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notsobigjoe

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Posted: 09/27/17 01:32pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

I will throw in my support the best I can. I love the stable-lift. I use both my four corner jacks and stable-lift at the same time to lift and lower. I go straight up and straight down. I also use my tie downs when traveling. It travels more like an RV than a truck camper. Of course mine has been sacrificed to the great northeastern road salt god. I moved to Florida two years ago and intend to take it off and clean it up but that requires time of which I have none. Here are some photos I hope.
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Posted: 09/27/17 03:25pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

notsobigjoe, any particular reason for mounting the single jack on the passenger side? Does the two jack side cause problems with the fuel filler?

Wayne

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Those pictures trigger my curiosity.
When your dually is 8 feet wide, the jacks have to make about 9 feet?





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Posted: 09/27/17 03:57pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

They look like they have poor ground clearance, any problems with
running them high and dry on rough road conditions?

I would like a system on our ordinary jacks that allow them to swing
horizontal when travelling, these are even lower.


2004.5 Dodge 4x4 SRW Diesel, 245/70R19.5 Michelin XDS2, Bilstein Shocks
Torklift Stable loads, BD Steering Stabilizer Bar, Superchips "TOW" Programed,Rickson 19.5 wheels

2006 8.5 Northstar Arrow, 3 Batteries 200 Watts Solar,
12 Volt DC Fridge.

notsobigjoe

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Posted: 09/27/17 04:38pm Link  |  Quote  |  Print  |  Notify Moderator

Reddog1 wrote:

notsobigjoe, any particular reason for mounting the single jack on the passenger side? Does the two jack side cause problems with the fuel filler?

Wayne


Mont peters said I should have the two jacks under the heavy side. The fridge is in the slide as well as the batteries are all on that side. Most would have installed it the correct way but he said I and a couple of others were the exception. It was a little tricky in the beginning being on the wrong side and all. Over time it became normal. I have no problems with it anymore.

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Kayteg1 wrote:

Those pictures trigger my curiosity.
When your dually is 8 feet wide, the jacks have to make about 9 feet?


About 8.5 never had an issue with being over wide. Overweight, yes.

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woodhog wrote:

They look like they have poor ground clearance, any problems with
running them high and dry on rough road conditions?

I would like a system on our ordinary jacks that allow them to swing
horizontal when travelling, these are even lower.


The truck is lowered. So, yes they are lower on mine than an ordinary dually. I have yet to have a single problem. The system is still higher than my differential. Also, it's important to realize that when the road ends I turn around. I like a concrete slab, full hookups, etc... No boon-docking for me and my wife. We are boat people and like it as close to the slip as we can get.
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It is interesting but would never work for me. I look for places where the road ends....Camping for me on my property in Northern Michigan, getting in is so tight (on a seasonal 2 track 4wd road) that, if I met someone coming the opposite way, one of us would have to back up a long way and it wouldn't be me because I'm usually pulling a trailer with my quads on board.

It's so tight that first trip up in the spring is a chainsaw / tree saw excursion. I have to cut my way in just to clear the sides of the camper.

Why I sold my Lance HS and bought a pop up. Overhead clearance is just as bad (tight) as side clearance. First (and only time) I took the Lance up there, I spent a couple hours in the bed of my cousin's RAM with a pole saw, cutting off limbs just so I could get in. I like to camp in the forest but it comes with a price.

Getting back to the OP' first post, they were looking at the system to use off road on sand and it forested conditions, probably not as dense as what I have but, will it work in that situation? You say you camp on concrete, asphalt or hard packed dirt. I don't think they do or at least they didn't allude to that in their original post....


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notsobigjoe

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SidecarFlip wrote:

It is interesting but would never work for me. I look for places where the road ends....Camping for me on my property in Northern Michigan, getting in is so tight (on a seasonal 2 track 4wd road) that, if I met someone coming the opposite way, one of us would have to back up a long way and it wouldn't be me because I'm usually pulling a trailer with my quads on board.

It's so tight that first trip up in the spring is a chainsaw / tree saw excursion. I have to cut my way in just to clear the sides of the camper.

Why I sold my Lance HS and bought a pop up. Overhead clearance is just as bad (tight) as side clearance. First (and only time) I took the Lance up there, I spent a couple hours in the bed of my cousin's RAM with a pole saw, cutting off limbs just so I could get in. I like to camp in the forest but it comes with a price.

Getting back to the OP' first post, they were looking at the system to use off road on sand and it forested conditions, probably not as dense as what I have but, will it work in that situation? You say you camp on concrete, asphalt or hard packed dirt. I don't think they do or at least they didn't allude to that in their original post....


Sidecar, I hear you! For the first seventeen years of my life my dad used to drag me up to hunting camp in the Catskills... I liked it at first when I was young but then it became less of a hunting trip and more of a beer drinking trip with his buds from the army. By the time I was seventeen I absolutely despised it!!! As far as the OP's question, I just wouldn't know.

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notsobigjoe wrote:

Reddog1 wrote:

notsobigjoe, any particular reason for mounting the single jack on the passenger side? Does the two jack side cause problems with the fuel filler?

Wayne


Mont peters said I should have the two jacks under the heavy side. The fridge is in the slide as well as the batteries are all on that side. Most would have installed it the correct way but he said I and a couple of others were the exception. It was a little tricky in the beginning being on the wrong side and all. Over time it became normal. I have no problems with it anymore.
I am not sure there is a correct way. I did not think of the weight factor, but it does make sense. Depending on which jacks they are using, I think they are about 3000 LBS each. When I install mine on my DRW I will take another look at the weight issue. I think I am okay with the single jack on the driver side.

Don't understimate how rough the terrain can be for the Stable Lift. It is not a graded road only system. Even though it reduces the ground clearance about 3 inches, it is not made of thin wall tubing like the four jack systems, nor is it installed with lag screws or bolts. On a DRW truck, you will be at a 102" width (maybe 104 inches) as I recall. Right at maximum legal width.

Unless you have or have had one use caution reaching conclusions as to what it will or will not do. No question, it is not for everyone.

Wayne

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