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24/9/2014 at 11:01pm
Location: Northern Ireland
Outfit: 93 Fleetwood Garland 148-5
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OK, so we just got back into the caravan scene and have had 2 weekends away, but I've struggled to get the caravan 'steady' - it shakes/rocks a little when someone walks through the van. I only wind the steadies half a turn to 1 full turn (no more than that) when I have levelled the van. I keep the jockey wheel down when I have set up etc., if that makes any difference (most people seem to advise to keep it down) and I don't use the steadies to level the van or anything.
I'm afraid to wind the steadies much more in case I damage the floor, although when I had a quick check under the van, the steadies look like they are bolted to the chassis and not the floor directly. The steadies all seem to work fine, though one of the steadies at the rear of the van was replaced by the previous owner.
When I try to shake the van from side to side with one hand, it moves more from the back than it does the front and when inside, it does seem to be a little less steady at the rear of the van than the front.
Should I try raising the rear legs a little more on my next outing and just one of us jump in to see if it's any steadier? Anything else worth trying?
I also thought it might have been the tyre pressures causing this 'bounciness' in the van, but they are both around 45psi, which is the recommended pressure for my van ('93 Fleetwood Garland 148-5).
My last van had a delaminated floor which caused a 'bouncy' feeling in the van, but the floor in this van seems to be rock solid, so I don't think this is the issue.
Is it normal to have a little movement in the van? Maybe I'm just over-worrying about this? We have had 5 people in the van with no major issues apart form a little rocking, but it feels exactly the same when there's just the 2 of us in the van.
Also worth noting that we had the same issue on both a grass pitch and a concrete one.
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