Use of sawhorses for support

Let's try this,

I don't get it, I see them in Super Dave's reply but not my original post.

Still not figured this out yet...

Fisher Bill wrote:
I finally had a minute to post some pictures of these saw horses I built, I found the plans online and they're called I-Beam sawhorses.



After building them a buddy suggested I add the vertical 2" x 6" (which is the same board size used entirely) and that alone added 887#'s of support per corner.



I'd like to see what it takes to break them just to see but aside from being a little heavy I have no doubt that they'll hold up.

Bill

Need to download those from your email and stick them on imgur or some other image hosting website to share :).

Fisher Bill wrote:
I finally had a minute to post some pictures of these saw horses I built, I found the plans online and they're called I-Beam sawhorses.



After building them a buddy suggested I add the vertical 2" x 6" (which is the same board size used entirely) and that alone added 887#'s of support per corner.



I'd like to see what it takes to break them just to see but aside from being a little heavy I have no doubt that they'll hold up.

Bill

With the red X's, they look an awful lot like the plywood supports. LOL!

I finally had a minute to post some pictures of these saw horses I built, I found the plans online and they're called I-Beam sawhorses.

http://webmailb.juno.com/webmail/new/21?folder=Inbox&msgNum=00001WW0:001JNxsI00000XUJ&count=1398819249&attachId=2&prevId=-2&action=photoviewer&randid=998455358

After building them a buddy suggested I add the vertical 2" x 6" (which is the same board size used entirely) and that alone added 887#'s of support per corner.

http://webmailb.juno.com/webmail/new/21?folder=Inbox&msgNum=00001WG0:001JNxoM00000ch^&count=1398819249&attachId=2&prevId=-2&action=photoviewer&randid=998455358

I'd like to see what it takes to break them just to see but aside from being a little heavy I have no doubt that they'll hold up.

Bill

No
At least I dont, Only lower until camper just contacts to stabalize. I leave most of weight on jacks.

I know I may be late to this party, but with a center support, be it sawhorses, or the X-pieces, does one raise the jacks a couple inches off the ground to get the weight completely off them, or does one try to have 50/50 weight distribution on both the jacks and the center supports?

travelnutz wrote:

Not necessarily needed or mandated unless you get a lot of wind/storms or deep snow piled on your TC during the winter where you have the TC off the truck. It's something that can only help! The other reasoning is that it keeps the TC from moving about when in or by walking around inside when you have it off the truck as some TC campers etc do often. The wind can be relentless and may blow for days and twisting and jerking the TC around sitting on the 4 jack tubes. Lots of leverage occurring!

Thanks, I had not considered the effect of wind and snow. I get both so will look into some additional support for winter storage.

Mike Stanbro,

Not necessarily needed or mandated unless you get a lot of wind/storms or deep snow piled on your TC during the winter where you have the TC off the truck. It's something that can only help! The other reasoning is that it keeps the TC from moving about when in or by walking around inside when you have it off the truck as some TC campers etc do often. The wind can be relentless and may blow for days and twisting and jerking the TC around sitting on the 4 jack tubes. Lots of leverage occurring! Many people have their TC sitting over the winter etc on dirt or grass etc and dirt etc even with wood pads under the jack feet is unstable and moves when it gets very wet or powdery dry or freezes. It's going to change the weight distribution on the jacks and can even cause structure wracking of the TC frame structure over time which may cause doors not to open or close freely. Can even can cause cracks in filon or fiberglass exterior walls. Also can open cracks in the joint sealings which usually means water intrusion and leads to structure damage.

Your Lance is built to be used with people inside when off the truck when standing only on the TC jacks on "solid" ground but some brands of TC's have written warnings or cautions about doing so as many have broken their floors out or had their water/holding tanks fall out thru the floor. Been several threads on this and other forums over the years of various TC brands having the floor give way from long term unsupported weight pulling or pushing down on the floor structure. Too late after it breaks! Also remember that aging naturally weakens some materials and that compromises the sturcture's strength because it will never be any stronger than when new! All TC's are NOT designed or constructed the same or use the same construction materials and/or methods in the building of the TC's or other RV's.

It's more of a stability issue for your Lance TC when off the truck for many months and wise to do or if being used for camping/living in off the truck. Look at it this way: Very cheap insurance and you only pay once for the purchase of the support materials and get TC stability with it free!

It's kind of like: One size doesn't fit all!

Mike Stanbro wrote:
Sorry, I am a bit late to this discussion.

I have a fundamental question regarding the need for support like this during storage. I just purchased a new Lance truck camper and didn't see any mention of needing additional support. Should I be doing this?

Mike, it is just a "fundamental" insurance policy we use to help take some weight off the jacks in case something was to fail.