Finally ordered a Stable Lift
I have been thinking bout a Stable Lift for a few years now for my Vintage 76 Amerigo but just couldn't pull the trigger. Cost being the biggest factor. Well finally cost isn't as big of a deal as dea...
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I have one. Love it, everyone who hasn't used one doesn't know what they're missing
I don't think your ability to offroad will be diminished. With corner jacks, it's way too easy to snag a jack and rip it off. I've done it. The Stable Lift, installed properly, isn't the lowest thing hanging under your truck. It's also a whole lot tougher and can take more of a whack without tearing off like a corner jack.
Installation is a pretty big deal. By the nature of it and the zillion different camper and truck combos in the world, it's a custom fit thing. You need to make your own reinforcement plates from wood or steel, and usually remove your appliances to get access to the topside of your camper side "wings". That's actually pretty easy to do, but depending on your camper there can be areas that will be hard to access.
You have to drill a bunch of holes through 1/4" steel, so buy new drill bits and get the good ones, Cobalt or whatever the most expensive ones your favorite place has. I did it in three steps, small/medium/large. The three bits I bought did the whole job.
I had to cut and slightly move (then reweld) my exhaust pipe to get the rear of the lift to sit right where I wanted it to.
It's important to carefully adjust the legs and the little brackets that go on your truck frame so that the lift is just snug when you fully retract it. If you set it up so it can over-tighten you'll pull the camper sides down too hard and crunch something.
I modified mine with 1x3 rectangle-tube steel running all the way along the sides of my camper, with some angle iron at each end that bolts to the original corner jack mounts.
It's all pretty simple, but it's some work to do. The payoff is huge though. It's a game-changer for using a truck camper! You can have your truck & camper parked in your driveway and want to go run an errand in the truck, and it's so easy to drop the camper you'll just drop it and go without the camper any time you want. And the camper won't crash or scare you that it's gonna!
I hope you ordered the three-jack version, or can still call and upgrade. The two-jack can lift just fine but the three-jack can level itself. No one should ever get the two-jack.
I don't think your ability to offroad will be diminished. With corner jacks, it's way too easy to snag a jack and rip it off. I've done it. The Stable Lift, installed properly, isn't the lowest thing hanging under your truck. It's also a whole lot tougher and can take more of a whack without tearing off like a corner jack.
Installation is a pretty big deal. By the nature of it and the zillion different camper and truck combos in the world, it's a custom fit thing. You need to make your own reinforcement plates from wood or steel, and usually remove your appliances to get access to the topside of your camper side "wings". That's actually pretty easy to do, but depending on your camper there can be areas that will be hard to access.
You have to drill a bunch of holes through 1/4" steel, so buy new drill bits and get the good ones, Cobalt or whatever the most expensive ones your favorite place has. I did it in three steps, small/medium/large. The three bits I bought did the whole job.
I had to cut and slightly move (then reweld) my exhaust pipe to get the rear of the lift to sit right where I wanted it to.
It's important to carefully adjust the legs and the little brackets that go on your truck frame so that the lift is just snug when you fully retract it. If you set it up so it can over-tighten you'll pull the camper sides down too hard and crunch something.
I modified mine with 1x3 rectangle-tube steel running all the way along the sides of my camper, with some angle iron at each end that bolts to the original corner jack mounts.
It's all pretty simple, but it's some work to do. The payoff is huge though. It's a game-changer for using a truck camper! You can have your truck & camper parked in your driveway and want to go run an errand in the truck, and it's so easy to drop the camper you'll just drop it and go without the camper any time you want. And the camper won't crash or scare you that it's gonna!
I hope you ordered the three-jack version, or can still call and upgrade. The two-jack can lift just fine but the three-jack can level itself. No one should ever get the two-jack.
