Caravan Levellers

[Geoff_374452082]

I have recently bought an Abbey Safari to which I had a Reich motor mover fitted. The mover has been installed in front of the wheels and I note that it sits low with only 120mm ground clearance.

Fitting behind the wheels would give and additional 50mm clearance because the chassis lifts at this point and would make the mover less vulnerable to damage however the spare wheel and jacking points are in the way.

I noted that even though new and with no flat tyre to reduce ground clearance the spare wheel was difficult to remove from its cradle where it due course it will rust and degenerate because of road dirt making it an even more arduous task. Moving the spare wheel to the boot of my car saves about 25kg in weight and overcomes the above problems.

This leaves the jacking point.

I have researched a number of solutions including Bulldog/Lockloy levellers which have received bad press, Kojacks which appear to need the Alko jacking points and the Alko jack which also requires the behind the wheel bolt holes. I have also considered a trolley jack which would be very heavy and a scissor jack which would be hard to lift. Electric scissor jacks are an option but don't know how effective they are.

Can anyone comment on the best way of routine levelling my caravan whilst enabling jacking in the event of a puncture?

Geoff

 

[Roy_374352497]

Perhaps I am slightly off beam with the reply,but I would like to endorse that lockloy levellers deserve a bad press.Having bought one second hand I find it is impossible to raise the wheel with a 18v portable drill .Even though the pitch of the thread is very fine the torque required to raise the wheel is much too much for a portable drill and I end up having to use a normal ratchet wrench which takes ages.

 

[stu658]

Geoff, in my opinion the best thing since sliced bread is the bottle jack from a land rover, which is very compact and will lift any caravan!! you can pick these up usually from ebay second hand or if you go to a good machine mart they sell them new for about

 

[stu658]

Geoff, in my opinion the best thing since sliced bread is the bottle jack from a land rover, which is very compact and will lift any caravan!! you can pick these up usually from ebay second hand or if you go to a good machine mart they sell them new for about

 

[foshy]

Hi,

I have a Kojack (the bigger old one) and it is great. It comes with the ALKO brackets and it is also good to use on site to level the van. It is easy to fit and very easy to use. Lifts the van with no problem. As for the spare wheel at the rear, keep the wheel holder well greased and make sure it is still free and easy to use every 3 or 4 months. You are right, they do tend to capture all the road dirt and so become less easy to use. We have a Rhyno mover on our Abbey. Lowest part is 15.5 cm from the ground, but again this is placed in front of the wheels. Hope this helps you.

 

[joeby]

Hi,

I have a Kojack (the bigger old one) and it is great. It comes with the ALKO brackets and it is also good to use on site to level the van. It is easy to fit and very easy to use. Lifts the van with no problem. As for the spare wheel at the rear, keep the wheel holder well greased and make sure it is still free and easy to use every 3 or 4 months. You are right, they do tend to capture all the road dirt and so become less easy to use. We have a Rhyno mover on our Abbey. Lowest part is 15.5 cm from the ground, but again this is placed in front of the wheels. Hope this helps you.

i endorse every thing that David has just said ,

 

[GrahamSouthBrum]

To everyone that has the Al-ko spare wheel carrier I wish good luck. If you need to use it, you will have to park in the middle of the road to get at the spare.

I have just bought an air jack from Draper. It conects to the exhaust to inflate. I have not had chance to test yet