Step Stabilizers

[silverbullet18]

I was wondering if anyone had any good suggestions for step stabilizers. I have three steps and the last step is only 6 inches off the ground and Im not real crazy about how the steps seem very unstable and have read on the forums of welds breaking. I see the ones on Amazon and how you need two but would like some different ideas from the group

[mfifield01]

I'm currently using a single one from Amazon. It works well. I typically wedge it from the front. I might get a second, but it seems fine now.

[SUnderwood]

I use a universal rv stabilizer under the step

[Richard Noble]

I'd built two that bolted to the bracket above the bottom step but I could not adjust them enough to work well so I bought one from Camping World. Wanted the smaller ones but they were out of stock so I settled of one larger one and mounted it under the second step. This does not work well either. I'm still debating about fixing the ones I built with a screw like bottom so I can properly install them. When the steps are stable, the 5er does not rock every time you enter or exit. I may have to order the smaller ones.

[byrdr1]

Camco Sav-A-Step Bracer 7"-14"
I use two of these type stabilizers. I had one but the steps broke a bolt(rivett) and when I replaced with carriage head bolt I ordered another one of these so I would two. One on each side of bottom step. Works great. I could not use them last trip as the bottom step was close to the ground so I used some boards. BUT they can be found cheap in the interweb. I think I ordered from Adventure RV in Tenn. pretty cheap with shipping. CW might have them. I can get some stuff from the warehouse of Camco as I have friend who works there in teh next town over. BUT i always forget him because its something I need then and now. and when we get home i forget to ask him.
randy

[Charley0542]

I attached a scissor stabilizer to the middle step, pull the steps out and use drill motor with socket or the hand crank and screw it down. Screw it up and fold the steps in, folds right up and stays attached.

[Nuckledragger]

We use the Camco stacking yellow "lego" blocks under the bottom step. You can use as many as you need depending on the height of the step at your camp spot. It doesn't move a bit.

[Desert185]

Go to a junkyard and buy a scissor jack. Use a Lego or a piece of plywood for a base. Infinitely adjustable.

[jamesmc321]

camco save a step... amazon sells them and they work wonderful.

i bought the small (shorter) ones as i figured i could put boards under it if needed, versus having the taller one and it not fitting under on those more sloped sites

[Barbell]

I found some Camco "lego" blocks someone threw away and with a couple of bricks, our steps are stable. On uneven sites I add or subtract the legos to get the right height. Keystone did a recall that replaced the rivets with steel bolts in the steps and with my stabilizer, they work fine now.

[Dave W]

In the past I just used a small scissors jack but got fancy and bought a 14 buck Camco Save a Step, screwed a small piece of plywood on the top for wider support. I still like the scissor jack better but ........

[Desert185]

Originally Posted by Dave W

In the past I just used a small scissors jack but got fancy and bought a 14 buck Camco Save a Step, screwed a small piece of plywood on the top for wider support. I still like the scissor jack better but ........

Depending on the junkyard, a scissor jack is $3-$6.

[Pull Toy]

Think about a good ol' fashioned heavy duty floor jack. Not only is it infinitesimally adjustable, but it may come in really handy "multitasking" if you need to raise an axle, on the side of the road.

Low rise, better clearance than a bottle jack.

[silverbullet18]

I bought two of the short Sav A Step on Amazon and a 1 in machine screw with a wing nut and just inserted them into the holes already in my step. Takes minutes to put on and take off and they did the trick


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[roadglide]

that is the same thing a vendor gave me in Quartzsite excluding the wing nut. Its to short for my steps but i'm going to add a longer a longer bolt.

[Cqyqte]

I looked at those supports and then closely watched as my wife walked up the steps into the trailer and figured they would do nothing to stop the rocking of the trailer as anyone walked up or down the steps. They mount to the bottom step which lifts up and over the second step when being put away. So as a person stepped on the first step with them attached, yes the first step would stay put, but when they stepped onto the second step their weight would cause the trailer to dip and the first step would simply allow it to dip because it naturally folds up by nature.

So I decided to make a set of removable stablizers that supported the outer edge of the step frame housing. These would prevent the trailer from dipping no matter which step a persons weight was applied to. This is a picture of my design. The top bracket bolts to the side of the step housing, and a removeable pin holds the threaded foot in place, so when packing up you screw the foot up and pull the pin storing the foot in the passthrough so as not to get blasted with rode debris. I finished the design by painting the lower foot yellow so as not to forget to remove them before driving off.

[Cqyqte]

Here is a picture that shows both in their final colour.

[Cqyqte]

I love how I can stop a thread dead in it's tracks. LOL

[MerlinB]

Your mod may reduce the trailer's rocking but you are still going to have some springiness in those suspended steps.

If your trailer rocks significantly when you climb on the steps (prior to your mod) I would suspect you don't have it properly stabilized. JMHO.

[MerlinB]

If you want some rock solid steps that won't rock your trailer you should try a set of these: