Electric or Scissor Levelers

[blacknoir]

Does anyone know if its possible to upgrade the levelers on a hybrid to electric?

If not electric, would scissor lifts be better then whatever you call the kind where a single leg lowers as you turn a crank..

Thanks,
Shay

[Jagiven]

I have never seen electric stabilizers on a hybrid. Last year I saw a lot if newer hybrids with scissor style stabilizers.

We have the single legged ones and they do their job just fine. If you want to remove shakes and shimmies, add a x choke between the tires.

Please note, these are stabilizers and are not designed for leveling.

[Seann45]

I would stay as far away from electric stabilizers as I could... I host at NP campgrounds and one of the biggest problems campers there have is the electric stabilizers not working...
Scissor jacks YES go with them.. and if you need power then use an electric drill to run them up and down

[oldmanAZ]

Shay...

Welcome to the forum.

[Bassdogs]

Originally Posted by Seann45

I would stay as far away from electric stabilizers as I could... I host at NP campgrounds and one of the biggest problems campers there have is the electric stabilizers not working...
Scissor jacks YES go with them.. and if you need power then use an electric drill to run them up and down

X2

Do not recommend "electric" jacks on a TT for a couple reasons. 1] they are expensive 2] they malfunction and are expensive to replace 3] Reg jacks can be powered with an 18v drill. If the drill dies, you get another for a lot less than the cost of one of the electric jacks. OK well more than two reasons, but really don't see the value in something that can be so easily replaced with something just as effective and less costly.

[oldmanAZ]

Originally Posted by Bassdogs

X2

Do not recommend "electric" jacks on a TT for a couple reasons. 1] they are expensive 2] they malfunction and are expensive to replace 3] Reg jacks can be powered with an 18v drill. If the drill dies, you get another for a lot less than the cost of one of the electric jacks. OK well more than two reasons, but really don't see the value in something that can be so easily replaced with something just as effective and less costly.

What he said. Plus the electric drill can be used for other stuff, too.

[blacknoir]

Thanks everyone! I kinda figured electric would be either too expensive or just not possible. Sounds like scissors is the way to go, just gotta see if my rv shop can do the conversion i guess.

Then i need to buy a camping-only drill..

[Tunce the traveler]

Originally Posted by blacknoir

Thanks everyone! I kinda figured electric would be either too expensive or just not possible. Sounds like scissors is the way to go, just gotta see if my rv shop can do the conversion i guess.

Then i need to buy a camping-only drill..

Going to scissors is an easy conversion and it's a DIY job. A drill really isn't necessary to lower them, they just touch the ground so if you have a child over 5 then they have a job.

[Jagiven]

Originally Posted by Tunce the traveler

Going to scissors is an easy conversion and it's a DIY job. A drill really isn't necessary to lower them, they just touch the ground so if you have a child over 5 then they have a job.

Stabilizers have been one of my son's job since day one. He is starting not to like the job. I bet if I gave him a drill, he would go to town and try to lift the HTT.

[Tunce the traveler]

Originally Posted by Jagiven

Stabilizers have been one of my son's job since day one. He is starting not to like the job. I bet if I gave him a drill, he would go to town and try to lift the HTT.

LoL

[notaz3]

I would avoid electric stabilizers for the reasons others have stated; they go bad.

My daughter has the job of running the scissor jacks down. Giving her a drill WAS a bad idea, thought she was going to break her wrist as the trailer lifted.

[Camper_bob]

If/when my electric stabs ever fail, they will promptly be replaced with a set of robust scissor jacks. If I haven't done so already, at that time I'll install at least one more set either in front of or behind the axles (for a total of at least 6 stabs) to improve stability. But then my trailer is a 33ft travel trailer, not a hybrid; I get some pretty good wiggle in the middle.

The electric stabs are nice in some ways, but they're electric, I can't seem to keep them lubricated properly, which makes them noisy, and they're SLOW to deploy.

[DocBrown]

Originally Posted by Seann45

and if you need power then use an electric drill to run them up and down

X3 on the drill. I bought a cheap cordless drill from Harbor Freight at one of their sidewalk sales for $16. I've used it for 3 seasons and it works great. Seconds to drop or raise the stabilizers.