Regular Guy
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- May 6, 2021
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Newbie question. I'd like to save the 40-50 lbs if I could.
I always ask before booking a mechanical appointment, if the shop can lift my truck and camper; most can but some can't.michelle_east_county said:' haven't taken delivery of camper yet, but has anyone heard of someone needing truck repairs and the shop lacks lift capacity or clearance with a camper on and couldn't work on the truck until the camper was removed? I'd even thought of leaving jacks and hardware in boxes on rear floor of truck, but doubt it's worth it. One reason we bought a Ford truck is that more of their dealers can deal with motorhome chassis, trucks upfitted to ambulances or boxes, etc, so should be able to handle a camper.
And, if one isn't using camper jacks, is there a need to buy them if you didn't need the truck bed? If an RV repair place needed to remove a camper from a truck, would there be a hefty charge for them to temporarily install jacks?
For our return trip, we took the tailgate off before going to get the camper and then took the jacks off and put them in the rear seat footwells.Regular Guy said:Now to figure out what to do on the maiden voyage. I wonder if I can purchase and take delivery of the camper without them. I'll have a 3,000 mi return trip. Maybe I can buy them separately and have them delivered to the house.