Anyone ever made their own jacking brackets that bolt on to the pre-drilled holes on the chassis rather than buy Alko or Purple line brackets,
Jacking brackets
- Thread starter camel
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I haven't, but would you propose to do your own welding? It would need to be to a high standard, and unless you have a pillar drill you are going to have some tedious drilling to do. Mind you, I have hand drilled 1/2" holes in 1/4" steel in the past :S
If you look at the Bailey caravan jack and bracket, the bracket is just a piece of flat bar bolted to the chassis with a welded box on the bottom to sit on the top of the jack, the Alko bracket is a right angle that is also bolted to the chassis, but the Alko jack head sits inside the bottom of the Alko bracket, actually not much welding in the way I will do it, a piece of flat bar, drilling the holes not a problem, my bracket will sit inside my jack heads, infact the opposite way round that Bailey do it,
Hi Camel.
The OEM Al-ko brackets are dangerous imo.. Poorly designed and engineered . Note the failed one next to the other and the new Purple Line ones. Just ensure you make yours more substantial than the OEM B)
The OEM Al-ko brackets are dangerous imo.. Poorly designed and engineered . Note the failed one next to the other and the new Purple Line ones. Just ensure you make yours more substantial than the OEM B)
camel said:Dusty,
The Alko one's look like they are made from aluminium, cheers food for thought ,
No the Alko ones are galvanised steel. They produce two sizes the 800kg and 1000kg. The latter look much like the red ones in the above picture.
There's a pair of Alko 800kg brackets on there at the minute and some mug wants to pay £20.00 + postage,
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