practical stuff ... loading and unloading a camper
• Happijac's "golden rules" - a clear and well presented page from the Happijac website giving the essential dos and don'ts of loading and unloading. Sadly not all jack manufacturers follow the Happijac example of imprinting the jack leg with a 'ruler' which clearly shows how far the leg is extended and where the limit of extension is.
When loading a demountable, aligning the the pickup centrally with the camper is essential as is keeping the pickup parallel with the camper as it is reversed towards and under it. Neither task is as easy as it sounds and most demountable owners will develop some sort of technique that is appropriate to their particular combination of pickup and camper. The following owners are happy to share their ideas.
• String's Wizzo Camper Alignment Technique - a long page from Teresa Petrykowski and Sterling Udell's blog (see 'where-rv-now.com' on the odds and sods page). You'll need to scroll down to about the middle of the page to find "String's Wizzo Camper Alignment Technique" - Sterling's low-tech but reliable and accurate system for getting it right.
• Do-It-Yourself Laser Loading System - a page from Russ and Tina De Maris' blog describes their higher-tech approach to the same problem using a laser pointer from their local office supplies store.
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