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Old 05-01-2016, 11:49 AM
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Looking good Scott! I have the same cupholders, albeit in stainless, on either end of my couch. They work great.
 
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Looking good Scott! I have the same cupholders, albeit in stainless, on either end of my couch. They work great.

Thanks Rodney! Still wondering if I should have went brown with the cupholders, oh well. I almost got sucked into the stainless ones...........But I saw those were made in China and these were made in USA. Stuck with plastic. Raining here today so I messed with the sticks and bricks.
 
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Installed a Progressive EMS





Put in some folding tables on each side of the bed



Used these pressure clamp brackets to hang the ladders in the garage. Works great! Just velcro'd the short on to the big one.





Also installed some JT strongarms! These things are incredible!!!





 
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Looking Good David.........

Isn't it fun working on the rig........
 
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Thanks Roy, it sure is!
 
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David,
Please clarify why you added those strong arms? Not sure why they're needed? Strength, support, stability?
They look interesting but with most trailers working just fine without, I'm stumped as to the need.
They do look good!
 
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David,
Please clarify why you added those strong arms? Not sure why they're needed? Strength, support, stability?
They look interesting but with most trailers working just fine without, I'm stumped as to the need.
They do look good!
They take all the rocking and movement out of the 5ver. You think your trailer is fine until you are in a trailer with them. Huge difference is how solid it is planted while camping...
 
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It all depends how wild you and your bride are in the sack.........
 
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It all depends how wild you and your bride are in the sack.........
It sounds like you have experience with this situation. Does it help to align yourself (and the mrs) 90° from the length of the trailer? Are trailers usually more stable side to side or front back?
 
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This is precisely why I chose a floorplan with a north/south master bed...
 
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David,
Please clarify why you added those strong arms? Not sure why they're needed? Strength, support, stability?
They look interesting but with most trailers working just fine without, I'm stumped as to the need.
They do look good!
What Rodney said. The differnce in stability is incredible. It's night and day.
 
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Originally Posted by HRTKD
It sounds like you have experience with this situation. Does it help to align yourself (and the mrs) 90° from the length of the trailer? Are trailers usually more stable side to side or front back?

LOL. Brings back memories of my pop up before I mounted it on the goose. The only "stable" was east west directly over the axle...................on the dinette! Anything else could be seen 5 sites away!


I've pondered the strongarms. or xchocks. or another set of electric stab jacks in front of the axles. One way or another you guys are going to cost me more money!
 
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You don't think the trailer moves much while on the landing gear and stabilizers until you've actually lived in it for a while. We spent 5 straight months in ours last winter and will spend 6 months the next winter. I have a real heavy duty fifth wheel pin stabilizer that does a reasonably nice job, but these strong-arms sure look interesting to me...



 
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I have a real heavy duty fifth wheel pin stabilizer that does a reasonably nice job, but these strong-arms sure look interesting to me...

I've got the KP stabilizer also Randy. But 50% of the sites we've had have been out of level enough that the legs stand up with such minimal angle I doubt it helps much.
 
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I've got the KP stabilizer also Randy. But 50% of the sites we've had have been out of level enough that the legs stand up with such minimal angle I doubt it helps much.
I have a king pin stabilizer collecting dust in the garage for this reason.

We had the strong arms on our '09 heartland, much better system to have, store, and use.
 


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