2-speed landing leg motor
It occurred to me that I've never seen, or even heard about, anyone making (even homebuilt) a 2-speed landing leg system. I think it would be very handy for those of us who might do a lot of boondock...
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the bear II wrote:
Ok understand...Here's what I did for a spot we often visited. I built two 1 foot high platforms using 12" long 2X4 s stacked log cabin style with a piece of 1" plywood on top. These went under each landing gear pad. This allowed me to raise the 5th wheel up as high as I needed to get unhitched and still lower enough to hitch up.
Nice thought, but his example was dropping the front lower, not higher. I've had the same issue multiple times when the site slopes downward toward the rear. Sometimes the pinbox ends up down around thigh high to get leveled.
I think it would be a good idea Lyle. In fact, you could probably use the high speed even when lowering with the weight on the legs, since gravity is then your friend. It gets pretty boring standing there with my finger on the toggle switch. I'm afraid it would cost the manufacturer an extra $10, so probably ain't gonna happen.
