Jacking up the coach

[mbulriss]

Gardner,

Go to the archive and read the thread in message # 11892. Then you'll
know why not to just trust the leveler jacks. Hohnstein got his Bird
from the widow of a guy that trusted them. Miller's had two Birds
come off the jacks. I got my first Bird from a gentleman who lost his
next door neighbor under the neighbor's Bird after relying on the
jacks. All that first hand knowledge seems like ample evidence to me
not to trust just the leveler jacks. FWIW.....

Mike Bulriss
1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
San Antonio, TX


--- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "gcyeaw" wrote:
>
> --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "mbulriss" <mbulriss@>
> wrote:
> >
> > Bruce,
> >
> > Depending on what I have to do and how far under I'm going, I made
> > ramps out of 2"x12" boards and drive it on. Then I block the wheels
> > and still add jack stands under the frame rails and one or two 20
> ton
> > jacks on an axle or frame rail, just in case. OK,... so I'm
> chicken,
> > but I'm not getting squashed under there. It only takes an extra
> > minute or two to be safer.
> >
> > Mike Bulriss
> > 1991 WB40 "Texas Minivan"
> > San Antonio, TX
> >
> >
>
> Wouldn't it be better to set up your jacks and then purge the air?
> That way everything is in a static condition and a failure wouldn't
> result in a change of the stability of the setup.
>
> Gardner
>
> > --- In WanderlodgeForum@yahoogroups.com, "birdshill123"
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > I am quite familair with how to raise a vehicle for servicing.
> We have
> > > Class 4 and 5 trucks that are jacked up all the time. But a bus
> type
> > > coach with air ride and especially a Bird is a whole other
> thing. If
> > > you jack the rear up by the rear axle and place jack stands
> under the
> > > axle that is no better than leaving it on the tires. You will
> have more
> > > room but is just as unsafe. If an air bag blows or a line/valve
> leaks
> > > the coach will drop. Same applies to the front axle. So my
> question is:
> > > Where do you place the jack stands or blocking when you raise
> your
> > > coach?
> > >
> > > Bruce 1988 FC35
> > >
> >
>