Leveling With Scissor Jacks?

[Hiker9]

Does anyone use scissor jacks to level their camper rather than driving up on blocks?

 

[kmcintyre]

I've thought about it but I now have such a collection of blocks that it'd be another thing to carry. I bought the Lynx blocks w/ a 10 year warantee and I bet they've replaced at least 10 of them. They are effectively the same blocks everyone sales but they replace them when they crack, smash, etc.

 

[Bosque Bill]

I have a pair of screw-type jack stands that I use to stabilize the chassis in high wind conditions. I tried to use them a couple times to level the camper in the past and found them unsatisfactory for that purpose

 

[Hiker9]

I have a pair of screw-type jack stands that I use to stabilize the chassis in high wind conditions. I tried to use them a couple times to level the camper in the past and found them unsatisfactory for that purpose

Why did they not work well?

 

[Bosque Bill]

Why did they not work well?

I was placing them on the chassis just in front of the leaf springs, which you would think would work, but the truck just shifted around them resulting the the rear axle at weird angles. Maybe your scissor jacks under the axle would work better ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

 

[buckland]

I would not think that very stable.

 

[Sagebrush Reconnoiterer]

I've not tried or experienced using them for camping. I've had a vehicle or two with one of these as standard equipment. But looking at them logically, I see a problem using them for leveling. Scissor jacks generally don't have a provision to grab or hold onto anything that it contacts. It's lift head is usually block shaped and smooth.

I find them a bit scary for using one to change a tire, as when removing and replacing the tire and wheel movement occurs and we all have heard what happens when the vehicle falls off the jack and drops onto someone's legs or worse. And jacks are notoriously cheesy and built for only short term use.

Now think about what you do within your camper. You spend time moving around. Cooking, cleaning, dressing getting into bed, etcetera. Your vehicle is moving and in time may drop off the jack or it breaks. You likely won't get hurt, but wouldn't be a pleasant way to start your day when you spill your coffee, you dump your eggs and bacon on the floor and have a mess to clean up. Such an event might hasten your morning constitutional though ...

 

[Hiker9]

Thanks for that perspective Sage. Since I have been thinking of possibly using at least a few together that could magnify the possibility of damage or danger if they all tumbled.

 

[Wyo4Life]

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