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Old 12-04-2019, 09:47 AM   #1
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Trailer rocks

Have a Flagstaff 2019 8529RLWS fifth wheel it seems to have a lot of movement and rocking when we are set up. Stabilizers and front legs are fully down. Any suggestions what I can do to reduce the bounce walking around inside?
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Old 12-04-2019, 09:56 AM   #2
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Hi, I see this is your 1st post. Welcome!

R/V bouncing and movement is an often discussed topic here.
If you search, you will find many posts about using things like X-Chocks and additional stabilizers and things like JT's Strongarms and SteadyFast systems.

Here is one such search of the forum...
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Old 12-04-2019, 09:58 AM   #3
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Have a Flagstaff 2019 8529RLWS fifth wheel it seems to have a lot of movement and rocking when we are set up. Stabilizers and front legs are fully down. Any suggestions what I can do to reduce the bounce walking around inside?
if the trailer is rocking don't bother knocking . You can get x chocks , extra stands that will help . I use 6 of the extra screw stands as i set up for a few months at a time and unit is rock solid
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Old 12-04-2019, 11:17 AM   #4
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There are a variety of things you can do. Often starting with adding triangulation stabilizers to your rig. My preference is the SteadyFast system after having knockoffs of the JT StrongArms.

More info here:
https://learntorv.com/shake-shake-sh...stabilization/
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Old 12-04-2019, 11:25 AM   #5
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I use slide-out stabilizers on the frame just in front of the rv axle, easy/cheap fix for rv movement when set up.
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