Stabilizer Broken

[alfstrail]

Well, at least this is a great place to learn from mistakes, right? First step is to emphatically admit ones mistake - I did not learn to level my pop-up correctly. Those jacks in the corner aren't for lifting the PU off the ground, huh? OOOPS. I ended breaking the right front stabilizer due to a very unlevel site as I tried to lift the PU to level - without the car connected to the hitch mind you. Thank goodness for leverage as fellow campers stood on the rear bumper and we were able to lift the tongue up. Are the stabilizers repairable? Replaceable?
A trip to the local Camping World store is in order this week - wheel levelers!....., as is a trip to the local trailer shop to get this fixed unless someone has a suggestion. Would like to be on our way to Copper Harbor, MI by Thursday!!!!!

[wavery]

Well, at least this is a great place to learn from mistakes, right? First step is to emphatically admit ones mistake - I did not learn to level my pop-up correctly. Those jacks in the corner aren't for lifting the PU off the ground, huh? OOOPS. I ended breaking the right front stabilizer due to a very unlevel site as I tried to lift the PU to level - without the car connected to the hitch mind you. Thank goodness for leverage as fellow campers stood on the rear bumper and we were able to lift the tongue up. Are the stabilizers repairable? Replaceable?
A trip to the local Camping World store is in order this week - wheel levelers!....., as is a trip to the local trailer shop to get this fixed unless someone has a suggestion. Would like to be on our way to Copper Harbor, MI by Thursday!!!!!

What's more serious than a broken stabilizer, is a bent frame :yikes:  The stabilizers should only be put down firmly after leveling the trailer (as you now know :p ).

You might try this place and tell them what kind of PU you have:
http://www.telusplanet.net/public/wks/

[mjsmith1223]

Replaceable, yes.  How fast depends on the shop.  If you are in a bind for time, a hydraulic bottle jack on the corner with the broken stablizer will get you by.  Just jack it up enough to snug it up, not to lift the trailer.  You don't want to compound the issue by bending the frame.  It looks like a Red Green solution, but hey, you'll be in the UP anyway.  No one will notice.

BTW, the Keweenaw Peninsula is one of our favorite places in Michigan.  Very beautiful.  The trip out to the Copper Harbor light house is worth it.

Mike

[AustinBoston]

If you are in a bind for time, a hydraulic bottle jack on the corner with the broken stablizer will get you by.

Maybe for a few hours, if it's a good one.  I never had a hydraulic jack of any kind (including three bottle jacks I can think of) that would hold under even moderate weight for long...which is why I own jack stands.

Austin

[sewserious]

Yet another reason to read the owner's manual front to back; several times if necessary.

[LimeJeeeep]

i have three from my old PUP .are they crankdown or the that have the holes in them for the metal rod?somebody help me here can,t remember the name.you can have them just pay the shipping

[mjsmith1223]

Maybe for a few hours, if it's a good one.  I never had a hydraulic jack of any kind (including three bottle jacks I can think of) that would hold under even moderate weight for long...which is why I own jack stands.

Austin

We've been using one for almost ten years.  We had the jack anyway and didn't want to have the stabilizer fixed (fell down while driving - ouch!).  It's always held just fine for the usual two and three night weekends.  It's not really holding much weight, just stabilizing.  The point is that it's a temporary solution that works for me.  Someone else's mileage may vary.  A person could combine the ideas and use a hydraulic jack to lift the corner a very little, and then set it down gently on a jack stand.

Mike