Installing Rieco-Titan Swing Away on AF990?

I get my tie downs on Tuesday so should be able to get things installed and the camper mounted for a trial run this weekend.

Oh I guess I have several log in id`s active , I logged in with a old one
I have one from 2004 I cant remember , I guess that's why I`m a 'senior ' member

NEW MEMBER? how did I go from a senior member to a new member?

If your brackets on the camper are parallel to the side wall - most campers are - them the Swing Away`s wont give you 4" per side . they give you that much if the brackets are perpendicular to the side wall.

They still give you more than a used set of Atwoods though , the distance from the center of the hinge to the holes to mount the jacks are more than the Atwoods

But the Reico EZ Swings will give you way more clearance if your brackets are parallel to the side of the camper . I put both on my Lance , long story , I did have to cut a small 1/4 " 45 degree notch at the top of the plate to clear the Atwood jack motor cowl ,no big deal and touch it up with white paint

The ez swings have a latch like the happy jacks , you bump the bottom of the hinge pin up to release them , you have to lift the jack with the swing aways and the old Atwood dually extentions

You can just use a plate to extend the old Atwoods but in a closed position that moves the jack closer to the truck and is a problem with rear doors opening o some trucks

The EZ Swings are the nicest but are expensive

http://www.riecotitan.com/accessories/swingawayez.php

You can also buy extender plates that move the jacks out further thats what I use on mine then you don't have to worry about them n being too close.


Dave

Please tell me I'm not the only one that's forgotten to turn them out? more accurately I forgot to fold 1 of them out. Crumpled the fender on my brand new truck.

I couldn't believe it though, just backed up again and the fender popped right out, a bit of baking powder to get rid of the paint transfer and can't even tell anything happened. May be one advantage of the Ford plastic add-on fenders.

Loading/unloading on a dually is nerve racking. I double and triple jack to be sure my jacks are out.

I went with the 10153 brackets because they looked stronger. They work for my 990 and my Ram dually

Kind of hard to measure, though the swingout bracket itself extends width (from center out 1 side), it's the rotation of the jack orientation that gives total amount moved if that makes sense...

toddb wrote:
I put them on my 992, clears the dually fenders but they are pretty close. I lowered the front of the camper on the end of the bed until the jack came off ground. Pretty quick install.

I was thinking of doing just that. Figured it would be the fastest and easiest way.

Sadly, I won't have my tie downs installed until next week :(

Wanted to test out this weekend but I will have to wait.