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07-03-2015, 10:20 PM
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#1061
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
Chassis: 1- 1/2 ton
Engine: Cummins 4BT
Rated Cap: 15
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Good price but those bad boys are serious overkill for my little porch. Picked up the pipe & all-thread today. Should have pix before too long.
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07-03-2015, 10:45 PM
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#1062
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: Sep 2013
Location: Vacaville, Ca
Posts: 1,634
Year: 1988
Coachwork: Crown / Pusher
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tango
When I said it was a "Shorty"...I meant it!
And I think I have a plan for the stabilizers. It is pretty simple...some all-thread, a length of pipe and a couple of nuts. That way, each leg can adapt to whatever surface I wind up on. Think Lunar craters. I'll try to get a drawing worked out. It looks doable in my head...but that's the scary part.
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I cannot begin to tell you about the scary things that go on in my head. 
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07-04-2015, 12:23 AM
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#1063
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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Quote:
Originally Posted by milkmania
I thought he was just wanting to stabilize it, not lift it.
stopped at Atwoods farm supply earlier today....
the jack in first 2 pics, is the same jack.... set at different intervals, with pins.
$66.99 each
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Those aren't jacks, this is a jack. LOL.
I have a hydraulic leveling setup off of an old MRI trailer. I just need to pull it off when I get some time.
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07-04-2015, 12:34 AM
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#1064
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Lebanon, IN
Posts: 272
Year: 1998
Chassis: TC 2000 bluebird
Engine: 5.9 cummins
Rated Cap: 66
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I just got my rear stabilizer jacks bolted on tonight.i used the Bulldog 12500 lb model and bolted them just behind the rear axle. Between the mud flap and tire.
Bill
MI
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07-04-2015, 12:36 AM
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#1065
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Bus Nut
Join Date: Apr 2010
Location: Lebanon, IN
Posts: 272
Year: 1998
Chassis: TC 2000 bluebird
Engine: 5.9 cummins
Rated Cap: 66
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Here it is before the tire is on.
Bill
MI
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07-04-2015, 12:40 AM
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#1066
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Oklahoma aka "God's blind spot"
Posts: 2,446
Year: 1989
Coachwork: 1853FC International/Navistar
Chassis: 35' Retired Air Force Ambulance
Engine: DT466, MT643
Rated Cap: 6 souls and a driver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by crazycal
Those aren't jacks, this is a jack. LOL.
I have a hydraulic leveling setup off of an old MRI trailer. I just need to pull it off when I get some time. |
buddy's trailer was set up with this style jack..... seemed to work well
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I once complained I had no shoes....
Until I met a man with no feet
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07-04-2015, 12:41 AM
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#1067
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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Quote:
Originally Posted by miltruckman
Here it is before the tire is on.
Bill
MI
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Now that's a jack!
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07-04-2015, 12:48 AM
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#1068
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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Quote:
Originally Posted by milkmania
buddy's trailer was set up with this style jack..... seemed to work well
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That is the same location as on my trailer. It's OK for equipment but a crappy spot for a jack if you load a car on the trailer. I will be cutting it off and moving it closer to the front.
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07-04-2015, 10:20 AM
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#1069
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: So Cal
Posts: 3,221
Year: 1935
Coachwork: Superior
Chassis: Chevy
Engine: 317 ci/tid / Isuzu
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Them thar is nice jacks fer little fellers, but I ended up using these intermediate size ones--------. Jack
Thirty five tons each seemed to get the job done.
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07-04-2015, 12:26 PM
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#1070
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Moderator
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location: NUNYA
Posts: 4,236
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: 3800
Engine: DT408, AT545
Rated Cap: 23 500 gvw
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Quote:
Originally Posted by ol trunt
Them thar is nice jacks fer little fellers, but I ended up using these intermediate size ones--------. Jack
Thirty five tons each seemed to get the job done. |
Are you going to bring a trailer for your lifts when you go camping?
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07-04-2015, 10:41 PM
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#1071
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
Chassis: 1- 1/2 ton
Engine: Cummins 4BT
Rated Cap: 15
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Leave it to Jack to outdo everybody.
Love it!
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07-04-2015, 11:28 PM
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#1072
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: So Cal
Posts: 3,221
Year: 1935
Coachwork: Superior
Chassis: Chevy
Engine: 317 ci/tid / Isuzu
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Ha Ha Tango, you made me laugh. Can't wait to see the clever way you solve the jack problem! Jack
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07-05-2015, 11:45 AM
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#1073
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
Chassis: 1- 1/2 ton
Engine: Cummins 4BT
Rated Cap: 15
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Not really gonna be "jacks". Just adjustable stabilizer/supports. Have one mostly made and hope to wrap up the other today.
I know,I know..."without pix...etc., etc."
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07-05-2015, 12:06 PM
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#1074
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2015
Location: Oklahoma aka "God's blind spot"
Posts: 2,446
Year: 1989
Coachwork: 1853FC International/Navistar
Chassis: 35' Retired Air Force Ambulance
Engine: DT466, MT643
Rated Cap: 6 souls and a driver
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Tango
Not really gonna be "jacks". Just adjustable stabilizer/supports. Have one mostly made and hope to wrap up the other today.
I know,I know..."without pix...etc., etc."
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I once complained I had no shoes....
Until I met a man with no feet
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07-05-2015, 09:08 PM
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#1075
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
Chassis: 1- 1/2 ton
Engine: Cummins 4BT
Rated Cap: 15
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Details, details,details --- Seems the big stuff goes fast. It's all the little sh*t that eats yer lunch.
At least both of the deck mounting plates are done. The gray square tube will form the innermost deck support.
4 - 9/16" bolts should hold this sucker in place. At least this way, If I get rear ended (or back into a boulder), I can remove the deck fairly easily. The 3 in a triangle are bolted through 2 - 1/4" plates and the other is threaded in. 3/16th" x 3-1/2" x 2" C-channel will weld where the beveled edges are.
And here is what I came up with for supporting the deck when down. 2 sections of 1" blackpipe with 5/8" all-thread run up through 2 nuts that are welded in place inside the tube. Here it is partially extended...
...and partially closed. They each have 16" of travel so I should be able to adapt to most terrain. The "shiny" spots are where the bolts are welded in. Each will hang from a swivel mount and have a 4" x 5" foot plate on bottom.
Still waiting on my main frame crossmember.
Onward!
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07-06-2015, 12:27 PM
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#1076
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Apr 2012
Location: So Cal
Posts: 3,221
Year: 1935
Coachwork: Superior
Chassis: Chevy
Engine: 317 ci/tid / Isuzu
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Ah, the old linear actuator trick--with you being the actuator. Jack
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07-07-2015, 01:06 AM
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#1077
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Houston, Texas
Posts: 8,462
Year: 1946
Coachwork: Chevrolet/Wayne
Chassis: 1- 1/2 ton
Engine: Cummins 4BT
Rated Cap: 15
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Linear is good --- And...self actuation keeps it simple.
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07-07-2015, 03:26 PM
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#1078
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Aug 2011
Location: Stony Plain Alberta Canada
Posts: 2,937
Year: 1992
Coachwork: Bluebird
Chassis: TC2000 FE
Engine: 190hp 5.9 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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I like simple.
Nothing wrong with some manual labor.
Nat
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Patently waiting for the apocalypses to level the playing field in this physiological game of life commonly known as Civilization
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07-07-2015, 06:53 PM
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#1079
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Bus Crazy
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Montana
Posts: 1,626
Year: 1995
Coachwork: Blue Bird
Chassis: All-American R/E
Engine: 8.3 Cummins
Rated Cap: 72
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Distraction post: 
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07-07-2015, 07:38 PM
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#1080
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Bus Geek
Join Date: Sep 2014
Location: Eustis FLORIDA
Posts: 23,715
Year: 1999
Coachwork: Thomas
Chassis: Freighliner FS65
Engine: Cat 3126
Rated Cap: 15
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Sheer bus porn...
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