Bent Jack

Question

While camping in the Olympic National Forest, I backed into a stump and bent the rear driver's side Rieco camper jack on our Arctic Fox 811.  After the impact, I lost the camper's tail-lights.  I'm hoping that the umbilical cord between the truck and camper was dislodged, but I need to raise the camper to check the connection.  Can I raise the camper using three legs rather than four?  We plan to leave for a long trip to the Northwest Territories in a week, but without tail-lights we'll have to cancel our trip.

kayteg1 · Answer

With cabover - the COG is pretty much forward, meaning all TC will stay pretty solid with 1 rear leg up. Still consider level terrain and possible wind gusts. Sorry to hear the misfortune.

lwiddis · Answer

Raise on three legs? Scary but moving slowly....bottle jack on a post until you can support it?

kayteg1 · Answer

For some reason my jacks don't move at the same speed and pushing central raising button, my camper always ends on 3 legs till I stop and compensate single jack. But my camper is only 6400 lb wet.

joe417 · Answer

Our 990 is balanced with most of the weight forward so that it lifts the rear jack off the ground most of the time while raising it. They never run at the same speed. You should be able to do it on a good level spot.

You might want to dump tanks to get the weight off the rear.

Do it slow and easy. I would probably put something under the damaged jack as it goes up just to prevent surprises.

jimster · Answer

Thanks folks.  I dumped the black and gray water tanks, disconnected the bent jack and raised the camper (carefully) just high enough to reach in and plug the umbilical cord back into the truck.  Tail lights work and we'll head up to the Yellowknife Highway and points north next week!

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