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Old 08-05-2012, 08:30 AM   #1
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Landing Gear

Ok I was wondering if they make any type of a high speed landing gear motor or something to run the gear up and down faster?? Oh yeah the gear I am speaking of are on my 2004 5er.
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Old 08-05-2012, 08:55 AM   #2
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Short answer, NO. Never seen one. To pick up that much weight, it has to be pretty slow, in order to have a lot of lift. Regardless of how slow, it is still faster than a manual crank, and a lot less effort.
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Old 08-05-2012, 11:26 AM   #3
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For sure it is better than hand cranking. Thanks for the response.
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Old 08-05-2012, 11:46 AM   #4
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For sure it is better than hand cranking. Thanks for the response.
Imo the slower the better.
More torque .
Longer life.
Besides drink a beer while waiting!
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Old 08-05-2012, 12:27 PM   #5
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Not a bad idea nice cold beer ok works for me.
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I installed the IntelliJacks system on my front landing gear.
No more standing there forever holding the button.
Just push one button to unhitch & go on with setting up.
Drive out from under the 5er, push another button & the 5er levels itself front to back.

The whole set up took me about 2hrs to install.

The system cost about $300.

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