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Old 12-08-2014, 01:52 AM   #1
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king pin stabilizers

Doe's anyone use a king pin tripod stabilizer with a trailaire?
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Old 12-08-2014, 02:10 AM   #2
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The 6 point seems fine with us. Used a tripod on our Everest, helped a little. There is a thread that folks are using a sway bar and stuff in the rear to help.
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Old 12-08-2014, 02:35 AM   #3
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Don't think a King Pin Stabilizer would do much with the TrailAir Pin unless you let all the air out of the Bag.
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Old 12-08-2014, 05:35 AM   #4
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I don't think they do much anyway - used mine about twice 10 years ago and gave it away.
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Old 12-08-2014, 01:21 PM   #5
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I have one of those heavy beast in the garage - but it's not shippable

I too saw limited help from them given that it would only help support stuff in front of the front jacks which is the closet are on ours.
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Old 12-08-2014, 05:21 PM   #6
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I bought one for our first 5th wheel. I used it three or four times and IMO, it didn't do much with getting rid of any movement.

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Old 12-08-2014, 11:51 PM   #7
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Had one once. Pretty much a waste of money.
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Old 12-09-2014, 12:27 AM   #8
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We used a BAL adjustable King Pin tripod. Worked on our previous SOB pretty well. Haven't tried it on our Redwood. Pretty stable up front with the 6 point hydraulic auto level. Our problem was the rear end sway from the 13 feet hanging in the back. Installed Lippert rear electric Jacks and 95+ % of that problem went away. The 1 1/2 year old tripod is for sale if you want it. Let me know. Can take pics and get model number. Used maybe a dozen times. Like new

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Old 12-10-2014, 03:17 PM   #9
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I had one and gave it away. Little effect and too heavy to haul around.
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Old 12-10-2014, 05:21 PM   #10
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If you want to add stability, put the stabilizers on the rear just ahead of the trailer hitch. Took out 95% of all the movement.
I used the manual ones rather than the electric.
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