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10-05-2019, 01:55 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Trailer: 2020 5.0TA
Posts: 29
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Movement inside 5.0
Considering purchase the 5.0. We currently own a 28 ft travel trailer. We feel a ton of movement when walking around inside. How much movement do owners of the 5,0 experience? Thx!
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10-05-2019, 02:04 PM
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#2
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Southwick, Massachusetts
Trailer: None, sold my 2014 5.0TA
Posts: 7,124
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Pretty much none, the few times it has been noticeable (with the stabilizers too high off the ground), we apply the XBAL chocks.
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Bob
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10-05-2019, 03:24 PM
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#3
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2018
Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota
Trailer: 2019 5.0 TA
Posts: 864
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LuGreen
Considering purchase the 5.0. We currently own a 28 ft travel trailer. We feel a ton of movement when walking around inside. How much movement do owners of the 5,0 experience? Thx!
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Funny you should ask. We picked our's up in June and have over 75 night in the 5.0. This campsite is the first I have notice much movement at all. I pretty much did'nt notice it until morning when my wife was up moving around. We are very high on the front jacks and I see one of my rear stabilizers is not firm to the ground. I just firmed up the rear stabilizers, we'll see what morning brings. But, to answer your question we don't generally have movement.
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Ronn and Colleen
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10-05-2019, 04:05 PM
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#4
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Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2018
Location: Wilmington, North Carolina
Trailer: 5.0 TA
Posts: 7
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We just purchased our 5.0 a few months ago and have been pleasantly surprised at how little movement there is when the trailer is unhooked at the campsite. It's a wonderful trailer. We did 2 months of traveling and not one issue. We love it!
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10-06-2019, 10:12 AM
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#5
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Senior Member
Join Date: Feb 2018
Location: Austin, Texas
Trailer: 2019 5.0TA "Junior", 2019 Ram 1500 5.7 Hemi
Posts: 1,600
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We are on an extended trip in our 2019 5.0TA. Last night I forgot to put the rear stabilizer jacks down and we didn't even notice - that's how solid it feels.
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David, Mary, and the cats
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10-06-2019, 10:27 AM
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#6
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: St. Thomas not BVI., Ontario
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0TA / 2016 Ram Eco Diesel 4X4
Posts: 8,038
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Luke2
We just purchased our 5.0 a few months ago and have been pleasantly surprised at how little movement there is when the trailer is unhooked at the campsite. It's a wonderful trailer. We did 2 months of traveling and not one issue. We love it!
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Hi: Luke2... What fun is that? Remember..."If the trailer's rockin'... don't come knockin'." Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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10-06-2019, 10:48 AM
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#7
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2015
Location: Victoria, British Columbia
Trailer: 2016/ 5TA Spirit Bear
Posts: 322
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It is very stable. However depending on the length of our stay we put down in order of priority the stabilizer jacks, x chocks and finally a tripod stabilizer.
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10-06-2019, 12:55 PM
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#8
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jul 2016
Location: East Dover, Vermont
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0 TA!
Posts: 678
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As others have said if the landing gear or rear stabilizers are fully out you do get some wobble. I use the orange Walmart leveler blocks under each to help with this. I also use x chocks which help quite a bit. If I am somewhere for more than a few days I also have a bipod that I can bring and put under the kingpin....my wife is a bit of a bull in a china shop when she moves around!
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10-08-2019, 06:31 AM
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#9
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Senior Member
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Southwick, Massachusetts
Trailer: None, sold my 2014 5.0TA
Posts: 7,124
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Quote:
Originally Posted by davidmurphy02
We are on an extended trip in our 2019 5.0TA. Last night I forgot to put the rear stabilizer jacks down and we didn't even notice - that's how solid it feels.
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For a while I didn't even bother with the stabilizers, then I used them due to the trailer being in a precarious spot, and of course not being used to them being down I didn't remember to put them up when breaking camp. I now put them down whether I need them or not.
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Bob
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10-08-2019, 08:06 AM
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#10
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2019
Location: Madison, Wisconsin
Trailer: 2020 5.0TA
Posts: 29
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Thanks everyone! Very helpful! I will pass on to the hubby whose job it is to keep us stable. =)
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10-08-2019, 10:27 AM
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#11
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Senior Member
Join Date: Nov 2017
Location: Placerville, California
Trailer: 2018 Escape 17A double dinette
Posts: 1,521
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david, but you have an unfair advantage in having the cats for ballast.
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10-08-2019, 11:15 AM
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#12
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: St. Thomas not BVI., Ontario
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0TA / 2016 Ram Eco Diesel 4X4
Posts: 8,038
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Quote:
Originally Posted by LuGreen
Thanks everyone! Very helpful! I will pass on to the hubby whose job it is to keep us stable. =)
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Hi: LuGreen... LoL... I've never been one to be known as a "Stable genius". Alf
escape artist N.S. of Lake Erie
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'16 Ram Eco D. 4X4 Laramie Longhorn CC & '14 Escape 5.0TA
St.Thomas (Not the Virgin Islands) Ontario
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10-08-2019, 04:58 PM
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#13
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Olympia wa, Washington
Trailer: 5.0TA 2017
Posts: 2,255
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i am very lazy and my fellow camper boats a lot so we don't mind a little movement rarely put down rear stabilizers and x chocks are still in the box i just level and put down front stabilizers.
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10-08-2019, 06:02 PM
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#14
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,562
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Fox hunt
i am very lazy and my fellow camper boats a lot so we don't mind a little movement rarely put down rear stabilizers and x chocks are still in the box i just level and put down front stabilizers.
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It takes 2 minutes tops to put down the stabilizers and install the X-Chocks. Well worth it in my opinion.
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10-08-2019, 06:05 PM
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#15
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Site Team
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Portland, Oregon
Trailer: 2014 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 11,072
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It's hard to say if one couple will experience movement while another may not. There are those that I call "heavy walkers." That could make a big difference.
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Ten Forward
2014 Escape 5.0TA
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10-08-2019, 06:20 PM
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#16
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
It takes 2 minutes tops to put down the stabilizers and install the X-Chocks. Well worth it in my opinion.
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Two minutes tops, if you deploy a NASCAR pit crew.
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10-08-2019, 06:27 PM
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#17
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,562
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Quote:
Originally Posted by gbaglo
Two minutes tops, if you deploy a NASCAR pit crew.
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Not at all, each stabilizer is less than 30 seconds to crank down, and each X-chock the same. 4 x 30 seconds is 2 minutes in Alberta.
You can dawdle, but I prefer to do that with a cocktail in hand.
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2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
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10-08-2019, 06:44 PM
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#18
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Olympia wa, Washington
Trailer: 5.0TA 2017
Posts: 2,255
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yea not that important to us unless we are staying a'while. And yes i do need that cocktail!
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10-08-2019, 06:45 PM
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#19
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Olympia wa, Washington
Trailer: 5.0TA 2017
Posts: 2,255
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we are going time you next time we camp with you !
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10-08-2019, 06:48 PM
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#20
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: North Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 2009 Escape 17B 2020 Toyota Highlander XLE
Posts: 17,136
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Takes me 30 seconds to get up from kneeling position. I often don't get around to the stabilizers until the next day.
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