Homemade Jack Stands
Hello All, We bought a 2014 Southwind 32VS. I'd like to work with it in my driveway (our development doesn't allow us to use the street), and have determined I need to raise the front wheels 14 in...
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Tinstar wrote:jim harvey wrote:
How do you do the math to calculate/translate 2 to 3 degrees into height needed to get there.
I need to raise the front 12 inches to get it level, but if 3 degrees means I only have to get it up 4-5 inches that's doable.
13.125 inches (pretty close) is a 5.635 degree angle with your 210 inch wheelbase. That would make it level so if you raised the front 1/2 of that or 6.5625 inches you would be at a 2.8125 degree angle.
Somebody else check my figures. But that's what I'm calculating.
The inverse tangent or sine (pretty much the same at small angles) of 13.125/210 is about 3.5 degrees-------------not 5.6 degrees. That's with my very old HP 11C. :)
