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    DIY Telescoping Lift for RTT on Trailer

    I agree. The pull direction is wrong. But I wonder if it could be compensated by a simple elastic band stretched in a triangle pattern with the bottom point on telescoping post? Keeping the pull direction in line with the vertical axis. Just spitballing. Also, I agree with the locking down...
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    DIY Telescoping Lift for RTT on Trailer

    Hopefully this illustrates the idea a little bit better. The first picture is in the low/stowed position. The second picture shows one of the sides being lifted up. This should allow someone to lift a side a few perforated holes at a time. The RTT mount (green) would be able to move along the...
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    DIY Telescoping Lift for RTT on Trailer

    Yeah. The sketch is rough. The point is that as one side is raised, the pivot points would allow the RTT mount to move laterally while going up. With just a single pivot at each post, you would end up binding unless you were able to lift all four corners together at the same rate. I'm drawing it...
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    DIY Telescoping Lift for RTT on Trailer

    I'm glad I stumbled on this. I'm wanting to do the same as you. Want a telescoping rack without actuators. Here is a crude sketch I just made on my phone cause I wanted to get it out of my head and recorded somewhere. The idea is that there would be two pivot points on each of 4 telescoping...
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