Stabilizing Jacks - seriously?

[Eggscape]

Not that I know of.

Also I have not heard of many falling off...yet.

[SWCO]

Originally Posted by Eggscape

Not that I know of.

Also I have not heard of many falling off...yet.

The inboard self-tapping screws will fall off/out of the thin frame material. It was my experience that it is much easier to retrofit with a bolt and nut at home before the stabilizer is bent vertically from dropping down when that inboard screw falls out.

After about 12,000 miles/two seasons of travel the passenger-side inboard self-tapping screw fell out of our 5.0 TA. We found the stabilizer hanging only from the two outboard screws when we stopped at a campground a few days ago. The stabilizer was hanging dangerously low but had not hung up and was not bent laterally. After loosening the two remaining (outboard) screws I still could not get the two inboard holes (frame and stabilizer) to line up to insert a 1/4" bolt. Not wanting to create an oversized oval shaped hole, I used a come-along to pull the stabilizer in to get the two holes into alignment, drilled out the thin "L" metal of the trailer frame (hole in the stabilizer comes even larger than 1/4") and inserted bolt, nut, washers, blue locktite. After the new inboard bolt and nut were tight I loosened the two outboard self-tapping screws and added locktite to their threads before retightening them. I did the same work on the other stabilizer at home this morning and had no problem aligning the holes in frame and stabilizer and retrofitting with a bolt, nut, etc..

[Eggscape]

I will keep in mind your experience...

I am sure the person traveling behind you would have not appreciate your jack come hurling through their windshield.

Sometimes I do modifications to bring our trailer up to my standards...like putting bolts in the jack ends and welding down the propane mounting plate. However I know there are some out there that figure if it hasn’t failed, why fix it.

Just waiting for the day that someone posts that their propane tanks fell off on the highway. No problem however as the cheapo rubber line gave way...until they discovered it was jammed under their grey tank. Luckily the propane tank only had a small flame coming out of it and was soon put out when the grey tank melted.

[Centex]

Originally Posted by Eggscape

.... Just waiting for the day that someone posts that their propane tanks fell off on the highway. No problem however as the cheapo rubber line gave way...until they discovered it was jammed under their grey tank. Luckily the propane tank only had a small flame coming out of it and was soon put out when the grey tank melted.

I know I shouldn't, but the images this conjured made me out loud.

Thanks for the scenario, 'tragic-comedy' though it may be