How do I do it - is there a way?

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Capt Eddie wrote:
Lean it back onto the rear jacks. When the front jack is off the ground, remove it. Drive the truck under at an angle. Reinstall jack. It is very simple. All of us have raised a jack off the ground and NOT had the camper tip over.

Wow - I think you probably have more driving skill than I do.

I'm not confident that I could jackknife my dually under a TC for the first time without bumping something and knocking it over or doing some damage.

I would be way too nervous about sideloading the jacks that way.

Since most of the weight is usually on the front jacks, I doubt you could even get one to to raise up. It's usually the rear ones that do.

Have the seller take a picture of the jacks so you know approximately what they look like. Then bring a couple large steel plates or tubes, a drill and some bolts. Build fixed-length extenders on the spot.

I would not be comfortable backing under a camper with rollers when the rear jacks are the only thing resisting that.

Capt Eddie wrote:
Lean it back onto the rear jacks. When the front jack is off the ground, remove it. Drive the truck under at an angle. Reinstall jack. It is very simple. All of us have raised a jack off the ground and NOT had the camper tip over.

Wow - I think you probably have more driving skill than I do.

I'm not confident that I could jackknife my dually under a TC for the first time without bumping something and knocking it over or doing some damage.

I would be way too nervous about sideloading the jacks that way.

Wagonqueen Truckster wrote:
I drove 16 hours to pick up my 76 Amerigo TC. We actually paid additional money to fabricate an extender on the jacks. It fit around the dually, but the feet did not clear the wheels...So we took off the outside wheels (off the dually) backed under, then jacked the truck and the camper up to place the tires back on. Needless to say, it was a stressful event. Did you ever see how funny a dually looks with only one tire on each side?

Great minds think alike - this was one of my first thoughts.

Unfortunately, my dually is a 2012 GMC and the fenders are actually wider than the wheels and tires. I'm at 96" fender to fender. Most TC jacks I've measured (non swing out) are barely over 90-91" Even with swing outs, squeezing her fat ass under the TC is going to be a challenge.

Snowman9000 wrote:
Would some lengths of 3/4" thinwall conduit work better than wood dowels? I would think so. I've rolled a lot of heavy objects on steel pipe.

I'm not sure if EMT or conduit wouldn't flatten out with the weight of a camper on top. Rigid pipe would probably be strong enough.

I would think wood dowels would allow a bit of "give" to make sure I didn't bang up the underside of the camper, but they may flat spot too. I wonder if some schedule 80 PVC would be strong enough?

Lean it back onto the rear jacks. When the front jack is off the ground, remove it. Drive the truck under at an angle. Reinstall jack. It is very simple. All of us have raised a jack off the ground and NOT had the camper tip over.

I drove 16 hours to pick up my 76 Amerigo TC. We actually paid additional money to fabricate an extender on the jacks. It fit around the dually, but the feet did not clear the wheels...So we took off the outside wheels (off the dually) backed under, then jacked the truck and the camper up to place the tires back on. Needless to say, it was a stressful event. Did you ever see how funny a dually looks with only one tire on each side?

Would some lengths of 3/4" thinwall conduit work better than wood dowels? I would think so. I've rolled a lot of heavy objects on steel pipe.

Perfect - I knew some of the creative minds here would come up with a solution.

Wooden dowels or furniture slides sound like the way to go - that will give me time to verify the brand of the jacks, order the brackets and install at home where I've got all my tools etc.

I have done this. Go buy or maybe rent a couple of pair of furniture slides, the longer the better. They are the plastic slides with foam glued on top, they will slide on almost anything. Make sure your truck has bed rails on it or you will scratch the top of the bed for sure! Back straight and as far into the camper as you can, you can then re-attach the camper jacks to finish the job when it passes the fenders. Sounds hard but its not.