabilizer under the slide itself.
What you want is some kind of lateral stabilizer to prevent lateral, fore and aft movement. Something like the "Strong arm" stabilizers. You can make your own like some members have done here, or pay for the commercially available versions, but that's the only way to truly "stabilize" the trailer.
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Cut down the movement inside the trailer...
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I think you are right to be concerned about the slide supports.
Most RV owner's manuals caution about putting supports under a slideout. What if you had a tire go down overnight or a front or rear stabilizer on the RV sink in the ground. I think the slide is designed to carry a hanging weight which moves with the rest of the trailer. I would make sure to use the best wheel chucks you can make or find and to have a wide block of wood at the tongue. Keeping the jack low and high in the cylinder reduces play. Even though these supports are sold does not mean you should use them...and of course the choice is always your own..
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imo putting a stabalizer on the slide sounds like a good way to damage the slide.
use x-chocks to lock the wheels, crank the stablizers to 50% use blocks to make up the difference.
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I would NOT recommend putting anything under the slide room. It's a strong possibility of damaging the mechanism in case you'd have a tire go down and put a lot of extra pressure on the slide. All you need are stab jacks near the axle and a good set of wheel chocks of your choice (they all work well,even the old wedges if properly set) to complete the job. What you're experiencing is more than likely "suspension bounce". Trailer frames are not rigid so walking around causes the frame to flex when the suspension bounces due to being propped up on both ends but only the suspension supporting the trailer in the middle. A third set of jacks (even temporary ones) will remove 90% of that bounce. Good luck / Skip
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Use these or something similar - They will help quite a bit...
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I've heard good things about putting standard jack stands by the axle springs to reduce the amount of spring compression.
This would be after chocking the wheels well and using the end stabilizers properly.
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paulandtoni
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Extra set of stabilizer jacks works well for us.
My DH puts one jack on the frame right behind our step - as we noticed a lot of trailer movement with people entering and exiting the trailer.
The second extra jack goes on the frame on the opposite side - near the axles.
This has made a big difference for us.
I, also, have heard that using jacks on your slide out can damage it.
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skipnchar wrote:I would NOT recommend putting anything under the slide room. It's a strong possibility of damaging the mechanism in case you'd have a tire go down and put a lot of extra pressure on the slide. All you need are stab jacks near the axle and a good set of wheel chocks of your choice (they all work well,even the old wedges if properly set) to complete the job. What you're experiencing is more than likely "suspension bounce". Trailer frames are not rigid so walking around causes the frame to flex when the suspension bounces due to being propped up on both ends but only the suspension supporting the trailer in the middle. A third set of jacks (even temporary ones) will remove 90% of that bounce. Good luck / Skip
Tend to agree-up/dn is the suspension, 3rd set of jacks helps. Front/rear is fixed by either between wheel chocks or properly set ground type. Also try to extend stab jacks less than 1/2 full travel(use stable base if necessary(wood, lego blocks etc) the farther extended-the less stable they are.
Give your TT an hr or so and recheck stab jacks-once things cool down and return to normal you may find they are not set any longer. Have found this on both sides but usually on non-slide side.
you can eliminate alot of the movement but short of building a foundation you won't get rid of it all-just the nature of the beast
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