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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4517 |
Topic: Power drills for levelling Posted: 23 May 2018 at 8:11pm |
I have used my trusty Dewalt drill for several years now, never had a problem
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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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jato
Senior Member Joined: 23 Feb 2012 Location: Kewadin, MI Online Status: Offline Posts: 3257 |
Posted: 23 May 2018 at 8:16pm |
Have to agree with Happy and lostagain. I use the crank away method, it is good exercise and helps to keep the "pipes" mean and lean.
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God's pod
'11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
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Leo B
podders Helping podders - pHp Joined: 13 Jan 2012 Location: Lyndonville, VT Online Status: Offline Posts: 4517 |
Posted: 23 May 2018 at 8:37pm |
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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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Tars Tarkas
Senior Member Joined: 14 Jan 2013 Location: Near Nashville Online Status: Offline Posts: 1447 |
Posted: 23 May 2018 at 8:40pm |
This is what my tongue jack looks like now. I ground off the rivet holding the handle on and pushed it out. Then I took a 3/4" nut and drilled out the threads so that the nut would fit snug on the top of the jack screw. Before slipping the bolt on, I very carefully drilled a hole right through the center of a flat face of the nut and through the center of the opposite face. The hole was sized to take an appropriately sized roll pin. (I don't remember what size, but I don't recall spending a lot of time thinking about it. It must have been the same diameter as the rivet that held on the crank.) That done, I slid the bolt on the jack screw, tapped in the roll pin, and finally ground off the ends of the roll pin flush with the faces of the nut. Voila. I still carry the crank around with me in case this thing fails. And of course I have the socket and a ratchet in case my drill or it's battery ever quit on me. That hasn't happened in the 4 or 5 years since I made this mod. I used to use an 18v DeWalt but now I have a 20v DeWalt drill, both of which work(ed) fine. This is a job for a drill with some torque, especially raising the trailer and the back of my TV enough to attached the Fastway friction bars. A store-bought 12v tongue jack looks fancy, but I really can't imagine that it works any better than this, plus I have a drill that gets a lot of other use. A side benefit is that not having a ready go crank on the tongue jack at least arguably makes the Pod a little harder to steal. TT |
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marwayne
Senior Member Joined: 25 Oct 2011 Location: Edmonton AB Can Online Status: Offline Posts: 1002 |
Posted: 23 May 2018 at 10:17pm |
If you want something done right, do it yourself.
2011 RP172, 2016 Tundra 5.7 Litre, Ltd. |
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Craneman
Senior Member Joined: 12 May 2013 Location: Tokeland,wa Online Status: Offline Posts: 387 |
Posted: 23 May 2018 at 10:26pm |
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Jo and Gary, 2010-174,2011 F150
Jo and Gary 2010 174 2011 Ford 150 |
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Craneman
Senior Member Joined: 12 May 2013 Location: Tokeland,wa Online Status: Offline Posts: 387 |
Posted: 23 May 2018 at 10:35pm |
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1XWHvjlnRisYOS6hzctlvGm6I3EH6OY1D
Copied marwayne a couple years ago works great
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Jo and Gary, 2010-174,2011 F150
Jo and Gary 2010 174 2011 Ford 150 |
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