Quick jack question
Right now, my truck camper is stored on some home made saw horses when it's off of the truck. They came from the previous owner with the camper, and he happened to have the same truck that I have to h...
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getpower1 wrote:
Two things that were pointed out that are particularly interesting to me. 1)the fact that one jack may be off the ground altogether when lowering. I have experienced this and thought "well that can't be good, but how would I avoid it?" It's good to know that this may be unavoidable.
Not only unavoidable, but a non-issue. As long as you correct the situation in a reasonable timeframe, and don't walk away and leave the camper resting on 3 legs.
With manual jacks it's very easy to keep ahead of this because you are jacking each corner in turn. After you've gotten some practice at it you will even develop a feel for how many extra pumps/cranks to give the "short" jack when it happens so it's not constantly off the ground as you raise the camper.
For releasing the valve, if it is like a typical bottle jack, a pair of vise grips on the handle will give you much finer control of the valve if/when it is overtightened.
