Stabilizers 2

Here are a few pictures of the finished job (apart from a coat of paint)
Please bear in mind when I do things like this; I tend to use what is available to me to help keep the cost down. These Stabilizers cost me about 8 hours work and £17.00 ($26.00)
You will need enough tube for inner and outer for the stabilizers. And box section to make the brackets to fit to the chassis. And a piece of fabricated metal to fit your landing legs, also thumb screws (the type that are used on Awnings would be ok). A little bit of welding is needed mainly for the the fabrication of the brackets for the landing legs and for the rear bracket if your doing back and front.

The tube I used was what I had laying around at home; the outer diameter was 25mm (1 inch) with a 1.5mm wall (0.059) I used
4370mm (172 in).
The inner was 22mm (0.866 in) with the same wall thickness,
Again I used 4370mm (172 in).
I cut all my tubes to length there were only three sizes.

Front. Outer x2 @ 650mm (25. 5/8in) inner x2 @650mm.

Sides. (Legs to chassis rail) outer x2 @ 800mm (31 1/2in) same for the inners.

Rear. Outer x2 @ 740mm (29in) inner740mm(29in)
I fixed the inner rods to the rear jacks by welding a bolt on the side of the jack, this way you can also get a better angle when fixing.


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right leg looking from the front (kerb side view)
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Same leg from front
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Same leg from rear
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Looks great, thanks.

Great job Sean,

Now that we have an idea how much the materials cost for this project, I'd think that JTs and similar are making nearly pure profit off their direct sales. Seems I pd over $400 + shipping for my set when they were still fairly new on the market with little to no competition. That's about $375.00 clear before expenses p/unit. Take that times how ever many RVers who are interested in keeping the rocking down to a minimum and you have a very lucrative niche to the RV industry. No wonder there are several immitators now making these. I would too if'n I had the skills and tools. There's money to be made, that's fo sho!!

So Sean...are there a lot of RVers in Europe that would benefit from YOUR Stable-Made Stabilizers?? I'd set up shop and go for it!! I'll bet after overhead, you'd STILL be making over $100 p/unit. That would more than cover your $14 to come over here and spend time with your Yankee friends.

TC

TC is that really you? or is that something you are fattening for a HOG roast

Naw, that's not me...THIS is me:



TC

Wow your a good looking bloke for your age TC