Happijacs, what will happen if.........
When reading about the operation of my happijac electric camper jacks, it stated numerous places, "Never raise the back of the camper higher than the front". Why? Is the location of the front jacks...
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HMS Beagle wrote:
Happijacks explanation must be out of an "abundance of caution". Suppose you had a camper with the CG 4 feet off the floor and 2 feet back from the front of the box. Most large campers would sell their soul to get the CG that far forward. To tip it to the balance point you'd have to get it 26 degrees nose down. With 4' of jack travel and a short box camper, you might just be able to manage that. Not sure why you would try, it's kinda like telling kids not to put beans in their nose.
I am not rich enough to have electric jacks so I am constantly lifting the back end higher than the front and vise versa when loading and unloading as I dont have enough arms to pump all 4 jacks at the same time. I have checked to see how stable it is and it is real stable at a slight inclanation so I am not concerned with how I do it, but it would be nice to be able to do all 4 at once and eliminate that whole procedure.
Steve
