Jacking up a caravan
24 replies
jennyc replied on 19/06/2017 10:36
Posted on 19/06/2017 07:44 by hortimechProbably because at £85 the jack system is way overpriced, you can buy a 'normal' bottle jack for £9.99 from quite a number of places. This makes the brackets £37.50 each and as it has been pointed out, you do not really need the brackets.
Posted on 19/06/2017 10:36
I can't find a three tier bottle jack (necessary for its height) for anywhere near £10. A 'normal' jack won't extend to 39cm. However, like hortimech we subscribe to a breakdown service, which would be our first choice for an emergency wheel change. But that's not what the OP asked about.
Richard12 replied on 19/06/2017 11:11
Posted on 19/06/2017 10:36 by jennycI can't find a three tier bottle jack (necessary for its height) for anywhere near £10. A 'normal' jack won't extend to 39cm. However, like hortimech we subscribe to a breakdown service, which would be our first choice for an emergency wheel change. But that's not what the OP asked about.
eurortraveller replied on 19/06/2017 11:24
Posted on 19/06/2017 11:24
Thank you for the advice, but no. Even if I had a jack I couldn't undo the wheel nuts, couldn't get the spare wheel out from underneath, wouldn't want to crouch on the hard shoulder of a motorway, and would need to buy a torque thing to fix the new wheel on. Green Flag membership cost me £49 and I let the man in the van do it all. All I carry is a mobile phone with his number plumbed in.
Nuggy replied on 19/06/2017 16:44
Posted on 19/06/2017 07:44 by hortimechProbably because at £85 the jack system is way overpriced, you can buy a 'normal' bottle jack for £9.99 from quite a number of places. This makes the brackets £37.50 each and as it has been pointed out, you do not really need the brackets.
EmilysDad replied on 19/06/2017 20:20
Posted on 19/06/2017 11:24 by eurortravellerThank you for the advice, but no. Even if I had a jack I couldn't undo the wheel nuts, couldn't get the spare wheel out from underneath, wouldn't want to crouch on the hard shoulder of a motorway, and would need to buy a torque thing to fix the new wheel on. Green Flag membership cost me £49 and I let the man in the van do it all. All I carry is a mobile phone with his number plumbed in.
jennyc replied on 19/06/2017 20:51
Posted on 19/06/2017 11:11 by Richard12Jenny,
Have a look on Machine Mart website, large selection of jacks.
Posted on 19/06/2017 20:51
I've looked at Machine Mart following your suggestion and having done so, feel that I should make you aware that Machine Mart's entry point offerings, while selling at under £10, are unsuitable for the OP's, or any one else's caravan jacking needs. The chassis height gain needed to raise a caravan from a deflated tyre, to a height where a replacement wheel can be fitted, is considerably greater than that offered by a £10 jack. I quoted a 390mm rise from the Kojack, which is a practical elevation, and indeed Machine Mart do sell three stage jacks which offer comparable functionality. Their prices for this sort of elevation start at £83.98. I think that there might be a lesson here, in the benefits of making purchases which really are fit for purchase, rather than just cheap.
Nuggy replied on 20/06/2017 10:43
Posted on 20/06/2017 10:43
The good point about the Kojack is, the bracket bolted onto the chassis and the jack's saddle lock into each other for maximum safety. I have one and have used it several times, if only to swop wheels round. Also it takes up a lot less space than a trolley jack.
Milothedog replied on 20/06/2017 10:53
Posted on 18/06/2017 19:28 by jennycFar too often in life I come across situations where people make a bit of a rod for their own back. The couple who won't shop in Lidl 'because it's a cheap shop'. My elderly stepmother who refuses to have an email address even if she never uses it. And now we have a member who doesn't really want to buy a proprietary jacking system for their caravan. You can buy a Purpleline kit which includes chassis brackets and a their suitable bottle jack which will stand on a levelling board, if required, for under £85. What price an easy very workable roadside or field solution in an emergency.
molly68 replied on 20/06/2017 13:18
Posted on 20/06/2017 13:18
I purchased a Kojack jack from Robinsons caravans,Chesterfield.These have the smaller brackets which coachman fit to thier vans.I had same problem piece of timber for mudflaps.I find this jack works a lot better than a trolly jack positive connection between jack and caravan and a lot smaller than a trolly jack.
Bongonaught replied on 26/06/2017 20:04
Posted on 18/06/2017 19:28 by jennycFar too often in life I come across situations where people make a bit of a rod for their own back. The couple who won't shop in Lidl 'because it's a cheap shop'. My elderly stepmother who refuses to have an email address even if she never uses it. And now we have a member who doesn't really want to buy a proprietary jacking system for their caravan. You can buy a Purpleline kit which includes chassis brackets and a their suitable bottle jack which will stand on a levelling board, if required, for under £85. What price an easy very workable roadside or field solution in an emergency.
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