Good greif.....

[Bert_the_Welder]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iIccu9lvkI4

I hope NL saw this......:S

[Kayteg1]

BradW wrote:
TC / Forklift

They sure took lot of time to figure it out.
I parted Lance 1161 and whole floor is having 2 pcs of 1x1 fir under the walls, with cross pieces and Styrofoam sandwiched by thin plywood.
Might be surprise, but Styrofoam well glued on both sides to plywood will add quite a bit to structural integrity.
That evidently can hold the weight of new and dry camper, but when I tried some jacking on my aged camper, the floor under the wall simply dent.

[BradW]

TC / Forklift

[Kayteg1]

I have seen other dealers using forklift to lift campers, what is using the area of floor, who is not design as lifting point.
Campers still survive, but again- I would not do it without checking with manufacturer and pay attention to not lift under side opening like water heater.
Somebody mention that the pictured lifts are originally boat lifts, so we might see more such conversions around.

[Bert_the_Welder]

Most of you guys seem to be enamored with this contraption. And I get that it is pretty neat. I'm a fan of DIY problem solving.

Maybe I'm crazy. I just look at that thing and think no f'ing way I want my $70k camper being hoisted by that. My reasoning being if it's lifting by the bottom edges, what's that doing to those corner seems? Even if it's a fiberglass 2-peice, it was built to be suspended buy the jacks or sitting in the bed of the truck and that's how/where it's been designed to handle that.

Like I said, love to know what manufactures would say. I doubt "Fine" and "Okay" would be the 4 letter words they'd be using. 🙂

[BradW]

I took that photo about 16 years ago at the Lance dealer. I think it was in Thornton, Co (north Denver). I used to know the name of the dealer, but that was many years ago and I have forgotten it. The owner was a really cool guy. IIRC, he claimed to have been one of the original owners of Lance Campers, but he sold out in the 70's or 80's. Seems like he went into the Jeep rental business. His brother started the Dolphin class C RV company who made the small class C's on Toyota chassis. I may have the story wrong, but it was something like that. He had a guy working there named Big John. He was another cool dude. Seems like the name of the dealer was Sunshine, Sun Flower, Sunny something..... I forget.

That's not far from Longmont, it must be the same contraption in the video.

bradw

[BurbMan]

The video was taken at Discount RV Corner in Longmont, co, it looks like the same machine! Could be 2 exactly alike?

[BradW]

From the Denver Lance dealer about 20 years ago.

Clicky from previous post.

[Bert_the_Welder]

You guys are just surprising.....

[mellow]

And no one comments on the lack of turnbuckle tiedowns on the truck loading the camper!?!

I think that lift is awesome.

[specta]

ranholago wrote:
I didn't see any thing to say "good grief" about. It seems to be working fine, and at the point the device is lifting the camper would be a strong enough spot. It is where the tie downs are tied in.
Seems to be working and looks to have been working for some time.
It seems to me Ive seen this video a number of times

I think its pretty cool and it looks like he's been using for years.

Maybe that's not what he uses to load the big huge 3-slide campers. :@

[cewillis]

A fine bit of engineering in the hands of a skilled operator.
Wonder what they think the electric jacks are for -- wtf.

[ranholago]

I didn't see any thing to say "good grief" about. It seems to be working fine, and at the point the device is lifting the camper would be a strong enough spot. It is where the tie downs are tied in.
Seems to be working and looks to have been working for some time.
It seems to me Ive seen this video a number of times

[2oldman]

except after c...

[ferndaleflyer]

To those who never tried any thing or invented anything to ease the load. We who have welcome the criticism all the way to the bank!

[notsobigjoe]

Like Kayteg said. That's how they do it in boat yards. They had something similar where I bought my boat. I too am uncomfortable with the lifting part even though I had a stable lift for years. The stable lift went pretty much the whole way down the sides but the front and back still drooped.