You should Never use the stabilizer jacks to support the weight of your trailer, They are Not built for that. You will Ruin them. Use a Bottle Jack or a Automotive Floor jack to raise the unit higher!
suggestion only, choke the four trailer wheels, then neutral the tow vehicle to reduce all tension onto chokes and off of the free roll component of tow vehicle. The stored energy can be surprising once released
hi Markus, thank you for sharing of your experience. I have the same problem as yours with a sort of steep drive way. do you have a video showing how you hitch the trailer on your driveway? thanks!
Just my thoughts on this , I Never take the chains or the 7 pin cable off before the trailer is completely off the ball. Thiis for safety reasons. The trailer Must be choked and secured, the chains will save your trailer should it decide to roll back on you. This happened to me and i almost lost the trailer rolling down into a lake. Leave thoughs chains on untill trailer is off the ball. The power cable i leave on for power to the tongue jack and the slide out motors without using up some of the trailers battery. Also your stabilizer jacks are just that, they will break if used as a lifting jack. What i do in this situation is , I caring a 12ton bottle jack , i put it on some bocks ; raise the trailer tongue, than support blocks under the trailer tongue jack than raise the trailer to increase height . all the best , Cheers
I think I may have an idea for this issue. Secure the trailer first and leave the chains connected. Jack the trailer up ONLY so there is no more tension on the tow vehicle. Take the pin out of the receiver (the part where the ball goes intot he tow vehicle) and slowly move the tow vehicle forward just enough so the ball portion is removed from the hitch. Now remove chains and ball from trailer tongue. I don't know for sure if this will work, but makes sense to me.
Did you say Doran Beach? Bodega Bay? If so, great place. Thanks for the video. I'm literally a rookie waiting for my trailer delivery and trying to watch as much informational videos as possible. Didn't know tire chocks were adequate on an non-leveled driveway.
Thanks for sharing this video. I have a sloped driveway and I got some good pointers. Maybe it's just me, but wouldn't you want to have a little wider supports on the sides and on the tongue. Particularly on the tongue, I think you should have something wider than those 6x6 pieces of lumber? Maybe some kind of support made of layers of cinder blocks? Anyway, don't mean to be picky, just a thought............
I think it's good to show what you do and just let others modify it to their needs. I would actually use bigger blocks if we had them. It is sad to say that we had to sell this trailer. But I hope to some day have a trailer of my own. It's so fun to go out and enjoy people and places in a trailer. I feel like a kid again in some ways. Thanks for the insight. Happy Holidays!
Our driveway is steeper and the only way that I can release the coupler from the ball is to relieve tension by driving our truck tires onto ramps. I need to raise the back of my truck to match the trailer hitch (my back tires stock at the sidewalk. So you can imagine the 2 different angles between the truck and trailer)Before doing the ramps, I used a bottle jack to raise the weight distribution hitch so the coupler would release and I can slide the latch. The ramps seem to be the best solution. Any other ideas?
Just watch how to level on a incline but not sure if the stabilizer can hold the weight of trailer, but it help figuring out something else maybe using car jacks on frame so i can place bigger wood blocks
Hey I know you said that you live in CA. and you keep a full fresh water tank in case of emergency . I also live in CA. but I do NOT keep a full tank of water. The reason being that if temperatures drop below freezing ( rare in CA. but does happen ) it can severely damage your water tank and your floor in you rig. A costly mistake. So I only keep a 1/3 to 1/2 capacity just in case. Thanks for the video.
I know right. Always better to be as safe as possible than to be sorry. I just make sure the trailer wheels are choked and once I drop the trailer hitch onto the ball I may put the truck in gear which will gently tug the trailer but not drag it. This should fully seat that hitch at the same time if I'm not sure. I will stand upon it too if I need to. Either way is usually helpful if I need too. Thanks.
We have steep drive way and just park it for the winter months in the driveway....do we actually have to level it up while in storage??? Or is ok unlevel while storing it? I am worried that we are putting alot of weight on the big stick in the front Ty!
Absolutely not. Just chock the wheels good. We do that to clean the trailer out after a trip so that we can go inside comfortably. Also before we go on a trip.
Our driveway is the opposite -- it slopes downhill away from the street, so when I back up the trailer and truck the hitch is too high and I can't get the trailer off. Suggestions?
garyvanzandt90278 hmmm. Do you have any pictures or upload a video of what you are trying to do? Pics of the driveway? You can buy inverted ball hitches or ones that can swivel 180 degrees to lower or higher that connection point. Not really sure unless I could see your situation.
