Video Transcript for Stabil-Step Stabilizer Jack for Step Assembly Spec Review

Zach: Hey everybody Zach here etrailer.com. Today, we're going to be showing you how to solve the issue of having steps that just aren't as strong, they're not as stable. Now this one, maybe isn't the best example, but you can kind of get an idea. These move around a lot. And we're all familiar with the style that as soon as you step on it, you feel like you're going to rip them off the brackets that are holding itself onto the camper.Stromberg Carlson has a couple of different ways to solve that. This is going to be the Stable Step Stabilizer.

And this is going to be one that mounts directly to your steps. So if we take a closer look at it down here, the way this works is this is essentially just a drop leg that stores up in itself. So you can see here, we have two mounting holes. It comes with hardware. And you mount this underneath your step.

So you can do it whichever way is necessary. If we just had one, we'd want to maybe do it like this. So it centers right in itself. But I would suggest maybe getting two, especially if you have steps that are really unstable, and that way you could maybe offset them like this and they drop down to one another.But how it works is you pull this pin and clip out of here, and then this leg drops down. So you can picture this.

We're not going to mount this today because the customer is going with another option, because this isn't too bad, they didn't want anything that's permanently installed. But you'd mount it, we'll just say like that. And when it drops down, we could just rotate this. I'm going to take it off here since it's a little loose right now. And then it rotates right there.

So it's got a threaded bolt on the inside that runs through that. And we would just spin this until it makes contact.Now that's the downside to this manual style ones, is that you got to sit down here and spin these around. But a lot of people, what they do is they'll just buy a whole new set of steps or they'll get an upgraded model like the GlowStep Revolution. Those are all really nice ways to go, but they're really expensive. So this gets you nice, stable steps. You can see they're putting all my weight into that and that's not pushing down. And that's because these have a 750 pound capacity. So, that's a really significant amount of weight.A lot of the times it's going to exceed the amount of your steps. So go with whichever is the lowest between the two, but this is going to be a much easier way than having to rip out your steps, buy a whole new set, save some money, maybe put that money towards something else on upgrading your camper until you've really seen the end of the days for your steps. So then whatever, it's time to fold these back up. You can just lift this back up into place. And then we can just put that pin and clip back in there, kind of hard to see here. And especially with it not being mounted.So I'm going to take it off real quick. You can see, it's just going to sit right up in there. So folding this up on itself, you can see if I folded that all the way in, it doesn't interfere with that at all. There is no contact there. That's just the step hitting itself. So this is a really nice option, if you're looking for something that's cost effective, but you don't have to go fishing around in the basement doors looking for something. Now, if this is not the way you want to go, if you don't want to permanently mount something to it, Stromberg Carlson has another option and this is going to be another Stable Step from Stromberg Carlson, this is a really good option.This is actually what this customer is going to end up going with, because they don't want to permanently mount something. It's more of if they get maybe on uneven ground a little bit, just because these steps are actually in pretty good shape when it comes to how stable they are, they still perform just well. But this just rotates has a nice platform on both the front or the top and the bottom there. And then it just does the same thing. You just slide it down in there, rotate that until it makes contact. We've tested this one out.I thought this one did a really good job. It's the same thing as this one when it comes to, if you just had one in the center, you're going to have issues with your steps kind of rocking a little bit. So I would pick up a second set with that one. And you know, if you paired these two together and you just had them opposite of one another, so you're supporting both sides. I think you're going to be in a really good set up. I like these a lot. I think that it's going to be fairly simple installation. You just put the included hardware in there and then all you have to do is pull your pins and clips, and you have a nice set of stable steps.Now, when it comes to the construction of this, this is going to be a steel construction. It's pretty sturdy. There's a little bit of flex right there, but that's not where any of the weight's going to be. All of this is going to be steel, has a black painted finish on it. I'm sure you're going to end up scratching it up if you're putting it on hard surfaces like this here today. But when it comes to that foot plate, it's going to measure it four inches by an inch and a half. So it provides pretty good coverage there. The other one that we showed you, the one that's more of a manual, you bring it out every time, that's going to be four inches by four inches. So it gives you a little bit wider footprint.Now that hole is not there for any sort of permanent installation, but what some people like to do is, one, it's going to add a little bit of drainage there if water gets down into it. But we've heard of people who will put a little bolt down through that and attach it to a board whenever they get to their campsite. And that just gives it a much larger footprint. But when it comes to the height adjustments on this, this is going to work with steps that are a little bit higher off the ground. So steps that are getting real close to the ground. This won't work out for them, like some RVs or some smaller campers.But it's going to have a minimum of 8-1/2. So when we bring this all the way up, it's going to have 8-1/2 inches and you just do that by rotating it. So in that configuration, it's going to be an 8-1/2 inches. So it'd be a little short for this, but some of the other campers that we have around here and RVs, it's definitely too tall for. And when we have it fully extended, it measures at about 15-1/2 inches. So you can take it a little bit further out, but Stromberg Carlson recommends stand within three threads there. And that's where you get that 15-1/2 inches. And that just makes sure that you don't have it right at the end and it pops out on accident. So you have a nice stable grip right there within those threads. So we can have this extended pretty far out and have a good stable platform.But overall, I'm pretty happy with this. I think that, especially if you're adding it to a set of steps, that's already in pretty good condition, just looking to make them last a little bit longer, add a little bit more stable platform there because as you put that weight on these bottom steps, it really puts a lot of pressure on everything. So adding it to a good set of steps is a good way to go. Or if you're just looking to make a set of steps last a little bit longer until you feel comfortable investing in some of those higher end steps, because those are really nice, but they're very expensive. So this is really good at holding those over or it's going to do a good job of lasting longterm for you as well. So whichever way you're looking to go, I think you're going to be pretty happy with it, but that does it for our look at the Stromberg Carlson Stable Step Stabilizer.