leveling/stabilizing jacks |
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shroomer
Senior Member Joined: 24 Aug 2013 Location: New Haven, CT Online Status: Offline Posts: 236 |
Topic: leveling/stabilizing jacks Posted: 21 Apr 2017 at 8:53pm |
There shouldn't be any issue. The lion's share of the weight will still be on the wheels and tongue jack.
+1 I parked my pod in the same situation and was nervous about sitting in the back, but there's a lot more weight up front. The fresh water tank on mine was in the back and it was empty. That helps too. |
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Larry and Debbie w/Rosie the mutt. Old: '13 177, '06 Silverado V6
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rawest50
Senior Member Joined: 07 Mar 2017 Location: Arkansas Online Status: Offline Posts: 440 |
Posted: 21 Apr 2017 at 10:35am |
I can attest to the door issue. I had one of the rear jacks screwed down a little tighter that the other and it caused the door to stick. I checked the jacks and sure enough one needed to go down a little further. It was barely touching the pavement. Fixed the problem by giving it a twist or two. |
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2017.5 RPod 179
2017 Jeep Unlimited Wrangler 2017 Chevy Colorado Z71 Off Road Crew Cab 2 Weiner dogs Great wife puts up with my BS ❤️ Thoroughbred Racing. |
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mcarter
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 07 Apr 2016 Location: Greenbrier, TN Online Status: Offline Posts: 3419 |
Posted: 20 Apr 2017 at 5:42pm |
+1, not meant to be jacked from the corners.
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Mike Carter
2015 178 " I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability." |
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StephenH
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 29 Nov 2015 Location: Wake Forest, NC Online Status: Offline Posts: 6326 |
Posted: 19 Apr 2017 at 8:45pm |
I wouldn't use them as jacks. Forest River's instructions are not to do so as it can stress the door. Think of it as taking a ruler sitting across three points, one in the middle and one at each end. With weight on top, lift one or both ends and see what happens to the ruler. That is a simplified picture of the stress that is placed on the R-Pod if you try to lift the ends with the stabilizers. Use a proper jack for lifting the 'Pod at the axle area (not on the axle itself) since that is the area which already carries the weight of the 'Pod.
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StephenH
Happy is the man that findeth wisdom,... ouR escaPOD mods Former RPod 179 Current Cherokee Grey Wolf 24 JS |
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mjlrpod
Senior Member Joined: 27 Sep 2016 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 1215 |
Posted: 19 Apr 2017 at 11:49am |
I saw some at walmart yesterday that are 25.00 dollars. They are rated to lift 3000 pounds. I may replace atleast the rear stabilizers with these new "jacks", maybe do all 4. My guess is i would actually be able to " jack " up the trailer if i had these new jacks installed. Perhaps to level, or maybe even if i had a flat tire?? I would never lift the entire trailer off the ground, so 2, 3000 pound jacks should lift 1 side off the ground easily?
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2017.5 Rp-172
2020 R-pod 195 2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl I'll be rpodding |
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john in idaho
Senior Member Joined: 04 Nov 2014 Location: Eagle Idaho Online Status: Offline Posts: 611 |
Posted: 19 Apr 2017 at 9:42am |
I put SAVA-JACK bases on our pod in the rear so they come off very easily and stow in the truck.
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4517 |
Posted: 18 Apr 2017 at 11:49am |
+1
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Leo & Melissa Bachand
2017 Ford F150 2021 Vista Cruiser 19 csk Previously owned 2015 Rpod 179 2010 Rpod 171 |
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TheBum
Senior Member Joined: 26 Feb 2016 Location: Texas Online Status: Offline Posts: 1407 |
Posted: 18 Apr 2017 at 11:45am |
There shouldn't be any issue. The lion's share of the weight will still be on the wheels and tongue jack.
I've had to replace one jack and have another that's somewhat bent but usable. |
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mjlrpod
Senior Member Joined: 27 Sep 2016 Location: Massachusetts Online Status: Offline Posts: 1215 |
Posted: 18 Apr 2017 at 10:48am |
Hey all. My pod's back end overhangs the end of my driveways pavement by a few feet, and i don't have enough room to leave it parked where it wouldn't overhang. The land slopes down from the end of the pavement rather quickly. I realize the jacks are intended for stabilizing, not leveling. But the jacks are really cheap, and not very strong at all. If i replaced the 2 rear stabilizers with "jacks" is that ok to do, as in, can the jacks damage the trailer because they are now stong enough to lift it? Is the area where the stabilizers are now, a stong structural area good enough to bear a load? It would just make me feel better to know that if i get a little weight in the rear of the camper, i can atleast know my jacks won't bend, or fold, and i go for a ride down hill.
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2017.5 Rp-172
2020 R-pod 195 2015 Frontier sv 4.0L 6cyl I'll be rpodding |
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