I built some stairs for my Bigfoot 10.4E
The camper came to me with the scissors stairs typically supplied by Bigfoot. These hang on hooks bolted to the lower door frame, but they are wobbly, must be gotten out, stretched and installed to us...
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Yes, the two adjustable legs on my design allow for front/rear height adjustment in addition to side to side irregularities. Frequently the ground under the stairs is uneven left to right and the adjustable legs accommodate that. I went through three revisions on the legs.
The first version was simply a separate support assembly that I stuck under the steps when needed.
I didn't like another "thing" to deal with, so I made the two single extension legs shown in the photo sequence above. But, those legs weren't long enough, so I made a set of legs with two extension inside the legs. These support legs allow me to lower step about 16" off the ground (important when the ground rapidly falls away from the back of the camper).
This photo shows the most recent version of the leg assembly. It has two internal extensions (not extended fully in the photo).
Wow, keeping the steps level was a tedious design issue to work through. The trick to keeping the stairs level is making sure that the scissor frame is held firmly in relationship to each other, i.e. the stair stringers are always forming a box shape. I finally figured out how to do this by installing an angle iron keeper on the side of the top & second step (shown above in the previous post).
The pivot design helps a little when a trailer is connected and is somewhat useful. Certainly your design will work just fine, you will just need to kick the trailer at a bit more of an angle.
Bob
The first version was simply a separate support assembly that I stuck under the steps when needed.
I didn't like another "thing" to deal with, so I made the two single extension legs shown in the photo sequence above. But, those legs weren't long enough, so I made a set of legs with two extension inside the legs. These support legs allow me to lower step about 16" off the ground (important when the ground rapidly falls away from the back of the camper).
This photo shows the most recent version of the leg assembly. It has two internal extensions (not extended fully in the photo).
Wow, keeping the steps level was a tedious design issue to work through. The trick to keeping the stairs level is making sure that the scissor frame is held firmly in relationship to each other, i.e. the stair stringers are always forming a box shape. I finally figured out how to do this by installing an angle iron keeper on the side of the top & second step (shown above in the previous post).
The pivot design helps a little when a trailer is connected and is somewhat useful. Certainly your design will work just fine, you will just need to kick the trailer at a bit more of an angle.
Bob
