Unloading camper with bent jack?
I had a wreck with my camper. :( One of my forward jacks is now bent in and backwards, probably due to the mounting bracket bending and moving (see pics below). I'm due back at my winter home in ...
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Artum Snowbird wrote:I would see if the bent jack would go down. If so, I would put the bent jack in the rear, then remove the TC. You can remove the TC as described above, but the bent jack could support some of the weight if it works at all.
... It is possible to jack up with two front jacks and only one on the back. Remove the bent one, and put one from the back onto that spot.
Move weighty things inside off that side of the camper that will have no jack, and you will be fine. ...
I am using my hydraulic jacks to load and unload my 11.5 foot 4000 lb TC. I typically lift the rear 6 inches or more with one jack in the rear. Most of the TC jacks are rated over 2000 lbs each as I recall. That means if true, 4 jacks should lift 8000 lbs.
Wayne
