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corsa180
I see that stabilizer shocks are available and I've read that in the past, some folks have used an air cushion type stabilizer under the cabover. But I wonder if it makes any sense or if anyone has tried using cargo straps or something similar from the back of the camper to the hitch and tightening them down. The purpose would be to control the up and down movement of the cabover by hooking from the rear jacks to the loops normally used for trailer safety chains.

Just wondering if anyone has tried this or if it would even work??
mh45472
I am not a big fan of cab-over stabilizers. Your teuck beb and cab are seperated and move independently to a certain extent and connecting your camper at both ends seems like it would stress the framing of your camper each time you went over a bump. Let it bounce, they are made to do that. Take a look around the campgrounds, you'll see very few people use cab-over stabilizers. Good tie-downs are all that is needed.
corsa180
QUOTE(mh45472 @ May 14 2010, 01:13 PM)
I am not a big fan of cab-over stabilizers. Your teuck beb and cab are seperated and move independently to a certain extent and connecting your camper at both ends seems like it would stress the framing of your camper each time you went over a bump. Let it bounce, they are made to do that. Take a look around the campgrounds, you'll see very few people use cab-over stabilizers. Good tie-downs are all that is needed.
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Thanks for that MH . That actually makes a lot of sense. I'll just rely on my torklift tie downs to do the job. Appreciate the response. Corsa180
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