Hitch jack fully extended: Should I be nervous?
The snow is almost gone, and the camper is out of storage and in our driveway, YAY!!!
I always try to get it as level as possible in our driveway so we can open our slide as level as possible, but to get the level camper requires lots of wood, and a hitch jack that's fully extended. Should I be nervous?
Here's what it looks like when it's almost level:
And here's what "almost" level looks like according to the level:
About six more cranks would get it level, if the jack wasn't already fully extended.
Here's a closeup, showing the three stacks of wood:
(FWIW, the bottom two layers are screwed together, and sized to allow the top chuck of wood to either rest in between or go up on top to form one more layer, as pictured.)
You can see in this picture that the front end is almost three feet off the ground!
So with all that wood piled as high as it can, and the jack fully extended, should I be nervous? If we're inside walking around it always feels SO wobbly. I always wonder if I'm asking too much to have the jack fully extended. Do I risk just having the whole thing nosedive on me some day?
I always try to get it as level as possible in our driveway so we can open our slide as level as possible, but to get the level camper requires lots of wood, and a hitch jack that's fully extended. Should I be nervous?
Here's what it looks like when it's almost level:
And here's what "almost" level looks like according to the level:
About six more cranks would get it level, if the jack wasn't already fully extended.
Here's a closeup, showing the three stacks of wood:
(FWIW, the bottom two layers are screwed together, and sized to allow the top chuck of wood to either rest in between or go up on top to form one more layer, as pictured.)
You can see in this picture that the front end is almost three feet off the ground!
So with all that wood piled as high as it can, and the jack fully extended, should I be nervous? If we're inside walking around it always feels SO wobbly. I always wonder if I'm asking too much to have the jack fully extended. Do I risk just having the whole thing nosedive on me some day?
