Camper Jack Backing Plates for Bigfoot
Has anyone installed backing plates on their Bigfoot jacks? I can see that the tiedown points have backing plates but I don't think that the jacks have them. It looks like the jacks are screwed into t...
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I had a 2500 9.4. I had a mule deer side swipe us and strip both jacks on one side right off. There appears to be a wood or plywood backing plate embedded into the plywood inside the fiberglass. I drilled out the brackets and went two sizes up, I think to 3/8" SS lag screws that I probably got from Belmetric Bolt.com due to the high cost from local hardware. Even with shipping they were much cheaper, the local Fastenal was double the cost of the local hardware. Make sure and drill a clearance hole thru the fiberglass, then a pilot hole into the backing plate. A bolt that is tight in the fiberglass will overstress it and cause cracking.
