Newbie questions
First off, I am a long time camper, but this is our first truck camper. If not for the owner raising this issue, I wouldn't be asking. Well, this is the son of the very elderly owner. He said not t...
Forum Discussion
bwlyon wrote:
I think the previous owner was a bit of an extremely cautious type person. We have an aluminum framed Chalet camper with a slide and never has it crossed our mind to brace the slide when it is out, or the cab over when the camper is off the truck. We sleep in the overhead with the camper off the truck and have the slide out as well. As far as using blocks under the camper to store it, we let the weight of the camper rest on the jacks. With that said there is nothing wrong with using concrete blocks and resting the camper on the blocks with just a little pressure on the jacks.
Since I have obviously been shopping for a TC, I have come across quite a few TC pictures with the TC being stored on some type of frame or other support. Since the jacks are electric (vice hydraulic), I can't think of any potential harm to the jack itself, but the concern would be more to the point where it connects to TC itself. I am hoping to be able to store the camper inside my shop over the summer and will probably just rest the base on the concrete floor, but with some, albeit minimal, pressure on the jacks. Thanks for your reply.
