dennislanier
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While sitting here recuperating from sciatica/back injury, I have thought of a question about the front landing gear. Has anyone ever tried attaching a spring from the "foot" of the landing gear to the top, which would raise the inside of the leg when you pull the pin. I realize there is not a lot of weight involved, but you are in an awkward position all bent over when pulling the pin with one hand while grabbing the foot and raising it manually. Looks like that might be "back saver" for us old folks, but wondered if anyone had seen or tried it before.
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DO N DAT
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How would you lower the foot then?
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Rheevs
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Try here goto bottom of page
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They are not springs but look like they would make things a little easier.
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dennislanier
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DO N DAT wrote:How would you lower the foot then?
Guess what - I hadn't thought about that. I suppose you could unhook the spring from the top, then let it drop down and re-hook it, but that might be as much trouble as manually raising the leg. any more ideas from anyone?
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johntank
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I had a trailer that had springs inside the legs, yes it is nice to pull the pin and the foot snap up, but the down side was it made it hard to extend the foot when needed.
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To play off of what Rheevs had linked to. I installed an eye bolt in the bottom hole of inside leg to grab and raise the inside leg. No dirty hands cost about $3.
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CC-skipjack
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I put a large ring through the bottom hole. Then, I use a metal rod with a hook in it, (similar to the one used for awnings), and just hook into the ring and lift. If the angle of the pull is shallow, it does want to bind but works well 50% of the time.
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bobmeel 65
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I was wondering about this myself so go to this site and take a look.
www.rvcamperaccessories.synthasite.com
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