Camper removal with no jacks
#1
Posted 08 January 2019 - 09:13 PM
#2
Posted 08 January 2019 - 10:09 PM
Quick thought:
Come-a-long at required rated weight.
4 cables to each corner. Outriggers to manage swinging...
Lift out and then drive away and then lower to ground...
Mounting point of come-a-long, really big tree or other overhead available mount?
Getting it back in without help would be the problem it will swing around a bit...
#3
Posted 08 January 2019 - 10:52 PM
Here is what came to mind... 4 bottle jacks and 4 jack stands.
Brace the bottle jacks with some planking underneath and on top to spread the loads, jack up a bit, raise jack stands as high as possible in case bottle jack fails or shifts, repeat until camper is free of the truck and standing securely on the jack stands... or lower to the ground if desired.
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#4
Posted 08 January 2019 - 11:02 PM
IF you have factory jack plates mounted on your truck:
On level ground, drive your truck up onto four equally sized 6 X 6 timbers lying flat.....lock parking brake.
Screw several 3/8 inch by 1 1/2 inch lag screws thru jack plates into one 4 X 4 vertical wood post at each jack plate.
Loosen turnbuckles, etc.
Jack each post up a little ,,,,maybe three inches and block...using what ever lever...one at a time.
Ease truck off the timbers.
Lots of luck...just go slow and be careful.
#5
Posted 08 January 2019 - 11:23 PM
Inspired by DavidGraves answer:
Drive the truck up on 4 or 5 2x6's lying flat. All Four wheels.
attach fixed length steel posts to the corner brackets all the way down to the ground.
remove turnbuckles
Using tall bottle jacks, raise truck from the rear and front axles. bottle jack/floor jack on from the ground, up to the axle. Yes, then will need to be tall.
Raise up enough to remove one of the 2x6's
reset jacks,
repeat until the truck can be pulled out.
The camper will be sitting really high.
Just an idea! Don't do this!
Tod.
#6
Posted 08 January 2019 - 11:28 PM
IF you have factory jack plates mounted on your truck:
On level ground,
<snip>.....lock parking brake.
Screw several 3/8 inch by 1 1/2 inch lag screws thru jack plates into one 4 X 4 vertical wood post at each jack plate.
Loosen turnbuckles, etc.
<snip>....
To borrow this idea. perhaps could inflate the tires to max first. then assemble supports as above. then lower tire air pressure and drive out from under. Then you reinforce support by placing something under exposed camper bottom.
of course borrowing a forklift might work. no idea if that is possible. or for that matter if the camper at present overhangs the rear (to jack up or sling from above), how much the camper overhangs the truck sides (to jack), if there is enough clearance between the camper and truck box to tilt the camper sideways (to jack and block between camper and truck bed), if you want to relocate the camper after removing (somewhere to store, maybe a facility that could also help remove (paint shop, with lift ?)).
in short not much info given. I'm just thinking about these guys trying to help...
Edited by klahanie, 08 January 2019 - 11:55 PM.
#7
Posted 09 January 2019 - 01:05 AM
Oh
I WAS gonna say loosen turnbuckles and drive up a trail while looking at your nav system......
but hard to reload that way.
David Graves
#8
Posted 09 January 2019 - 01:48 AM
^ I see what you did there
#9
Posted 09 January 2019 - 02:47 AM
Russ
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Edited by CougarCouple, 10 January 2019 - 02:58 AM.
#10
Posted 09 January 2019 - 01:13 PM
Just remember once off you have to get back on. Maybe post on other sites like ExpeditionPortal.com? I know you are pretty far south but "Possibly" someone is headed your way and has their Jacks installed that you could borrow?
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