Electric jack conversion?

I'm also considering this upgrade, let us know how it goes. Vic

Yes, lets here more. Blew out my shoulder this spring and now the wife pushes in the tab while I use the drill with my one good shoulder. Or I carry the step ladder around to each jack so I don't have to lift my bad arm, a real PIA.

~DJ~ wrote:
The inexpensive conversion is a battery powered electric drill for the manual jacks.... Another choice.
Pat

That's what I use. Get a good drill and it'll raise and lower it. But it still sucks walking from jack to jack.

Your dealer is probably referring to the Rieco Titan conversion kit for Rieco and Atwood manual jacks. If my camper had manual jacks I would be converting them. Years of abuse have left me with shoulder problems that make manual cranking, even with a cordless drill, painful.

Since joining this forum, I've known of 4-5 members that have used this kit, and have not heard a negative report from any of them. The most recent one was member vik1 in France. Although his jacks were Rieco mechanicals, the conversion kit is the same one used on the Atwoods. (BTW-Happijac also makes a conversion kit, but it's for their jacks only). Another member 7-8 years ago was Lance835, who also used this kit. I remember him because he sent me the parts he removed from his jacks so I could repair my old manual crank jacks on the Jayco TC I owned at the time (Atwood doesn't sell repair parts for their jacks).

My first two truck campers had manual jacks, but I consider remote controlled electric jacks that can be operated individually or all at the same time a very worthwhile feature these days.

:):)

Jay Pat wrote:
The inexpensive conversion is a battery powered electric drill for the manual jacks.... Another choice.
Pat

I use a cordless drill now. Still a PITA to go from jack to jack. This new system is an electric motor mounted on each jack and the whole thing is operated REMOTELY!!!!! :B

Have to check for tabs. It's an electric drill. 1/2" variable speed. Tabs are a new one on me. It works great in one direction. Also saw another DIY where an atv winch was used. The cable was taken out of the winch and a gear was put on the core where the cable was wound. Another gear was placed on the stem end of the manual jack.

push in the tabs?

Electric drill... I must be doing something wrong. It works ok in one direction but unchucks the socket stem in the opposite direction. How did you overcome this?

The inexpensive conversion is a battery powered electric drill for the manual jacks.... Another choice.
Pat