Van Stabalizers

I'm certainly no expert and could be wrong, but I don't think I would want to put too much pressure on either! not that the stabiliser might break but that it is distorting the vans shape? putting more pressure on 1 part of the van than the other.
I wound down the stabilisers on the windsor rapid we used to have quite firmly and couldn't close one of the hatches it was so distorted, when I wound them back up the hatch closed as it should.

cheers, Keith

Hi newboy
For whats its worth I have the vertical type on my van and was told that they are only to stabilise the van when parked not to jack the vehicle up as your mate across the road seems to be trying to do. I suspect he was attempting to level his van and figured that was the only corner that needed lifting.

Cheers Pop

Stabilizers are just that stabilizers.
They are not designed to jack up or level the van,
that should be done prior to winding down the stabilizer legs.
Just my opion
Norm

Hi NB

I'm pretty new to caravaning and our van has vertical drop stabilizers and I've always wondered what would happen to them if the tyre went flat over night, also jockey wheel? You would have to assume that they can take the weight??

I only wind mine down till they are tight on the ground.

Cheers

Richard

My van has the ALKO big foot vertical stabilisers (they swing down to verical from the horizontal position) - quite a robust unit BUT the manufacturer and the van maker warn that they can only take a light load, so as to stop the van from wobbling - try and do any jacking and the internal components will be damaged.

You should use ramps to level crossways and the jockey wheel adjusted for lengthways.

A small level on the floor is best as not all A frames are level when the floor is

Then when its level drop the stabilisers and wind them down just tight but not too tight.

If on grass an adjustment may be required after a few days

Hi All
I have stabiliser on the last two caravans, on the last trip the bottom leg dropped out when I lowered it to the ground.
The cause was that the two bevel gears that change the direction have only sirl split pins for the drive, one had broken, I replaced it with a small bolt, not an easy job to do.
Any extra turning to lift the van will break the pins.
The problem of trying to lift one corner is probably the same problem as I have that the shower floor is flat and therefore to get it to drain out the drain hole requires the caravan to be unlevel.
Regards
Ted