gandalf
Senior Member
What do these cabover campers weigh? I really don't know, other than to say that mine is heavy. My truck (CCdually) with camper and me weighed 10200 pounds, as I recall. I'm not sure what the truck weighs alone, but that will give you a rough figure. Any stand it sits on better be pretty sturdy. Wheels had better be sturdy too, and as large as possible. A pebble will stop a solid wheel being pushed by hand. How do you plan to move the camper once it's on a trailer?
My camper is 11 feet in an 8 foot bed. It sticks out 3 feet to the rear. It has plumbing and holding tanks in those 3 feet, below bed level. Therefore any stand must be elevated. I must elevate it about 2 inches in the truck to clear the rear bumper.
I have 4 corner jacks. I can drop the camper down to where the plumbing will hit the ground. My stands, however, are at bed height, so I don't have to jack it up and down too much. It's not too stable on those jacks, so I don't want the weight on them longer than necessary. As I recall you have the old 3 jack system, not actually attached to the camper, in place only when in use. That may be why you can't lower it as much.
Keep us posted on this project.
My camper is 11 feet in an 8 foot bed. It sticks out 3 feet to the rear. It has plumbing and holding tanks in those 3 feet, below bed level. Therefore any stand must be elevated. I must elevate it about 2 inches in the truck to clear the rear bumper.
I have 4 corner jacks. I can drop the camper down to where the plumbing will hit the ground. My stands, however, are at bed height, so I don't have to jack it up and down too much. It's not too stable on those jacks, so I don't want the weight on them longer than necessary. As I recall you have the old 3 jack system, not actually attached to the camper, in place only when in use. That may be why you can't lower it as much.
Keep us posted on this project.
