Scissor jacks to replace our stabilizers - Page 2

11-27-2007, 01:16 PM

Here is the site for the original scissor jacks that TM used.
http://www.liftcoinc.com/index.html?...=Jacks&level=2

**JonS55** · 11-27-2007, 02:05 PM

Freedom, yes I found them too. The ones I have listed above seem to speck out the same, look the same too. Price is better. I'm thinking of getting one set as I only need to replace 2 jacks. I don't use them alot anyway.

**B_and_D** · 11-27-2007, 02:12 PM

We decided to go with an original "jack stand" replacement that was just like the rest of the ones on our '97. We decided that going with the scissor jacks would add too much weight. I think we paid less than $30 for it (plus shipping). When I get home tonight I'll see if I can find where I bought it.

**B_and_D** · 11-27-2007, 08:45 PM

http://www.rvsupplywarehouse.com/pro...il.cfm/pid/689

This is what we ordered, I thought it was a very reasonable price. The hardest part about reinstalling the jack stand was using a sledgehammer to bend the damaged one straight enough so that I could get to the bolts. If you have to do this you will appreciate the strength of the TM frame. I suppose you could also use a reciprocating saw to do the task.

Actually, it's kind of fun to use the sledgehammer once in a while. It surely makes a lot of noise, especially when striking metal, such as the jack stand. I first used it to break out the horribly ugly orange and brown tile in our master bathroom about 15 years ago. I enjoyed that task immensely.

**JonS55** · 12-02-2007, 04:37 AM

It's interesting but I decided to go with the stock ones too. The reason they got bent was because where I park my TM in NJ. After installing the lift kit it's no longer an issue. So I'm going with them too. Getting the 2 bent ones off was easier then I thought it would be. I sprayed them with Corrosion X and let it sit a few hours.

I notice on the above link that there's a stabilzer jack handle available. I never had one, is it useful?

**B_and_D** · 12-02-2007, 09:28 AM

Yes, the stabilizer jack handle "tightens up" the stabilizers. Otherwise they don't snug up between the trailer frame and the ground. There are several round holes in the front of the stabilizers. You insert the jack handle (all it is is a metal rod about 10" long and about 5/8" in diameter) into one of the holes, push it towards the back, and then kind of push it down. You should find that there is a place where it catches the back part of the jack so that by pushing both towards the back and down that it will lift up the TM and then lock it one notch up. You just kind of have to fool around with it. You may have one of these "jack handles" in your rear bumper or in the rear storage compartment. I had no clue what to do with mine until Texas Camper explained it to me.

If you can't figure it out, go ask someone with a tent trailer next time you go camping. A lot of them have the same type of stabilizers.

**JonS55** · 12-02-2007, 03:15 PM

Thanks I bought my TM used and didn't have one. I use a floor jack to raised and lower each corner and then I set the jack/stabilizer.

**Joesjunk** · 12-03-2007, 06:38 AM

I had these on a pop-up I owned. Hated them. Had to sit on the ground to jack them up. Pain in the @#$%

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I also noticed that they are rated at 650 lbs. Is that enough support for the Trailmanor?

**B_and_D** · 12-03-2007, 12:58 PM

We can't use ours to jack the trailer up to change a tire. We just use them to keep the trailer stable when we're in a campsite. The vast majority of the weight stays on the tires and the front wheel. Being able to use the scissor jacks to jack up the trailer to change a tire was the reason we initially wanted to change over to scissor jacks. So we carry a floor jack with us (and a bottle jack too) in the truck in case we need to change a tire.