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Drill motor for stabilizers

Rick_Y
Explorer
Explorer
Looking for recommendations on which cordless drill I should buy for raising and lowering my stabilizers. Appreciate any advice. Thanks.
Rick & Karen
2017 Hideout 177LHS travel trailer
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Bobbo
Explorer II
Explorer II
valhalla360 wrote:
Huntindog wrote:
teejaywhy wrote:
Odd how some will rationalize annoying behavior as OK because it's less annoying than other more annoying behaviors.
:h
A true story:
My brother was on a scouting trip and needed a quick throwdown camp for the night. He drove off the highway on a dirt road across a sagebrush flat a few miles and was having dinner when a car appeared on the horizon. it got closer and closer, stopping about 50 feet away, and the fella started setting up camp. My brother walked over to him wearing his sidearm, and told him "If I wanted neighbors, I would not have camped here". The fella left in a hurry.

The point is, that if you want to camp near others... You gotta understand that someone will annoy you....Just as you are sure to annoy someone as well.


As we are driving away, I'd be on the phone to the cops telling them how there is some crazy guy flashing a gun at people passing by...probably won't send him to jail but I'm sure he will love spending a couple hours discussing with the cops.

Something tells me that a state with enough open space for that kind of camping wouldn't have a legal problem with a holstered sidearm out in the boonies. Of course, the description "flashing a gun at people passing by" would be just plain lying. No better than the "Karens in Florida" that we keep reading about.
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valhalla360
Nomad III
Nomad III
Huntindog wrote:
teejaywhy wrote:
Odd how some will rationalize annoying behavior as OK because it's less annoying than other more annoying behaviors.
:h
A true story:
My brother was on a scouting trip and needed a quick throwdown camp for the night. He drove off the highway on a dirt road across a sagebrush flat a few miles and was having dinner when a car appeared on the horizon. it got closer and closer, stopping about 50 feet away, and the fella started setting up camp. My brother walked over to him wearing his sidearm, and told him "If I wanted neighbors, I would not have camped here". The fella left in a hurry.

The point is, that if you want to camp near others... You gotta understand that someone will annoy you....Just as you are sure to annoy someone as well.


As we are driving away, I'd be on the phone to the cops telling them how there is some crazy guy flashing a gun at people passing by...probably won't send him to jail but I'm sure he will love spending a couple hours discussing with the cops.
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BB_TX
Nomad
Nomad
time2roll wrote:
dodge guy wrote:
The next person I hear using an impact on their stabilizers im throwing their impact in the garbage or in a lake! :B

Please use a cordless drill!
I have a hand held impact cordless drill. Ryobi.

Has 3 settings. Clutch for torque limit on a screw, locked for wood/metal drilling, and impact for drilling in concrete.
Never seemed that load actually.

Now if you are talking a half-in drive 300+ ft-lb impact only gun to remove wheel lugs those are a bit louder. I have a Craftsman model. I would not bring this heavy tool camping. Yes it is a bit louder but would probably lift the RV off the ground before the noise was noticed.

I still prefer the hand crank for the stabilizers and the drill stays at home.

I think you have a Ryobi hammer drill/driver, not an impact cordless drill. I have the same. The noise is the chuck actually short stroking in and out, or hammering a drill bit.

dodge_guy
Explorer II
Explorer II
goducks10 wrote:
I converted my Rigid impact driver to a gas powered tool using a 2 stroke weed eater motor. The battery version was just too slow. Apparently it's pretty popular as I usually get the one finger salute when leaving.


Well, I hope you at least mix the oil a little heavier to help with the skeeters!
Wife Kim
Son Brandon 17yrs
Daughter Marissa 16yrs
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Huntindog
Explorer
Explorer
goducks10 wrote:
I converted my Rigid impact driver to a gas powered tool using a 2 stroke weed eater motor. The battery version was just too slow. Apparently it's pretty popular as I usually get the one finger salute when leaving.
I am saving up for the V8 conversion kit. Gona put a blower on it and run nitro methane with open exhaust. I figure the faster I get those jacks to move, the less chance of anoying someone.:B
Huntindog
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Grit_dog
Navigator
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goducks10 wrote:
I converted my Rigid impact driver to a gas powered tool using a 2 stroke weed eater motor. The battery version was just too slow. Apparently it's pretty popular as I usually get the one finger salute when leaving.

Like button!
Hopefully ya ported the exhaust too!
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goducks10
Explorer
Explorer
I converted my Rigid impact driver to a gas powered tool using a 2 stroke weed eater motor. The battery version was just too slow. Apparently it's pretty popular as I usually get the one finger salute when leaving.

dodge_guy
Explorer II
Explorer II
Huntindog wrote:
dodge guy wrote:
The next person I hear using an impact on their stabilizers im throwing their impact in the garbage or in a lake! :B

Please use a cordless drill!
This attitude is why I do not use campgrounds. Cram a bunch of people together with no elbow room, and someone will have an issue about something with another.
I hate camping around people.... I have to put up with their BS in the city... I will NOT do it when camping. If I can see another camper, they are too close.



Exactly!
Wife Kim
Son Brandon 17yrs
Daughter Marissa 16yrs
Dog Bailey

12 Forest River Georgetown 350TS Hellwig sway bars, BlueOx TrueCenter stabilizer

13 Ford Explorer Roadmaster Stowmaster 5000, VIP Tow>
A bad day camping is
better than a good day at work!

parcany
Explorer
Explorer
Huntindog wrote:
teejaywhy wrote:
Odd how some will rationalize annoying behavior as OK because it's less annoying than other more annoying behaviors.
:h
A true story:
My brother was on a scouting trip and needed a quick throwdown camp for the night. He drove off the highway on a dirt road across a sagebrush flat a few miles and was having dinner when a car appeared on the horizon. it got closer and closer, stopping about 50 feet away, and the fella started setting up camp. My brother walked over to him wearing his sidearm, and told him "If I wanted neighbors, I would not have camped here". The fella left in a hurry.

The point is, that if you want to camp near others... You gotta understand that someone will annoy you....Just as you are sure to annoy someone as well.
Very well put. I agree.

Huntindog
Explorer
Explorer
teejaywhy wrote:
Odd how some will rationalize annoying behavior as OK because it's less annoying than other more annoying behaviors.
:h
A true story:
My brother was on a scouting trip and needed a quick throwdown camp for the night. He drove off the highway on a dirt road across a sagebrush flat a few miles and was having dinner when a car appeared on the horizon. it got closer and closer, stopping about 50 feet away, and the fella started setting up camp. My brother walked over to him wearing his sidearm, and told him "If I wanted neighbors, I would not have camped here". The fella left in a hurry.

The point is, that if you want to camp near others... You gotta understand that someone will annoy you....Just as you are sure to annoy someone as well.
Huntindog
100% boondocking
2021 Grand Design Momentum 398M
2 bathrooms, no waiting
104 gal grey, 104 black,158 fresh
FullBodyPaint, 3,8Kaxles, DiscBrakes
17.5LRH commercial tires
1860watts solar,800 AH Battleborn batterys
2020 Silverado HighCountry CC DA 4X4 DRW

Huntindog
Explorer
Explorer
dodge guy wrote:
The next person I hear using an impact on their stabilizers im throwing their impact in the garbage or in a lake! :B

Please use a cordless drill!
This attitude is why I do not use campgrounds. Cram a bunch of people together with no elbow room, and someone will have an issue about something with another.
I hate camping around people.... I have to put up with their BS in the city... I will NOT do it when camping. If I can see another camper, they are too close.

Huntindog
100% boondocking
2021 Grand Design Momentum 398M
2 bathrooms, no waiting
104 gal grey, 104 black,158 fresh
FullBodyPaint, 3,8Kaxles, DiscBrakes
17.5LRH commercial tires
1860watts solar,800 AH Battleborn batterys
2020 Silverado HighCountry CC DA 4X4 DRW

time2roll
Nomad
Nomad
dodge guy wrote:
The next person I hear using an impact on their stabilizers im throwing their impact in the garbage or in a lake! :B

Please use a cordless drill!
I have a hand held impact cordless drill. Ryobi.

Has 3 settings. Clutch for torque limit on a screw, locked for wood/metal drilling, and impact for drilling in concrete.
Never seemed that load actually.

Now if you are talking a half-in drive 300+ ft-lb impact only gun to remove wheel lugs those are a bit louder. I have a Craftsman model. I would not bring this heavy tool camping. Yes it is a bit louder but would probably lift the RV off the ground before the noise was noticed.

I still prefer the hand crank for the stabilizers and the drill stays at home.

dodge_guy
Explorer II
Explorer II
JIMNLIN wrote:
Battery tools to raise and lower jacks/stabilizers has never been a issue in the 61 years I've been camping.
Guess I'm not camping in the right camp grounds to hear all the noisy annoying battery operated tools running early in a morning.
Noise bothering someone in a camp ground from a battery powered impact tool on a scale from 1 to 10 is about a 1..... maybe...JMO.


Well
Considering they didnโ€™t have battery impacts when you started and only in the last 20 years or so has the average person had them. I donโ€™t think your โ€œ1โ€ on your 1-10 scale is accurate. They are far more annoying than that. Now put one in the hand of everyone around you and it becomes ridiculous. Just use a battery drill. Far quieter and everyone is happy!
Wife Kim
Son Brandon 17yrs
Daughter Marissa 16yrs
Dog Bailey

12 Forest River Georgetown 350TS Hellwig sway bars, BlueOx TrueCenter stabilizer

13 Ford Explorer Roadmaster Stowmaster 5000, VIP Tow>
A bad day camping is
better than a good day at work!

BB_TX wrote:
Sounds like a woodpecker on steroids. :B
:B LMAO, good one, and very accurate description! :B
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BB_TX
Nomad
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Sounds like a woodpecker on steroids. :B