How To Stabilize A Parked Travel Trailer

By Nancy White


An unstable trailer can ruin your entire camping experience. The instability takes away the convenience of trailers because they eliminate the need to set up tents for your camp. Trailers also provide security and comfort since you are literary indoor. However, you have to deal with the question of how to stabilize a parked travel trailer.

Amateur campers wonder why a lot of attention is on stabilizing trailers. An unstable cabin will give you a nasty experience. It causes items you carried like glasses to break because of the swing. Other sections of your cabin like doors, drawers and slides malfunction because of instability. In the process of breaking, these cabin parts and items will injure occupants.

Without stability, the entire trailer could easily be damaged. When the swing is too wide, it will get out of balance and may cause the entire camper to fall. It becomes expensive to tow it back and will eventually ruin your camping expedition. You need to move to a ground that is a bit level. When this is not available, you must use necessary mechanisms to find stability.

Remember that stabilizers are not supposed to hold too much weight. Their design and the material used point at gadgets only meant to offer support. It is the wheels that should support most of this weight. Stabilizing levels and jacks may come with your cabin or may be custom-installed during fabrication.

Trailers and most firth wheel cabins come with installed leveling systems. During fabrication of purchase, ensure that your unit comes with the necessary stabilizing tools. These tools include wooden blocks that are usually two by ten inches in dimension. The package includes four to eight blocks that are of different sizes. The blocks are used below the jack and stabilizer to prevent the jack from going under. If the stabilizer or jack digs into the ground, you will lose stability.

Some trailers come with built in levels. This enables you to achieve stability wherever you will be camping. Owners of trailers that do not come with levels are encouraged to get them custom installed. Since it is installed on your camper, you will only adjust it depending on your needs based on the ground where you will be camping.

First ensure that your camper is stable from side to side. This is done using the wheels and by choosing a relatively stable ground. Use leveling blocks and lock the wheels to ensure that they cannot move. It is after side to side stability has been achieved that you can move to front and back swings. Chock the tries and apply brakes.

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.




About the Author:




EmoticonEmoticon