Looking for a very small inexpensive cordless tool to quickly drop scissor jack/stabilizers with a drill socket. It would only be used for this purpose.I own a 20v DeWalt cordless drill that I dont necessarily want to remember to take with me every time we leave. Plus it's a *bit* heavy.I like the idea of small pistol grip tool with no hanging battery, but not sure it would be efficient enough.Does anyone use a cordless screwdriver for this?Something like this: with this

I use a small Ridgid 12 volt lithium ion drill that's rated at just 120 in/lbs of torque but it runs my stabs up/down just fine. Any of the current crop of similar drills would do the same.

I use a Ryobi 18v One+ 1/2" impact driver. I don't have to remember to take it because it lives in the TT. Note that this is NOT a hammer drill. Impact and hammer are completely different.

Those type drills are going to work fine to raise and lower the stabilizers. However, I would caution you that most drills are not designed to do crank down the final half inch. Many of today’s drills have a clutch designed to avoid stalling the drill. You will need something in the Dewalt/ Makita 20v plus range if you want to avoid having that clutch break/ burn out. Some people use an impact drill for that job to avoid damaging a standard drill. It will work great but will not make any friends in the campground if you arrive late and/ or leave early. I have added stabilizers right behind my rear wheels to get some weight off the suspension. I use my Craftsman 19.2v drill to lower the stabilizers until it touches the ground then I use my automobile 4-way lug wrench for the final tightening. To leave, I use the four way to break the tension on the stabilizer, then the Craftsman to bring them up to the travel position. Most of the hand cranks that come with stabilizers are cr***, a standard 4 way has a 3/4 inch socket which fits the stabilizer and is so much easier to use.

X2 use a impact drill not a reg drill bit drill.

PawPaw_n_Gram wrote:Those type drills are going to work fine to raise and lower the stabilizers. However, I would caution you that most drills are not designed to do crank down the final half inch. Many of today’s drills have a clutch designed to avoid stalling the drill. You will need something in the Dewalt/ Makita 20v plus range if you want to avoid having that clutch break/ burn out. Some people use an impact drill for that job to avoid damaging a standard drill. It will work great but will not make any friends in the campground if you arrive late and/ or leave early. I have added stabilizers right behind my rear wheels to get some weight off the suspension. I use my Craftsman 19.2v drill to lower the stabilizers until it touches the ground then I use my automobile 4-way lug wrench for the final tightening. To leave, I use the four way to break the tension on the stabilizer, then the Craftsman to bring them up to the travel position. Most of the hand cranks that come with stabilizers are cr***, a standard 4 way has a 3/4 inch socket which fits the stabilizer and is so much easier to use.I agree. I hate to hear those impact wrenches in the morning. After all, I am not camping on Pit Road. I use my 24volt DeWalt Hammer drill, with the hammer turned off. and yes. that last half inch is no problem. In fact. I have to be careful not to lower them too far.will it last? Well it is 18 years old. So I'm gonna say... YEP.

Small cordless drill/screwdriver rec for stabilizers?

westend
Explorer
Mar 17, 2018
brianosaur wrote:
Oh yeah

Here's my new travel trailer. The inside is spacious and the outside really rocks!

Man, you caught on quick!

I don't know what kind of battery impact driver is ruining camper's experiences. I have a Ridgid 18V set and the impact driver is rated to 650 ft lbs. I'd bet in non-full-impact mode that is used for drilling, driving, or stab jacks, you couldn't hear it from 50'. Not more than a few ticks, anyway.

BTW, some Ridgid battery equipment is still warrantied for life, batteries, charger, and tools. I recently got a new battery for just a phone call.
Range_Maggot_Bo
Explorer
Mar 17, 2018
coolmom42 wrote:
midnightsadie wrote:
X2 use a impact drill not a reg drill bit drill.

PLEASE DO NOT use an impact drill. They are incredibly loud and annoying and disturb the entire campground. They are complete overkill for a stabilizer jack.

:R Oh, okay. Probably takes at least 15-20 seconds X 2. And I'm sure the users are wise enough to not put the drill in "hammer mode". There is a choice you know.
valhalla360
Navigator
Mar 15, 2018
We just have a 2 speed basic battery powered drill. The lower gear ratio is needed to put the legs down. The bigger issue is remembering to keep it charged.

If it's low on juice, I just take them down as much as they will go and then a second or two raising the landing gear to put a little weight on them (don't over do it).

It takes 5 seconds per stabilizer, so hardly a huge noise issue if someone wants to use the impact version.
Fryer5
Explorer
Mar 15, 2018
I use my 18volt rigid drill. I find it to be compact. I have also discovered that if I don’t bring my entire set of tools that whatever breaks will require whatever tool I left behind to fix. So I bring a fairly decent tool set. But that conversation is for a different thread.
Bobbo
Explorer II
Mar 15, 2018
Jack Spratt wrote:
GordonThree wrote:
Lubricant makes things worse, it causes road debris to stick in the threads.

Ptfe (dry) lubricant has proven ineffective.

I'm subjected to noisy diesels, get them to quiet down and I'll do the same.

What an attitude

No worse than this:

coolmom42 wrote:
PLEASE DO NOT use an impact drill. They are incredibly loud and annoying and disturb the entire campground. They are complete overkill for a stabilizer jack.

I use, and will continue to use my impact Ryobi. I have 4 stabilizers, I have finished lowering them all in less than 90 seconds.
TurnThePage
Explorer
Mar 15, 2018
I use a Ryobi One+ drill. It's not all that compact, but the battery can be used on other Ryobi One+ products that are also handy when camping or RVing, ultimately saving weight and space.
Veebyes
Explorer II
Mar 15, 2018
I started with a cheap & nasty lower voltage screwdriver type drill. Wasted my money. Should have bought the Dewalt 20V drill in the first place.
brianosaur
Explorer
Mar 14, 2018
Oh yeah

Here's my new travel trailer. The inside is spacious and the outside really rocks!
brianosaur
Explorer
Mar 14, 2018
Oh, then I got this for splitting up some firewood at midnight.
brianosaur
Explorer
Mar 14, 2018
Okay got it.

Went and bought this and put a 3/4" socket on it.