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cody91
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Topic: Fastway Flip Jackfoot Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 12:31pm |
Has anyone used one of these on their Rpod? I'm thinking about getting one but not sure what size to get (4" or 6") and I'm wondering if it will interfere with my WDH. Does anyone have any experience using one?
Thanks! Cody
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Boomertype
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Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 1:12pm |
Cody, I can't see how it would interfere with your WDH. Does your WDH have anything that would interfere with the bottom of your jack? I'd think the 6 is the better deal. If you need less than that, you can manually hold the flipjack, in the up position as you crank it down. Others have them here and can chime in also.
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cody91
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Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 1:30pm |
Originally posted by Boomertype
Cody, I can't see how it would interfere with your WDH. Does your WDH have anything that would interfere with the bottom of your jack? I'd think the 6 is the better deal. If you need less than that, you can manually hold the flipjack, in the up position as you crank it down. Others have them here and can chime in also.
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I just have a standard Equalizer WDH. Not sure if it would interfere. That's why I'm asking. I figured the timing or the size of the the flipjack could somehow affect the WDH load bars. Thanks.
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thadd
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Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 2:03pm |
I have one (I think the 6", but not sure). It folds away perfectly so it certainly won't interfere with the WDH. The one thing was that I had to shorten the jack shaft a bit in order for it to have enough room to drop and retract fully.
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cody91
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Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 2:25pm |
Originally posted by thadd
I have one (I think the 6", but not sure). It folds away perfectly so it certainly won't interfere with the WDH. The one thing was that I had to shorten the jack shaft a bit in order for it to have enough room to drop and retract fully. |
Thanks for the response. If you could have done it again, would you have bought the shorter flip jack (i.e. 4") so you didn't have to cut the jack shaft or maybe something simpler like this?
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Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 2:42pm |
Thadd, do you have the 3" risers on your Pod frame? That would make a difference in how much room the flip foot would have when deployed.
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thadd
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Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 2:45pm |
Actually the reason I had to shorten it was because when the jack retracts all the way it wouldn't fold flat. For height when deployed (I have risers) it was fine before and after shortening.
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cody91
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Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 3:58pm |
Thanks Thadd. What did you use to the cut the jack tube? Hack saw?
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David and Danette
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Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 4:51pm |
I can see that it could be useful but we use a dolly wheel and the two would not work attached at the same time. You either have one or the other and we use our dolly wheel often if there was a way to easily remove it and attach it with out a bolt and nut we could use it.
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2018 Vista Cruiser 19BFD (2018-
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thadd
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Posted: 21 Apr 2014 at 5:02pm |
Originally posted by cody91
Thanks Thadd. What did you use to the cut the jack tube? Hack saw? |
I used a sawzall to chop off about 4 inches then used a step bit to drill new bolt holes. The whole process took less than 10 minutes.
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