Manual wind legs?

[mjb666]

Hi All

I have just watched the loading/unloading tutorials on this Forums YouTube Channel, i'am so amazed at the ease at which the legs go up & down. I'am guessing they were supplied with the Demountable on purchase.

My question is, are they available as an aftermarket item, as i now really want to upgrade the one's on my Demountable.

[Peaky]

You could probably get them through Nolan at {censored promotion}. But as they come from Sweden, I'm guessing that the shipping cost would be through the roof. Unless your not bothered about a lead time, which means that they could put them with his next delivery

[mjb666]

Thanks for the reply. Nolan is coming to the Social so i will wait till then and ask, i'am sure he won't mind as he's sort of showing/selling i gather.

Are they specific to the S.Karosser range do you think?

I'am not in any rush but they are so much better than mine, even though i had them refurbed and look so much lighter too.

[TrueDink]

You can also get electric ones called Happijacs which aren't cheap but are so much easier.

[rubberrat]

Hi, I guess the SKarosser legs are specific to the design, but using commercially available winding gear. Once you have a source of that gear, then they are pretty much 'garden shed enginering' so should be able to be made by a local agricultural engineer or general fabrication engineer. And for less money.

I think the legs are over £200 each - i did ask Nolan once.

Zildjian may chip in here with some Agritech experience and I may have shared my leg price quote with him.

Personally - I prefer the manual legs for these reasons:
Simplicity first, less likely to fail.
Control, when I add a low geared drill it seems to move the mech too quickly. I'm not keen on pushing the weight to an opposite corner too quickly.
The kit is lighter - the winding handle weighs a few grams - four electric motors can add up to a fair bit of weight.
The SKarrosser legs stay on the unit - either be retracted or folded through 90 degrees so no heavy lumps of metal stored inside your nice clean camper.

Downsides?
A bit of walking around the unit to take it off. Half a dozen laps winding each leg.
Looks less cool - campsite kudos is higher when you hit the switch and lift the camper off like Thunderbird 2.

[zildjian]

In fact an auction site search for 'sidewinder' usually works,
Once you discard the trashy cowboy novel that it normally offers you should get a handful of short jacks designed to prop up farm implements when not in use.

As Mark say's any agricultural engineer can chop off the the gearbox on top, and substitute any height of sleeved square steel tube you fancy,
Add an ACME thread bar/captive nut to inner tube and take them to local galvanising Co
(same place that do chrome plating for car nuts)
They charged me about £40 a pair last time.

I bent my original NSR set and had a pair made in steel, so a bit more resilient if heavier than normal

[mjb666]

Thanks for all the advice from everyone, plenty to think about now.

Looking forward to the Social so that i can see some of this in real life.

[zildjian]

Mike how are yours connected to unit presently, I did find some images this afternoon I think appeared elsewhere have a look and see how mine bolt on in use,
so first a front leg un-stowed from beneath camper and bolted vertically in position;



then when travelling the same bracket that leg bolts to when camped, doubles as a ratchet tie-down point;




(strap travels horizontally into normal steel eye on underside camper, then vertically pulls up from trucks eyebolts in tub)

I found the Karroser method to fiddly-removing seat cushions/a hatch/and then manipulating a turnbuckle one-handed out of sight, so improved it.

[zildjian]

A simple truck ratchet tie-down its backing plate the same footprint as leg mounting bracket



(clicky full size)


Green: strap
Blue; camper
Grey; pickup
Black; tyre


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...simple to use and can be pulled a little more any time you want
at roadside

[mjb666]

Hi Zildjian

Is it 'a picture paints a thousand words'. Those photos are a great way of gaining a better understanding of things and how they work, especially after watching the YouTube clips, your Demountable appears to not take long to raise/lower.

I will try and fit my legs and take some photos to do a 'show and tell' but must warn everyone, they are not pretty but do work slowly.