Is it safe to use truck camper on jack stands
Thinking about becoming a truck camper. Would it be feasible to separate the truck camper from the pickup truck and setting up the truck camper on it's jack stands and live in the camper at the ca...
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I have, for the reason you mentioned. It's nice to be able to tootle around w/o the elephant on your back :B
Just make sure you lower it down to it's lowest height. Think of the legs like levers. Shortest lever exerts the least leverage on the jack mounts. You can also get 4 of those Aluminum jack stands pretty cheap. Use a forstner bit to drill holes in a 2x6 to fit the heads of the stands in and set the camper down on these.(have these jacks height adjusted to just a bit higher than the lowest your camper jacks go. Just put a bit of pressure on the Al. stands. This will help take some more of the wiggle out. Or https://www.stablecamper.com/stablization
And make sure you're allowed to take it off. Some campgrounds, run by blue-haired Nazis, don't allow "those types" to be removed from the truck.....:M
Just make sure you lower it down to it's lowest height. Think of the legs like levers. Shortest lever exerts the least leverage on the jack mounts. You can also get 4 of those Aluminum jack stands pretty cheap. Use a forstner bit to drill holes in a 2x6 to fit the heads of the stands in and set the camper down on these.(have these jacks height adjusted to just a bit higher than the lowest your camper jacks go. Just put a bit of pressure on the Al. stands. This will help take some more of the wiggle out. Or https://www.stablecamper.com/stablization
And make sure you're allowed to take it off. Some campgrounds, run by blue-haired Nazis, don't allow "those types" to be removed from the truck.....:M
