Reveye
Mayo, MD USA
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I just installed my JT's Strongarm Stabilizers today that I purchased from Tweety's. Wow, they are incredible. Thanks to all of you on this site for your wealth of knowledge. Thanks to you, my camper is rock solid now.
Rev
2008 F450 Super Duty CC King Ranch Lariat
Dually, Auto,Powerstroke, 4x4
2006 Sandpiper 325BHD 5er with Quad bunks
1 wife, 3 kids, 1 dog
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Trailer Trash 2
Santa Fe Springs, CA
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Looks great!! how long to do the job.
Don & Georgia
AKA: Trailer Trash 2
Real trucks don't have spark plugs.
1996 Ford F-350,Clydesdale, 7.3 Turbo W/Banks
Pulling a Super Fine Montana 2980RL
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chili7
Colorado Springs, CO
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Very nice pics and good job. I gotta get some of those. How long did it take you and was anything tricky?
06 Prowler Regal 285RLS Extreme Edition 5th Wheel
05 F350 XLT PSD CC SB 4x4 FX4 SRW TowCommand
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tvman44
Southwest Louisiana
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Can't help but love them 
Papa Bob
1* DW "Granny"
1* 2008 Brookside Sunnybrook 32'
1* 2002 F250 Super Duty 7.3L PSD
Husky 16K hitch, Tekonsha P3,
Firestone Ride Rite Air Springs, Trailair Equa-Flex, Champion C46540
"A bad day camping is better than a good day at work!"
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fpresto
Maryland
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Probably the best mod I ever did.
USN Retired
2007 Cedar Creek 30 RLSTS
2008 F350, DRW, V-10, B&W hitch,
Pressure Pro, JT Strongarms
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amxpress
Clayton, NC
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Rev,
Nice job. Now you should get a pair of these:
5th wheel pull pins
They sure make it a lot easier when setting up!
2007 Dodge RAM 2500 Quad Cab w/6.7 Cummins
2008 Palamino Sabre 31RKTS
Reese 15K Pro Series manual slide
Prodigy
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Travel in peace...leave the M-I-L at home.
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Reveye
Mayo, MD USA
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Nothing tricky, just time consuming. Between crawling back out from under the camper to go back to the garage to get more drill bits(broke 3 1/8" bits) and heading to the store to buy a 3/8 tap(the supplied self tappers wouldn't cut the frame), about 2 hours for the front and about an hour for the rear. Now that I know how to do it, I could easily cut that in half now. I have a couple more pics if anyone needs them for install purposes.
Rev
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azdrawdy
North Augusta, SC
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Very sano-looking. Assuming that your Sandpiper had a spare tire in the same location as my SP (305RLW), where did you relocate the spare? Mine is under the front storage area, hanging down below, right where the JTs would bolt to the frame.
I have read enough great reviews on the JTs that I would like to install a set, but that spare is rather large, and I just don't know where it would go.
Michael
'07 FR Sandpiper 305RLW
'06 F-350 SRW SC SB, V-10 4.30LS
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Reveye
Mayo, MD USA
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Well, I removed the spare tire and cut the welds for the one piece of steel in the front that the tire pulled up to(I left the rear one as the LP pipe mounts to that one), and removed it. The spare tire has temporarily been relocated to the bed of the truck, in front of the hitch.......
Rev
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Martyn
Bennett, Colorado, USA
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As a JT user here is a tip... Use as few blocks as possible under the scissor stabilizers. I was on a site this last weekend that sloped a lot. We arrived in the dark and used about 10" of wood blocks under them and noticed it still wobbled a bit at the back. Next morning I removed about 6" of wood, lowered the stabilizers and retightened the JT's. Solid as a rock. Better to have the stabilizers way extended rather than lots of blocks - makes a bigger triangle and thus more stability. We learn by experience!
2004.5 Dodge Ram 2500 QC CTD 4x4 SLT; 2007 Coachmen Chaparral 267RLS;
Reese 15K Slider;Prodigy;JT Stabilizers;2 Honda EU2000i's;
2006 Glastron MX175;
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2005 Dodge Magnum for the DW
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