6 point Level up system - will it lift trailer?

egregg57 wrote:

Mile High wrote:
You must have stated the "obvious" part telepathically and I didn't catch it. :R

I can state something obvious though - no two people are going to agree on what is correct - so I file it under the "I don't care anymore" file.

Glad we got that cleared up.

As moderated anyway.

Mile High wrote:
You must have stated the "obvious" part telepathically and I didn't catch it. :R

I can state something obvious though - no two people are going to agree on what is correct - so I file it under the "I don't care anymore" file.

Glad we got that cleared up.

Mile High wrote:
hahahaha shoe clerks :) Guess the difference between a shoe clerk and a boiler maker is we actually occupy the space above the floor of the trailer, where you evidently prefer to be under it.

Hysterical laughter.
Been in the boiler industry for over 40 years and that's the best description of the average boiler maker I've ever heard!
Can't wait to tell that one at the next Boiler Inspector's (NBIC) meeting.

Sheff

You must have stated the "obvious" part telepathically and I didn't catch it. :R

I can state something obvious though - no two people are going to agree on what is correct - so I file it under the "I don't care anymore" file.

Mile High wrote:

egregg57 wrote:
We were on a site that had a concrete pad on it and the pad had settled at a weird angle. Leveling my Montana brought the door side tires off the ground with out any noticeable strain what so ever. I didn't notice it until I had finished setting up.

Didn't expect that. Put some levelers down under the tires to correct that. GVW for our Montana is just shy of 16K. Yes they will lift the unit off the ground!

I'm trying to understand this - did you just stuff some blocks under the tires, or did you lay some down and re-park the 5er on top of them and then re-level? If the jacks are carrying the weight of the trailer, I just don't see the point of stuffing blocks under there unless you actually transfer a substantial amount of the load back onto the tires.

I thought stating that i moved the 5th wheel to put it onto blocks (lynx levelers) was sort of stating the obvious.

I was wrong.

Yes I moved my fifth wheel and put lynx levelers down prior to putting the Jacks back down.

Sorry

hahahaha shoe clerks :) Guess the difference between a shoe clerk and a boiler maker is we actually occupy the space above the floor of the trailer, where you evidently prefer to be under it.

You don't work under a load and a trailer up on rigging (jacks are rigging) is a load. In my trade (boilermakers, Local 1, Chicago) we lifted hundreds of tons with hydraulic rams. And we always set such a load on cribbing before venturing under it. But you shoe clerks out there can suit yourselves.

egregg57 wrote:
We were on a site that had a concrete pad on it and the pad had settled at a weird angle. Leveling my Montana brought the door side tires off the ground with out any noticeable strain what so ever. I didn't notice it until I had finished setting up.

Didn't expect that. Put some levelers down under the tires to correct that. GVW for our Montana is just shy of 16K. Yes they will lift the unit off the ground!

I'm trying to understand this - did you just stuff some blocks under the tires, or did you lay some down and re-park the 5er on top of them and then re-level? If the jacks are carrying the weight of the trailer, I just don't see the point of stuffing blocks under there unless you actually transfer a substantial amount of the load back onto the tires.

We were on a site that had a concrete pad on it and the pad had settled at a weird angle. Leveling my Montana brought the door side tires off the ground with out any noticeable strain what so ever. I didn't notice it until I had finished setting up.

Didn't expect that. Put some levelers down under the tires to correct that. GVW for our Montana is just shy of 16K. Yes they will lift the unit off the ground!

Yes it will lift the RV off the ground with no problem.I would not do it as a regular thing but have done it to change out tires.