JIMNLIN wrote:
Grit dog wrote:
JIMNLIN wrote:
Mine sat on concrete blocks under the floor. Jacks were down to help keep the TC from a blow over from high winds.
I left my first (1972 9' 6") TC lowered just enough we could step up into it and left the TC on the 4 corner jacks from OCT to warm up time in April. The next summer the jacks were so loose and shaky I had to up size all the jacks mounting bolts so they would tighten.
I didn't leave the next two TC we owned on their jacks.
Living in constant high wind parts of the country where all the trees along the road lean in one direction (to the north) we have to be vigilant on sheds....mobilehomes...tall sided rvs having a blow over if exposed to those high winds.
Pretty big leap to make a connection with a camper that was built the year I was born and a new Cirrus….you crack me up.
A lot more TC on the road back then. Just about every one with a pickup had a TC and usually pulled a boat or horse trailer...work trailer. Now days its rare to find a TC in a campground..around here anywayz.
Oh yeah...that 1972 truck camper was blow away in the Dec 5, 1975 tornado that hit east Tulsa, OK. We never replaced it but went to a small 24' 5th wheel trailer for more room. Sure miss a TC tho.
He will make a lot of bone-head comments just for no reason. Yes, a new camper will not show signs of age nor have time to suffer stresses over time. DO dumb things to it and a week later it might still seems just fine, continue a few years and come back to us with how things are going. I mean.... why comment these silly post?
TCs are meant to sit on something. Roll the dice on how well you think yours might be made to be suspended all the time. Some are, some are not.
Just the fact that all the weight is suspended by 4 legs at 4 spots is cause to take caution. Not all campers are built super strong at these contact points. I have seen plenty of cracked camper corners that the leg mounts are responsible for. Of course there are just as many with no issues. Good luck.
