Elec Lippert stabilizing jacks. How do YOU use yours...
these things aren't designed to lift your rig ... but how do you get minimal wobble/shake... any idears....
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Confessions of a jack torturer:
I use my jacks to lift and stabilize my TT. There, I said it!! (boy it feels good to get that off my chest)
These "jacks" are just that, jacks like cars have come with for many, many decades.
So what happens, if you overload them? One time I had to use them to jack my TT up on the side of the road (because of soft sand, I couldn't use my bottle jack). I had to really stress the jack and sure enough, the jack screw bent slightly but still worked fine.
I've even lowered that backs and then used the fronts to nearly take the tires of the ground. No problems at all doing so.
For 10 years I've been using them to "lift" and have not had any problem with them. They didn't break, pop or otherwise fail. The Jack screws on a couple of them bent slightly but a tap of a rubber hammer straightened them right back into shape.
So I say if you feel the need, go ahead and jack with your jacks. The world will not come to an end. In the years I've been reading this forum I have not heard of a jack collapsing because of mis-use. Maybe it has happened but it must be very rare.
I accept the fact though that if they bust, it's my own doing.
BTW, I have the cheapest and lowest capacity jacks. They are not the type that are threaded and bushed at both ends.
Scott
I use my jacks to lift and stabilize my TT. There, I said it!! (boy it feels good to get that off my chest)
These "jacks" are just that, jacks like cars have come with for many, many decades.
So what happens, if you overload them? One time I had to use them to jack my TT up on the side of the road (because of soft sand, I couldn't use my bottle jack). I had to really stress the jack and sure enough, the jack screw bent slightly but still worked fine.
I've even lowered that backs and then used the fronts to nearly take the tires of the ground. No problems at all doing so.
For 10 years I've been using them to "lift" and have not had any problem with them. They didn't break, pop or otherwise fail. The Jack screws on a couple of them bent slightly but a tap of a rubber hammer straightened them right back into shape.
So I say if you feel the need, go ahead and jack with your jacks. The world will not come to an end. In the years I've been reading this forum I have not heard of a jack collapsing because of mis-use. Maybe it has happened but it must be very rare.
I accept the fact though that if they bust, it's my own doing.
BTW, I have the cheapest and lowest capacity jacks. They are not the type that are threaded and bushed at both ends.
Scott
