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Topic: Scissor Support jacks

Posted By: harrypodder
Subject: Scissor Support jacks
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2018 at 6:32pm

Has anyone installed Saveajack on their pod? If so any installation issues?

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Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 30 Sep 2018 at 7:05pm

Yes, here, simple, bolt on.

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Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."

Posted By: harrypodder
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2018 at 6:09am

Posted By: harrypodder
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2018 at 6:10am

Thks mcarter they don't really have any dimensions of the mounting plate on their website so didn't know if it would work on a Pod.

Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2018 at 9:01am

They will Harry. I didn't have issues on my 2015 178.

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Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."

Posted By: Old Surfer
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2018 at 10:13am

I had to drill some additional holes in my 2015 179. But I love it.

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Rick and Melanie
2008 Tundra CrewMax 4-Wheel Drive
2015 R-179
Surfer

Posted By: john in idaho
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2018 at 10:16am

After you get them installed , buy a couple of extra clips just in case you loose one while they are off the trailer.

Posted By: Old Surfer
Date Posted: 01 Oct 2018 at 10:35am

I wired clip the clips to the holes in the jack.

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Rick and Melanie
2008 Tundra CrewMax 4-Wheel Drive
2015 R-179
Surfer

Posted By: Ghosthawk
Date Posted: 02 Oct 2018 at 7:51am

I had bought a few items from a company via Amazon (30 ' 30a extension) and it came with a little catalog. On the front page was a selection of stabilizer jacks. They looked a bit heavier duty than the ones on my pod. I did not see a price. But they had jacks there rated for 5000 lbs, would in theory lift the whole pod.

And I wondered. What is to keep a guy from ordering a couple of those, mounting them on the front, using them to level. Then run the others down to stabilize. Keep the old ones for spares?

Wouldn't that be easier than this mucking about blocking wheels?

I'm probably wanting to defy some cosmic rule of camping here.

Posted By: mcarter
Date Posted: 02 Oct 2018 at 8:00am

Interesting. I also thought about that. I use my jack to level front to back. My concern was the frame may have issues with corner lifting. I have had my Pod tweaked enough the door was hard to open and shut. SO there is some amount of frame flex. Not sure what the current rating of stabilizers is, seem to recall 2500 lbs, which is more than adequate to left a corner (rating wise). The other thing that concerned me was the securing hardware, which is basically sheet metal screws.

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Mike Carter
2015 178
" I had the right to remain silent, I just didn't have the ability."

Posted By: GlueGuy
Date Posted: 02 Oct 2018 at 8:41pm

My thoughts on this is that jacking a pod level from the four corners is creating strain on the pod's frame that it might not be designed to handle. Depending on the out of level situation, and a stronger stabilizer/jack, you might just be tweaking the frame. I know that I've read (somewhere, maybe on this forum?) where people have used the scissor jacks to level their pod, only to find that it's caused problems with the door frame.

Putting it another way, a stronger jack might be able to level your pod, but the frame might not be able to handle all that stress all the way out on the corner.

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bp
2017 R-Pod 179 Hood River
2015 Ford F150 SuperCrew 4WD 3.5L Ecoboost