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Track for bed- with better design and tighter dimensions I just cut the old track off and epoxied in a new set. Slides like a hot knife through butter.
The Mcgyver roof raiser.
The plunger with the two o-rings just slides into the larger pvc tube. The o-rings are just pinched between two couplers that were sanded down enough to allow them to slide into the 1.5 inch pvc tube. Used 1' for the piston.
I went with a single pneumatic jack that will raise both the main roof, and bed roof, then store out of the way. You can raise and lower both by hand, but the main roof will be too much even for a manly man from New Hampshire (Live Free or Die) once the solar panels are in place. I think the PVC job will be replaced by a real custom made jack at some time- but it does work great. I'll post some videos of a 4X4 roof raising, it takes 20 seconds.
Track for bed- with better design and tighter dimensions I just cut the old track off and epoxied in a new set. Slides like a hot knife through butter.
The Mcgyver roof raiser.
The plunger with the two o-rings just slides into the larger pvc tube. The o-rings are just pinched between two couplers that were sanded down enough to allow them to slide into the 1.5 inch pvc tube. Used 1' for the piston.
I went with a single pneumatic jack that will raise both the main roof, and bed roof, then store out of the way. You can raise and lower both by hand, but the main roof will be too much even for a manly man from New Hampshire (Live Free or Die) once the solar panels are in place. I think the PVC job will be replaced by a real custom made jack at some time- but it does work great. I'll post some videos of a 4X4 roof raising, it takes 20 seconds.