2005 Arctic fox 1150

GeoBoy wrote:
Joe, does your Vacationer have slide-outs?

Nope but I understand the problem. There's not much support in the side wings below the slide. All you have the do is install a piece of steel square or rectangle tube, thick stuff not thin, that runs from the front corner to the rear corner and attach it to the Stable Lift. Now the lift transfers stress to the corners where it needs to be. Problem solved.
I did exactly that, it's easy and works great. My support brace does flex a little between the rear corner and the rear of the Stable Lift, a span of four or five feet, I may do some doubling or triangulating to make it even more solid.

There's no pre-made "kit" that you can order, sometimes you have to do a little custom work. Any welding shop could do this mod if you haven't got the place or tools for it.

If I were still using corner jacks, I'd run some steel flat stock from the rear corner jack mounts along the camper side to the front jack mounting bracket, then across the front to the other front corner bracket, then back down the other side to the other rear bracket. I believe that would go a long way toward keeping them from ripping out.

They all feel solid when the camper is brand new, age and that leak down the inside of the wall you didn't know about right away eventually weaken them.