I am at the point in my project (F450 + Sunrader) where I am going to begin building the "foundation" for my camper. The foundation is basically a grid-work of steel tube that that will support my camper shell when it is removed from the truck. Whatever jacks I choose will also be attached, and removable, to the foundation so that I can raise/lower the camper to remove it from the truck.
The jacks need to have reach from near ground level to near 48". I was initially looking at products from Rieco, they have the reach, but not the contraction, the camper would be +- 36" off the ground at lowest.
The best option I can come up with is using 4 Hi Lifts. It would be cheap, strong, and I could use them for other things as well.
I have been searching for some kind of hand cranked carriage/slider that rides on pipe, kind of like what is used on a pipe clamp, but bigger. This would give me infinite reach, be stable, and quite controllable. I have not found anything, there are some products relating to scaffolding that are close.
Does anybody have any solutions/suggestions they have found to work well?
Finally, does one crank of a Hi-Lift yield the same amount of lift/drop no matter the load? If I go the Hi Lift route I would like to be able to have two people remove the camper and keep if level. We could say, do five cranks up front, five at the back, with 5 cranks moving each jack the same distance.
Thanks a lot.
The jacks need to have reach from near ground level to near 48". I was initially looking at products from Rieco, they have the reach, but not the contraction, the camper would be +- 36" off the ground at lowest.
The best option I can come up with is using 4 Hi Lifts. It would be cheap, strong, and I could use them for other things as well.
I have been searching for some kind of hand cranked carriage/slider that rides on pipe, kind of like what is used on a pipe clamp, but bigger. This would give me infinite reach, be stable, and quite controllable. I have not found anything, there are some products relating to scaffolding that are close.
Does anybody have any solutions/suggestions they have found to work well?
Finally, does one crank of a Hi-Lift yield the same amount of lift/drop no matter the load? If I go the Hi Lift route I would like to be able to have two people remove the camper and keep if level. We could say, do five cranks up front, five at the back, with 5 cranks moving each jack the same distance.
Thanks a lot.