Electric drill for lift jacks

[ronday]

Who makes a battery powered drill that will lift the truck camper? I have several drills but none have the torque to lift the camper. Also I know not to use a hammer drill as that will ruin the right angle gears. Thanks. Ron

[mkirsch]

I use a Ryobi 18V for the tedious "no load" cranking.

The drill grunts and strains too much for my taste once there's weight on the jacks.

Besides, I can't ensure the camper is being raised evenly if I'm using the drill. It's a 13-year-old Palomino, and doesn't like being racked much. It creaks and groans and pops the door open.

Once the feet have touched down, I work my way around the camper, cranking 10 turns at each jack to keep it fairly level. It only takes 3 trips around the camper to get it completely raised.

[NMace]

My 18v Ryobi does fine. I suspect the gear ration is a factor, my jacks are Atwood.

[FreeLanceing]

if you want to get serious about it try the dewalt 20v lithium ion. You could probably rotate the truck tires after unloading with power to spare. I just crank mine by hand, nice little work out and free.

[KD4UPL]

Most anything 18v and above should do it. Milwaukee, DeWalt, Bosch, Makita, etc.
You will need to have charged batteries to do it.
If someone has a drill they rarely use and the batteries just sit a lot they will loose their charge overtime. If you just pull them out one weekend to raise the camper likely they will both be less than full.

[RWDIII]

this is what I use,came with 2 batts.
when I store the camper in the garage,used both batts but the first batt wasn't fully charged.

[loulou57]

My hubby uses an 18v cordless Dewalt, works great. It only takes around 15 minutes to recharge.

[realter]

Its really not that hard to do it manually!! I have no electricity where I store mine, and the battery is usually low after several weeks of storage.

[handye9]

I too, have tried several (Ryobi and Dewalt included) cordless drills, with little success. Seems like the drills with enough torque, don't have batteries that will last through a loading evolution. You're in good shape as long as you have a lot of batteries charged up.

I purchased a heavy duty corded drill, and keep it in the TC.

[donn0128]

I use either my Craftsman or Hitachi 18 volt drill diver. Both perform perfectly.

[valhalla360]

A small step up from the $30 drills they have versions a switch to drop the gear ratio. In low gear with a charged battery, they will twist your arm off.

[gscudder]

I used my 18 volt Ryodi impact driver for years, no problems on either the scissors jacks on my RV or the lift jacks on several different truck-campers.

[Hondavalk]

http://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_ss_i_0_6?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=impact%20driver&spr...

try an impact driver