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Originally Posted by JimGolden Well, if you get too wild with the stabilizers, or put a scizzors jack in the same place, you'd probably bend the frame outrigger that it's attached to. They're not real heavy.
But, your idea would work just fine if you moved it inboard to the actual longitudinal (lengthwise) frame rail, rather than on the outrigger. No reason you couldn't, just would be a little further reach into it. You could maybe even extend the bolt out so that it'd be in the same place as the OEM; it'd just reach further into the center to the new scizzor jack mounted to the longitudinal, rather than the outrigger.
I've always heard to not store the trailer with the stabilizers down. If you do, and the ground settles a lot, it could dump undue stress into the outriggers... |
Hey Jim,
Thanks for the first reply to my first thread. I am glad you brought up out riggers, especially since I hadn't thought about them at all! What do you think about moving the scissors back to the factory marked "jack location"?
As for actuating the jack I was thinking about a crude but custom wrench that I could put into a cordless drill motor that would give me the reach, and because I'm lazy.
I have not heard about the ground settling thing before but sure makes sense.