Levelling with Scissor Jacks
I know I'm going to get flamed, but I replaced the (4) OEM single arm stabilizers on my Trail Cruiser 30 ft travel trailer with (6) 24" scissor jacks. I experimented with lifting excessive weight with...
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There are NO TTs made to accept the stress you subjected your trailer to… the bathroom door was just a hint of the stress applied…
But as others have said it your trailer and your nickel…
I will be more interested in hearing about future siding cracking or delamination and/or the cracked aluminum superstructure… it is the aluminum superstructure that adds stiffness to the relatively light weight 8 inch I beam that the trailer has, and I can assure the walls are not made for lifting the trailer…
Of coarse when that happens and you need a entire wall replaced, you will blame R-vision for your problems…
I wish you a lot of luck with your silly not thought out testing and use procedures… there are always some who want to reinvent the wheel…
The proper way of leveling the unit is far to easy and requires so little time there is no additional risk worth taking to level your trailer…
BTW those scissor jacks are very poor lifting jacks that have a lot of free play in them and they to will buckle easily with only modest movement applied to them… the lifting part in their claims are more marketing than fact…
But as others have said it your trailer and your nickel…
I will be more interested in hearing about future siding cracking or delamination and/or the cracked aluminum superstructure… it is the aluminum superstructure that adds stiffness to the relatively light weight 8 inch I beam that the trailer has, and I can assure the walls are not made for lifting the trailer…
Of coarse when that happens and you need a entire wall replaced, you will blame R-vision for your problems…
I wish you a lot of luck with your silly not thought out testing and use procedures… there are always some who want to reinvent the wheel…
The proper way of leveling the unit is far to easy and requires so little time there is no additional risk worth taking to level your trailer…
BTW those scissor jacks are very poor lifting jacks that have a lot of free play in them and they to will buckle easily with only modest movement applied to them… the lifting part in their claims are more marketing than fact…
