w3jhk
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I was dreaming the other night about raising and lowering my scissor jacks on my 2006 Fleetwood Wilderness ... probably because they (scissor jacks)have been giving me a pain in the aXX ... I mean in the back when cranking. I've been thinking of replacing the scissor jacks with the type that have a 3/4" bolt head for applying rotational force to raise and lower the scissor jacks. I saw advertisements for sockets for hand drills to turn the bolt heads on the adjustment screw to eliminate the cranking. My scissor jacks have a hole on one side of the screw head into which I place a "L" shaped crank handle to raise and lower the scissor jacks.
I was dreaming that I was placing a large heavy duty allen wrench into the adjustable chuck of my AC powered hand drill and the "L" end into the hole of the threaded screw head to apply rotational force to the screw head to raise and lower the scissors jacks. In my dream this worked very well.
The next day I actually tried the process I just described in my dream ... and after lubricating the scissor jacks very well this procedure worked very well. This saved me cranking time ... it saved my back and it saved me money ... as I did not have to buy new scissor jacks to automate my cranking. Eureka! I found it! (The solution to my scissor jack cranking dilemma)! W3JHK
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Golden_HVAC
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Many people buy a 18 volt Ryobi drill for this use, and now they have a kit with battery sawzall, drill, and flashlight. I also have a new 140 lumens LED table lantern, it is pretty bright, and I use it while working on air conditioners that are hanging from above a dropped ceiling.
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w3jhk
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Thanks, Fred, for the advice ... sounds like a smart investment for times AC is not available. However, in my case I always carry a 27 Amp., 120 Volt Generac Generator in the bed of my Dodge RAM 2500 Quad Pick up truck ... so, I always have a source of AC when towing my TT.
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dalenoel
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They sell fittings for your drill that fit the stabilzer end.
If the allen wrench does not fit exactly right you can buy one that will.
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skipnchar
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Good idea. Now all you have to do is figure out what you'll do with that extra 30 seconds 
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blackburbb
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skipnchar wrote:Good idea. Now all you have to do is figure out what you'll do with that extra 30 seconds
That's 30 seconds PER stab. Two minutes is enough time to make Jello!
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Or slam a beer
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FalconLover
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I've been using a cordless drill with a socket on my jacks for years and thought this was common knowledge. A decent sized (18 V or whatever) one will put a pretty good tension on them too. My buddy has the same style jack screws as you describe and a large allen wrench in his drill is exactly what he does.
I guess I need to start sharing my "tricks of the trade" since I cannot assume they're not all common knowledge. Glad you figured it out on your own! 
John
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I simply bought an extra crank, and cut the end off, about 9 inches back from the L hook. I use it in my 24 Volt Drill. No dragging a cord around. Used it with the pup for raising the roof. Drill is about 11 years old. Still doing a good job. Did have to buy a new battery though.
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