CC-skipjack
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Great job and nice post. I have been toying with the idea for a while now and it seems that the rachet setup would be far superior to the tightening eye bolt I was planning on using. I'm guessing when you get a chance to use them, you will be very happy.
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Mile High
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mr2trout wrote:Good Job!
I think concrete blocks are the ultimate if you remove the wheels. This is actually the number one home improvement in Alabama.  I have to remember that one!
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MSHappyCampers
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Thanks again, everyone, for the nice comments on the project! I hope it works out well for you. Good luck!
Joe & Annette
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BulldogBlitz
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Joe helped me put these stabilizers on my 5er and I finally got a weekend away to go camping.Well I will be the first to say they DO work and they work well. I just have to remind myself to release them Before I raise my landing gear.Thanks Joe for helping me put these on.
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lar5camping
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MSHappyCampers
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BulldogBlitz wrote:Joe helped me put these stabilizers on my 5er and I finally got a weekend away to go camping.Well I will be the first to say they DO work and they work well. I just have to remind myself to release them Before I raise my landing gear.Thanks Joe for helping me put these on.
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MSHappyCampers
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lar5camping wrote:Yup, that's an option. I did the same, bought the ratcheting
bars, but, I don't have them permanently attached. And I don't
put them on the bottom of the front landing gear. It will move
the landing gear. I place my landing gear on 10x10 inch blocks.
Drive a large tent stake on the outer side of the 10x10 blocks to
keep them from moving and place one end of the bar on the top
of the front landing gear and the other end on the bottom of the
opposite block. No movement. Can't be beat!
For the rear scissor jacks, I use angle iron, top on one side,
to the bottom of the other side and clamp with C-clamps. Just
as steady as the 1000's of buckazoids pro jobbers, for real cheap!
I can't imagine the bars moving a landing leg with thousands of pounds weight on it! Also, what do you do when you're on a concrete slab? I think it would be easier just to spend a couple of hours installing them permanently. To each his own...
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Squints2c
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I got a deal on a different type of cargo bar. The ones that are used on the insde for securing the slide-out.
(as seen here for $17)
I first moved my front jacks back about 20" and added the stabilizers going forward. Then I move my rear jack forward about 18" then added the stabilzers going up to the center of the trailer. The thing is rock solid and I dont even have the bal-X chocks between the tires when I tried it. I'm completly satisfied and all for under $120.00 including hardware. Thanks for the write-up and photos, it gave me the courage to do my own.
Rich
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MSHappyCampers
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We took our 5er on the first trip this weekend since installing the stabilizers. I discovered one thing that should be mentioned concerning the operation.
I lowered the landing legs down to where the 5er was level and started to ratchet the bars to put pressure on them. One of them clicked one time and was very tight. The other one would not tighten enough to click. The leg was in just the position that would not allow the bar enough movement to ratchet. I lowered the landing legs just a tiny bit and that allowed me to ratchet it one click. Then I raised the landing legs just a small amount to put a little more pressure back on them. One caution here. I have stated earlier that you should not use use the landing legs to tighten the bars, but this is one time that it was necessary. You should apply VERY LITTLE pressure on the bars with the landing legs, or you could easily strip the ratchet assemblies!
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Housted
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jminyard,
Thanks for the idea. I built two of them over the weekend. I went a little further than you reccomended. I added a 3" piece of 3/4" EMT conduit in the end of the large tube. Pop riveted in place and thickens the wall where the 1/4" bolt goes through. Other than that made just as yours. They work great!!!
Housted
2007 Dodge 2500 5.9 CTD Tow Rig B&W Turnover with Companion hitch
2011 Arctic Fox 29-5T 5th
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