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Old 01-04-2009, 07:59 PM   #21
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It's been fun trying to figure this out—fun for me, not for you. Looks like there's some air in the tires now, so you'll know if they'll hold air. Maybe you could raise the house? Ha! The AC cover looks like it was broken bringing it in there, so maybe it'll pull off with a little cutting and you'll be able to see just how much room you have, or strip off one side with some wire cutters so you can watch what's happening. I think you'll have to play with how much air is in the tires depending what you're doing—can always subtract after you add.

I'd love to watch the process of how you do this, but will be content with photos. Good luck.

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Old 01-04-2009, 10:53 PM   #22
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My experience with A/C covers, if it had much UV exposure prior to sliding under the roof (mine had 2-3 years) you can probably just whack with a hammer and it will shatter and you can remove the pieces. (No, I didn't deliberately do this! Things just happen sometimes.)

Agree with Gene - fun following this thread and I think you've received some solid ideas here. It looks manageable.
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Old 01-05-2009, 08:43 AM   #23
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How about airring up the tires and removing the pavers let air back out slightly and pull the trailer out with your TV. With the pavers gone there may be enough clearence that the stabilizers don't make contact with the ground. Once the trailer is out remove the stabilizers from the trailer.

The trailer did get there with the tires pumped up? Correct?


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Old 01-05-2009, 12:04 PM   #24
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The trailer did get there with the tires pumped up? Correct?


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Nope. They had to let about half the air of the tires to get it to fit under the house (as per the PO).

I'll try to air up the tires first as that may give me just enough room to get the paver stones out. Then I could unbolt the brackets and be done with them. That's assuming they'll hold any air in their current condition. If not, I'll fall back on the original "jack up one side at a time" plan.
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I'm with Action. Take out the pavers, raise the stabilisers if they will move. If they won't move you should still have enough clearance to slowly and gently tow the trailer out.

Once it is clear of the building you can jack up the trailer, put it on good blocks or jack stands so there is NO CHANCE of it falling off. Then repair or remove the stabilisers.
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Old 01-05-2009, 05:43 PM   #26
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I've got a BIG chainsaw...cut the house...not the AS. I'll be right over.
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Old 01-05-2009, 07:55 PM   #27
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I've got a BIG chainsaw...cut the house...not the AS. I'll be right over.
That would be something to see! Maybe you could get those guys who do that program about moving big things like the Cape Hatteras lighthouse to film it.

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Old 01-06-2009, 04:18 PM   #28
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I've got a BIG chainsaw...cut the house...not the AS. I'll be right over.
I like the way you think. Simple, yet brutally effective.

I don't think the PO would allow it though, as it's HIS house...

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That would be something to see! Maybe you could get those guys who do that program about moving big things like the Cape Hatteras lighthouse to film it.
I just so happen to have a video cam lying around somewhere...
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Well, we're all waiting to hear what happens in the next exciting chapter! What is his daredevil plan? Will it work out? Will the venturers be marooned on Venus?

Do tell all!
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Old 01-06-2009, 06:21 PM   #30
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Muahaaahaaahaaa!!!!
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Old 01-06-2009, 06:26 PM   #31
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How did I know..

I shoulda' known he was from Texas! Down here they do dental work with a torch!

You know the saying, if you aint oil field you aint sh*t...!
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Old 01-06-2009, 06:40 PM   #32
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Dental work?

I dunno about that, but I've seen folks cook with oxy-acetylene! Not always a pretty sight!

I think he's tellin' us that he's plannin' to use the "blue tip wrench"!!!!! That, too may not be a pretty sight, but I betcha he gets the stabliziners off!
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Old 01-06-2009, 07:00 PM   #33
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I'm just here as a temporary Texan again. I was stationed here at NAVSTA Ingleside from '92 to '96 and now again from '07 to Sept '09 when I finally retire from the Navy after 20 years.

I'm a military brat so I'm from all over the country. My dad didn't retire from the Navy till after I was already at my first duty station. If I had to call anywhere "home" it would be Maine where most of my relatives are. Of course, I wasn't born there either so...
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Old 01-07-2009, 03:56 PM   #34
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Dang it! I didn't get to break out the torch.

I was able to put a bottle jack and a piece of 2x4 under the A frame and just slightly jack it up enough to get the front stabilizers to clear the paver stones. I pulled the stones out of the way and doused the long stabilizer screw with PB Blaster. When I tried to turn them, they actually came up! Enough to clear the ground for now anyway. I did the same for the rear stabilizers by putting the bottle jack and 2x4 just aft of teh big girder axle plate. The rear jacks also came up but since the bend in them is so severe, I only have about 6" ground clearance under the lowest point. Now I just need to unbolt them before trying to move the AS.

Sorry, no pics today. I forgot the camera at home.
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Old 01-07-2009, 04:53 PM   #35
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That was much too simple for all the advanced thinking that has gone on here. Couldn't you pretend that you had to use shaped charges?

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Old 01-07-2009, 05:24 PM   #36
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How about C4?
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Old 01-07-2009, 09:14 PM   #37
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Old 01-08-2009, 11:20 AM   #38
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Good thing I didn't have to resort to this...
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Old 01-08-2009, 12:49 PM   #39
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Aw, darn! We were hoping for something exciting ... if not the Sawzall, then the torch or a plasma cutter or maybe some sort of low-yield nuke.

Well, in all, it sounds as if you've got the solution well under way. Congrats.
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Old 01-08-2009, 02:54 PM   #40
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I don't have any pics of getting the stabilizers up since I didn't have the camera with me at the time. Today however, I had my wife and the camera with me. These pics should give you an idea of how low to the ground the trailer is sitting. I could only get under the trailer as far as my chest to unbolt the stabilizers. Half of the stabilizer mounting bolts snapped the heads right off.


In the second pic you can see how little ground clearance I had with the bent stabilizers all the way up.


And here's the aftermath...

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