Avion truck campers - Hundreds of photos
Without going into too much painful detail, we had a mishap several week-ends ago. While working with sand bag crews on the Mississippi River, the truck and camper fell into the flood waters as a road...
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Garry, I can visualize your problem! Most of us have had jackplate issues. The Stablelift is one solution but it looks like it would limit where one could go because of clearance issues.
May I suggest an alternative approach. A sheet of at least 1/8” or 3/16” aluminum plate bent to 90 degrees and fitted to cover both the entire underside of the wing and the vertical part of the side. Bolted through the horizontal and vertical surfaces using elevator bolts with the heads inside. Perhaps sandwich a small plate on the inside beneath the jack mounts. I might trim the big plate to fit just inside the outer edge trim on the wings. Then redesign the jackplates to be broader and to extend the full width of the wing and down the side of the vertical wall, bolting through both surfaces to distribute the load. Make them out of 3/8” aluminum and you’ll never have another sagging issue...
Might be cheaper than the Stablelift and the materials easier to get. You’ve always seemed a handy guy. Perhaps you could do the welding yourself?
You could make this modification and disregard rotten wood altogether.
My 2 cents...
May I suggest an alternative approach. A sheet of at least 1/8” or 3/16” aluminum plate bent to 90 degrees and fitted to cover both the entire underside of the wing and the vertical part of the side. Bolted through the horizontal and vertical surfaces using elevator bolts with the heads inside. Perhaps sandwich a small plate on the inside beneath the jack mounts. I might trim the big plate to fit just inside the outer edge trim on the wings. Then redesign the jackplates to be broader and to extend the full width of the wing and down the side of the vertical wall, bolting through both surfaces to distribute the load. Make them out of 3/8” aluminum and you’ll never have another sagging issue...
Might be cheaper than the Stablelift and the materials easier to get. You’ve always seemed a handy guy. Perhaps you could do the welding yourself?
You could make this modification and disregard rotten wood altogether.
My 2 cents...
