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Old 10-10-2021, 07:57 AM   #1
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King pin stabilizer

Looking for a little advice. Put a washer and dryer in my 3720FB alpine which is located at the front of the RV. Would a king pin stabilizer help with the shaking while the washer is running? Thanks
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Before I did that I would look at pads for the washer feet. I think ours are cork with rubber on the top. Look on Amazon.
Be sure the feet are equally loaded. A "soft foot" will cause a lot of vibration.
I've just not been impressed with a king pin stabilizer. I'd give you mine, if I could find it.
https://www.amazon.com/s?k=washer+an..._ts-doa-p_1_26
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Old 10-10-2021, 09:07 AM   #3
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I put a washer and dryer in the nose of mine as well. I bought a king pin stabilizer just because of that. With all the tales of cracked frames at the front I figured I would do what I could to hopefully minimize that possibility.

Our washer/dryer doesn't do a "lot" of bouncing and shaking but that added 250lbs. sitting in the corner for mos. at a time worries me. The stabilizer relieves some of that load but doesn't do a lot to improve our particular movement. In the end it's probably more about my peace of mind than anything.
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Old 10-10-2021, 10:36 AM   #4
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I have custom-made by me it’s heavy but takes serious weight off the 2 ele stabilizers . Mine do very well at stabilizing the camper, the Harley goes with the camper Out of the garage it goes underneath the front hitch .
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Looking for a little advice. Put a washer and dryer in my 3720FB alpine which is located at the front of the RV. Would a king pin stabilizer help with the shaking while the washer is running? Thanks
IMHO, NO!
It may help a tiny bit but for me it wasn't enough to have lift, store & wrestle the heavy awkward tripod, finally gave it away.
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Mine is fairly light and it made of world of difference on my previous fiver. It seems to help on current trailer, and takes about 5 minutes to set up.
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Thanks everyone for your comments.
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