[sourdough]

As John mentioned, the "stabilizers" just aren't meant to support the weight of the trailer...at all. They just try to keep the rocking and sway to a minimum. I learned the hard way; loading up to leave a site, forgot about the stabilizers (in a hurry, bad weather) and started lowering the tongue jack to hit the hitch. My wife always walks around double checking stuff and I heard her yell to stop. I had not lowered the jack 3-4" I suspect when she called out so I stopped. Just that little bit of drop had buckled the front stabilizers due to my stupidity. I rectified that at a cost of about $670. So, if you want something to support the trailer use something other than the stabilizers IMO.