Taking the camper off the truck

SidecarFlip wrote:
I'd be real nervous about leaving my TC on the jack legs fully extended and unattended for any length of time.

Looked at (out of curiosity mostly) at the Stable Loads (think that is what they are called), the replace the jack's entirely but to me, they look cumbersome and I don't like the 'hardware' hanging down beside the truck bed. I't tear that stuff off driving on the seasonal roads and through the woods like I do. In fact, If I leave the camper on for an extended period of time, I remove the jack legs entirely. Less 'hardware' hanging down to snag on something on the trail.

One thing owners don't usually do is check the tightness of the fasteners that secure the jack leg brackets to the camper itself. Those bolts get loose over time and that contributes to the 'wobbly' extended leg condition. Everything needs to be tight and checked every couple loads and unloads, especially on a wood framed unit because the bolts are really lag screws in wood and they do loosen up.

The only time my camper is on the truck is when I am driving to and from a place.
I have never spent a night in the camper with it on the truck. As soon as I get to a campground I take the camper off.While flat ground is preferred I don't hesitate to remove the camper on sloped ground. It is not really harder to do, just takes a little longer to level it up.
My camper camper sits on the jacks all Winter.