hawkhaven
Newbie RV’er
Weekender RVer... for now.
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Post by hawkhaven on May 29, 2023 9:17:16 GMT -5
Our Durango Gokd G391RKQ seems to have quite a bit of shimmy when family walks around inside. I use the orange 'lego' blocks to keep the extended leveler legs (6pt hydraulic) short as reasonably possible. We have Snappads that set on the 'lego' blocks. I then set the 'lego' blocks on 2x12 lumber pads on the campsite's material. The shimmy seems to be more of a side-side movement. Is is possible there is enough sliding between the plastic of the 'lego' blocks and the lumber blocks to contribute to the shimmy? I also use X-chocks (and also rubber chocks fore & aft of the tires) on the wheels and tighten them when the tires have cooled. During a multi- nights stay, I will do an auto level after a couple nights. Are those red plastic bucket looking things (Anderson?) Something I should consider in place of the 'lego' blocks? It seems they would not provide the varying height that would be needed depending on the slope of a campsite.
Appreciate any ideas or equipment to alleviate what I think is excess shimmy.
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Post by Edd505 on May 29, 2023 19:25:03 GMT -5
I use 5-6 legos under each leg and have no noticeable wobble.
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Post by jfspry58 on May 29, 2023 23:07:54 GMT -5
What Edd said ^
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Post by JimS63 on May 30, 2023 10:58:45 GMT -5
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Post by nvguy on May 30, 2023 23:35:43 GMT -5
I use the red Anderson buckets and don't notice a lot of movement, what I have found is you have to relevel as the ground compresses.
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luscombet8f
Weekender RV’er
My 1949 Luscombe T8-F & 251RLT
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Post by luscombet8f on May 31, 2023 9:48:55 GMT -5
My 251RLT came with a stabilizer kit, yes, it is the JT Strongarm and it works wonderfully. It sits rock solid. I have made some spare Tee bolts and also a handle to help secure the Tee bolts. The posted link shows the system to be kinda spendy, IMHO.. but it sure works well and is worth it!!!!
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cavementech
Newbie RV’er
We call her our Apartment on Wheels
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Post by cavementech on Nov 4, 2023 19:18:26 GMT -5
We didn't like the shimmy in our Gold G387GLF so we bought the Moryde Hitch stabilizer.
Amazing and simple! Highly recommend!
MOR/RYDE MORryde SP54-182 Hitch Mount Stabilizer
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Post by Edd505 on Nov 4, 2023 21:29:58 GMT -5
We didn't like the shimmy in our Gold G387GLF so we bought the Moryde Hitch stabilizer. Amazing and simple! Highly recommend! MOR/RYDE MORryde SP54-182 Hitch Mount Stabilizer a.co/d/3519aE6 |
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cavementech
Newbie RV’er
We call her our Apartment on Wheels
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Post by cavementech on Nov 5, 2023 11:25:23 GMT -5
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Post by laknox on Nov 6, 2023 11:48:36 GMT -5
Best thing you can do is to keep your jacks/legs as short as possible. I have 8 4x12x12 scrap cutoffs from some glue-lam beams we put up and use those as well as the lego blocks. I also have a bunch of 2x6 and 2x4 scraps in a crate in storage. The one thing that's not mentioned are the between-tire X-Chock style chocks. Everyone I know that uses them, likes them unless, of course, your site is so unlevel that the tires on one side aren't touching the ground. :-)
Lyle
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Post by Darrien on Feb 26, 2024 8:26:59 GMT -5
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