A lil dizzie...

We spent some time in the new-to-us camper yesterday and it sure seems to move more than our older travel trailer did when someone is walking or just moving on the chair or sofa, but we still love the floorplan. Is this inherent with a fithwheel? Admittedly all we have so for is the two plastic wedge chocks that came with the unit. What works best for you? ...

I have the Bal X wheel chocks and a king pin Stabilizer This helps some. A lot more has to do while setting it up. I drop the nose a little bit, than put jack stands under the factory stabilizes run them tight, than bring the nose up a little bit. This helps a lot. A lot of the guys here went to JT's a few months ago and seem to like them

Edited by fhenn - 07 Nov 2009 at 11:54pm

Use a kingpin tripod stabilizer under the front and really put some weight on it.    Use some blocks of wood or something under the rear jacks so you don't have to extend them all the way.    When they are let out all the way they seem to be less stable.   I have several pieces of 2x6's cut about a foot long and lay several down first.  Then I only have to crank the rear jacks down a short distance to meet the wood.    They are barely opened up and seem stronger and better at reducing movement.    I put a good amount of weight on them and then test the door to see if it drags,  this way I know I have not unbalanced the load and caused a twist in the chasis.    There are other devices folks use but this is all I do and it seems to help.

The problem you are having is most likely because of the Equa-Flex system.  You need to use jacks near the spring hangers and get some of the weight off of the suspension.  Locking the tires will not eliminate the movement that the Equa-Flex allows.  I noticed this same thing when I went from my older Jayco to my 2010 Cruiser 26 RK.

Thanks guys, seems like stabilizers are the definitive answer...now all we need is to buy em , install em, and find the time to try them out somewhere anywhere...lol...