fifth wheels
fifth wheels
For years now we have gone camping knowing that the downside to being in our trailer was the shake, rattle and roll that happens every time someone walks across the floor, climbs on the outside step, or turns over in bed. Don’t even think about jumping up and down or running across the floor! Thankfully, someone came up with the answer to that very problem – stabilizers.
My husband was pretty skeptical that the stabilizers would even work, but I finally convinced him to give them a try. It took him about an hour to put the first stabilizer on, but then he got the idea of how they work and was able to finish up in another hour. He was even more anxious than I was to see what the result would be.
He came into the trailer and sat down after telling me to get up and walk across the room. I did and there was no shaking. He then had me climb the steps outside and there was minimal movement (I doubt he would have noticed any if he hadn’t been watching for it). Finally he had me jump up and down. With that there was a slight movement, but he was amazed at the difference. Of course, I then made him go through the same motions and was so happy with the result that we went over and got our friends and made them watch as well. We were all very impressed.
The next step was to see how easy they were to engage. We pulled up the leveling legs and the stabilizers came right along with them. We lowered them back down and the stabilizers followed. The only thing left to do was to tighten the three handles and the trailer was once again stable. We were sold!
After having used these stabilizers I notice a total difference when I walk into a trailer that does not have any installed. It is a mystery to me why the manufacturers of the fifth wheels and trailers do not have stabilizers automatically installed on each and every unit they produce.