Journey with Confidence RV GPS App RV Trip Planner RV LIFE Campground Reviews RV Maintenance Take a Speed Test Free 7 Day Trial ×


Reply
 
Thread Tools Display Modes
Old 12-19-2012, 09:16 AM   #41
Senior Member
 
lindy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Jamestown NY
Posts: 588
TeJay; As to the flexing of the corner jacks, that's where the Strong Arm bars come into play to help elminiate this flexing, Some of us like Old Coot and myself have designed and build our own at 1/4 the cost of buying the aftermarket kits out there.
__________________

2012 Winnebago "Journey To Insanity" 40U
2008 Dakota Sport 4x4
2004 Subaru Baja - DW's
2006 Honda Shadow Aero - TOAD for now.
F.R.O.G. member
lindy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-24-2012, 09:55 PM   #42
Senior Member
 
PHS79's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 416
I have the same problem with bounce in our TT, we have the electric jacks and use Bal X-chocks. This past week I was walking through my dads shop and happen to notice a pair of Bal scissor jacks up on some of the racking, I asked dad about them and he said that he bought them for a project and never ended up using them, so they are now sitting in my garage. I am going to try and mount them in front of the axles and hope that helps.

My parents new Open Range 5er has an auto leveling system on it and also the JT Strong Arm bars. Even without tightening the bars their 5er is soild, no movement at all. And the auto level system will raise the whole camper off the ground with ease.
__________________
TT-2013 Passport 3220BH
TV-2004 F150 FX4, not exactly stock...
nights camped:
with 2001 Kodiak K215: 2010-10, 2011-12
with 2012 Grey Wolf 26BH: 2012-19, 2013-24, 2014-11, 2015-6
with 2013 Passport: 2015-13, 2016-15 booked
PHS79 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-25-2012, 09:04 AM   #43
Senior Member
 
lindy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Jamestown NY
Posts: 588
PHS79; IMO with a duel axle trl the best place for the jack is between the 2 axles. Look at your parents leveling sys and it uses 2 jacks in front and 2 jacks behind the axles to take the bounce out of both axles. I think (IMO) that if you put the jacks in front of the front axle you could still get some bounce off the rear axle. This is why I place my jack between the 2 axles, It's not mounted, I just run it up with an elect impact wrench.
__________________

2012 Winnebago "Journey To Insanity" 40U
2008 Dakota Sport 4x4
2004 Subaru Baja - DW's
2006 Honda Shadow Aero - TOAD for now.
F.R.O.G. member
lindy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-25-2012, 12:26 PM   #44
Senior Member
 
PHS79's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 416
True, between the axles is probably the best location, but would also require alot more fab work to mount them there, and I would like to rigid mount them to keep them out have the little bit of storage we currently have. If front of the front axle would be much easier to mount, plus if I were to have a blowout then the jack would be less likely to cause more damage, also it would break up the span of the frame between the stabilizers more thus eliminating any possible movement from frame flex and also taking out some of the bounce from the suspension. From the rear stabilizer to the center of the axles is probably only about 5ft at most, where as in front of the front axle it is more like 7ft or so. (I will get the actual measurements when I go to my parents for Christmas today)
__________________
TT-2013 Passport 3220BH
TV-2004 F150 FX4, not exactly stock...
nights camped:
with 2001 Kodiak K215: 2010-10, 2011-12
with 2012 Grey Wolf 26BH: 2012-19, 2013-24, 2014-11, 2015-6
with 2013 Passport: 2015-13, 2016-15 booked
PHS79 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-25-2012, 08:43 PM   #45
Senior Member
 
PHS79's Avatar
 
Join Date: Mar 2012
Posts: 416
I took some measurements, they are rough measurements (but with in 1-2") as it was only 10deg with a breeze when I was taking them and I wasn't dressed for that...

front stabilizer to rear stabilizer, 17ft
rear stabilizer to between the 2 axles, 52"
rear stabilizer to front spring hanger, 84"
front stabilizer to front spring hanger, 10ft

I also talked with my dad about my little project and he had the same thoughts that I did. The center pivot of the suspension would be a total PITA to work around and if I did mount them there I would not be able to use my X chocks. So I am going to go with my original thought of mounting them just in front of the front spring hanger and work with the design from there.
__________________
TT-2013 Passport 3220BH
TV-2004 F150 FX4, not exactly stock...
nights camped:
with 2001 Kodiak K215: 2010-10, 2011-12
with 2012 Grey Wolf 26BH: 2012-19, 2013-24, 2014-11, 2015-6
with 2013 Passport: 2015-13, 2016-15 booked
PHS79 is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-25-2012, 08:53 PM   #46
Oklahoma Proud
 
MillerTime's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: central OK
Posts: 2,784
I bet that they will work great like that!
Best of luck!
MillerTime is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-26-2012, 10:56 AM   #47
Senior Member
 
lindy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Jamestown NY
Posts: 588
PHS79, our suspensions being different is the difference, I have the Al-ko torsion flex axles, and there is a perfect metal plate between the axles for the jack to fit over and lift the bounce out of the axles.
__________________

2012 Winnebago "Journey To Insanity" 40U
2008 Dakota Sport 4x4
2004 Subaru Baja - DW's
2006 Honda Shadow Aero - TOAD for now.
F.R.O.G. member
lindy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-26-2012, 02:02 PM   #48
Mod free 5er
 
Join Date: Mar 2008
Location: Concord, NC
Posts: 24,702
Quote:
Originally Posted by lindy View Post
PHS79, our suspensions being different is the difference, I have the Al-ko torsion flex axles, and there is a perfect metal plate between the axles for the jack to fit over and lift the bounce out of the axles.
I have the same setup as lindy, but, I chose to mount in front of the front axle due to the fact that if I had a blowout with the jacks mounted between the axles, the jack would be damaged if not destroyed or cause more damage and if the jacks are mounted between the axles I can not use the Bal Chocks. The jacks work just fine in front of the axles mounted to the 2 x 4 steel tube regardless of all the hypothesis to the contrary.
__________________
OldCoot is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 12-26-2012, 02:25 PM   #49
Senior Member
 
lindy's Avatar
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Jamestown NY
Posts: 588
Old Coot, I didn't mount mine due to the blow-out issue you mentioned. I use an elect impact wrench to crank the jacks up and then install the wheel chock locks. I suppose I could weld up a mount and put them in front of the axle, but felt that a blow-out could still be an issue if the chunk of rubber went forward, and having had a blow-out before the rubber flyes every where in all directions as you've probably found out, Yes it's one more thing to carry in the storage compartment/
__________________

2012 Winnebago "Journey To Insanity" 40U
2008 Dakota Sport 4x4
2004 Subaru Baja - DW's
2006 Honda Shadow Aero - TOAD for now.
F.R.O.G. member
lindy is offline   Reply With Quote
Old 01-01-2013, 09:27 AM   #50
Senior Member
 
f150k's Avatar
 
Join Date: Aug 2010
Posts: 184
jacks in front of my Al-ko torsion flex axles

I mounted jacks in front of my Al-ko torsion flex axles, did not seem to do much. I think the rear electric jack is a joke. On our old Wild Cat, 5th wheel, we had the standard crank up jacks and did not have the movement that our new Rockwood has now. Not sure what I wil try come spring, may try mounting the jacks between the axles and replace the rear jack with something else.
f150k is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


» Featured Campgrounds

Reviews provided by

Disclaimer:

This website is not affiliated with or endorsed by Forest River, Inc. or any of its affiliates. This is an independent, unofficial site.



All times are GMT -5. The time now is 12:31 AM.