RE: Leveling PU

[tlhdoc]

 Foxyladies
If the wheel is not touching the ground then the blocks are supporting the PU.  If the blocks are not under the main frame of the PU, the weight of the PU may bend the frame.  You need the weight to be on the wheels or the main frame.

[mike4947]

 Foxyladies
Rosey, have the guys jack the PU up a little and put a patio block or wood under that wheel so it s taking some weight. No sense in wanting to move it 2 years doewn the road and having the frame cockeyed enough that the trailer won t track or the floor starts to crack. Been there.

[Ernhrts3n8]

 Foxyladies
Mike,
 
 We have already put a block under the wheel that was not supported.  They put the blocks right next to the stabelizer jacks.  It looks to me that they are under the main frame.  I personally think these guys know what they are doing since they level and support trailers all the time.  I also lowered the front stabelizers so that they are touching the ground and helping with the support.  I personally don t think that we needed to do all this extra work since they had already supported the pu.  My blocks under my trailer are right next to the stabelizing jacks also and I have not had any problems what so ever.  I personally think that people are scaring Roseann more than anything.  These guys are certified technicians for all sorts of trailers, I don t think that they would have done it wrong.
 
 Roseann,  just enjoy the camping and the darn rain that is coming this weekend...lol.  See you tonight at the campground.

[mike4947]

 Foxyladies
Sorry, Darlene, but I ve been there and obviously if the " certified technicians"  had done their job correctly you wouldn t have had to block up the wheel.
 PU s don t block up like normal TT s where in most cases you d actually take the tires and wheels off for extended placement to prevent them from degrading. I ve had to crawl under a lot of PU s, 5th wheels,TT s & small mobile homes to reset blocking during the year and come every spring.
 I was trying to prevent what s happened to a lot of owners that depended on a one shot blocking and expected it to last without checking it.

[tlhdoc]

 Ernhrts3n8
Darlene I am not trying to scare Roseann, just trying to save her problems down the line.
 
 
 

ORIGINAL:  Ernhrts3n8
 
 
 We have already put a block under the wheel that was not supported.  They put the blocks right next to the stabilizer jacks.  It looks to me that they are under the main frame.

 If you can slide a block under the wheel, the wheel is not supporting the weight of the trailer.  Mike has a good suggestion in just having them jack up the side where the wheel is off the ground and put a block and board under that wheel so that the wheel is supporting the PU.  The stabilizing jacks are just for stabilizing the trailer and not for supporting the weight of the trailer.  On my trailer the main frame is back under the PU and not along the edges.
 

[Ernhrts3n8]

 Foxyladies
What is the difference between the main frame and the frame?  There is a black frame all around the trailer where the box is attached to.  When you look under the trailer there are many other what I think are support beams (I don t know if that is the correct word to use).  The blocks are right next to the stabelizing jacks so I would think that that is the main frame.  The blocks that are put under the wheel cannot be moved at all.  The wheel is resting on top of the blocks.  The other wheel is firmly on the ground.  The tongue jack is down, it looks and stable to me JMHO.  I don t think that there will be any problems with the way that it is.  It looks good and secure and stable.

[Foxyladies]

 Ernhrts3n8
Could someone please explain to me, how the frame or pu would bend? Isn t the cinder blocks and pieces of wood that level it.....taking all the weight of the pu? How does just the wheels hold the weight of the frame? Am I overlooking something.....I just don t understand.

[mike4947]

 Ernhrts3n8
You guys have got it right, wheels taking some weight and the corners blocked up. should be nice and solid.
 As for the main frame and frame. They re the same thing.
 For Rosey, It won t bend right away, it takes time. but eventually if the weights not supported where it was designed to be the frame takes loads where it shouldn t and will bend/twist We re not talking weeks here, but months and years before it happens.
 . A PU is designed for the axle to hold the majority of the weight and the stabilzers to keep it level and take any weight movement  inside the PU toward the ends. If supported just by the corners the center will " hang free"  and stress the frame.
 
 Just check out the underside a couple of times this season as " new construction"  tends to move and shim if necessary. Other than that enjoy. It s a great feeling just to unload the clothes and food and start campin . I miss my lot & mobile home camp on the lake.