Leveling jacks question
Hello All. Newby here for the first time. I just today purchased a used Fleetwood Bounder and it doesn't come with any leveling devices. I would appreciate any advice about what to look for to inst...
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Just finished building a new lever for this class a... I will tell you about it
The wheels have tread that is about 10 inches wide so the levelers are made from 2x10
. One slab 3 feet long
.ON top of that at one end is a 2 fot long slab
And on top of the two foot slab, also at the end is a 3 foot slab
Much like the 3 sentences above
One of the ones I made a year or two ago broke apart so I built a new one this week,,, The glue failed to hold so I put in 4 dowel rods that go through the middle slab and into both the top and bottom slabs.
To clamp it.. Well one of my hydrauic jacks is toast.. So I put the steps under a frame point near where the jacks go layed two more 1' long 2x10's atop them (just to spread the pressure more evenly) set an 8 ton bottle jack on top of that and leveled the rig.
It is very well clamped
I will unclamp it a week from Monday (Why wait so long.. Well that's when I move the RV next why unclamp it till I have to?)
How to use
Set either in front or (more likely for other reasons) behind the wheels.
Drive or back onto them
I have 4, two are 2 step, two are 3 step, plus additional 3rd steps if needed.
I put levels on the rig when it was level (in the cockipt) so I look at the levels, decide if I need side to side or front/rear or how much of each.
Then I select which sets of steps to put under which wheels. Occasionally setting one of them a foot farther back
You put steps under BOTH rear tires on one the other or both sides. Never under just one tire.
The wheels have tread that is about 10 inches wide so the levelers are made from 2x10
. One slab 3 feet long
.ON top of that at one end is a 2 fot long slab
And on top of the two foot slab, also at the end is a 3 foot slab
Much like the 3 sentences above
One of the ones I made a year or two ago broke apart so I built a new one this week,,, The glue failed to hold so I put in 4 dowel rods that go through the middle slab and into both the top and bottom slabs.
To clamp it.. Well one of my hydrauic jacks is toast.. So I put the steps under a frame point near where the jacks go layed two more 1' long 2x10's atop them (just to spread the pressure more evenly) set an 8 ton bottle jack on top of that and leveled the rig.
It is very well clamped
I will unclamp it a week from Monday (Why wait so long.. Well that's when I move the RV next why unclamp it till I have to?)
How to use
Set either in front or (more likely for other reasons) behind the wheels.
Drive or back onto them
I have 4, two are 2 step, two are 3 step, plus additional 3rd steps if needed.
I put levels on the rig when it was level (in the cockipt) so I look at the levels, decide if I need side to side or front/rear or how much of each.
Then I select which sets of steps to put under which wheels. Occasionally setting one of them a foot farther back
You put steps under BOTH rear tires on one the other or both sides. Never under just one tire.
