JeffPritchard
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Well, everybody has an opinion on this one. Here's mine...
Neither your jacks nor those barrels are in any shape/position to put the camper on at this point. You should build a couple of heavy duty "saw horse" like things under it. They should be level, and should be as tall as the lowest point of the "down" side of the camper as it sits now. Essentially, you would be building a platform under it that would already be supporting the low side.
Then I would get some help and use some long 4X4s to lift the camper off those barrels and get them the heck out of there. Then I would start winding down the two camper jacks on the high side. This might just gently let the camper down to level, sitting nicely on your heavy duty saw horses. If not, THEN apply pulling force up high on the high side to ease the camper down fully onto the sawhorses.
Then remove and replace all three jacks and use them to remove the saw horses.
The important point of all of the above is the first one...don't trust those jacks, and two barrels will NOT co-operate with you and provide any kind of useful platform for righting the camper. They will squirm out of there at the worst moment and you'll have your TC on the ground.
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wnjj
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I think Jeff's idea makes the most sense and shouldn't be cost prohibitive. Plus you'll end up with a solid frame the camper really needs to be on in the future.
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Garino
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I looked at the pics and I would brace the front barrel with 2x4's and stakes and put crib type blocking under the rear to make things stable. Then I would call a tow wrecker type service to get it upright. A good wrecker service company will know the best way to upright with little damage. I would think the insurance should pay for this and then repairs.
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meredog
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In resonse to a previous post by"Southern California Rider"
might cost as much to rent the crane as the old camper is worth...
proably right if i were trying to sell it. As it is i use the camper as a Hotel proably 2 weeks out of the month while delivering carriages, hence it it proably saving me upwards of 750.00 a month.
In addition to that we have went completley thru it with styraphom insulatin --new walls--carpet --upholsterey--tv-mattress-
not new but nice and does everything for me a new one would.
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FreeLanceing
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You can get a crane of that size with the rigging for 125 an hour. Even with some travel time it could be done for less than 300. You need the wide straps some plywood strips and a couple spreaders on top so you don't squeeze the thing. A truck crane or cherry picker can be found for about 75 an hour that would do it too but you would have to sit right next to it and you could not swing it very far. The 25 tonner could move it about 100' I would guess. 50' in any direction. It could be done the other ways just for time and safety a crane fits the bill. Another thought a big offroad hilo even a Case 580 with long forks, a pettibone, skytrack, can also pick about 8000. This would save a lot of time and screwing around.
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unix
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pettibone is what I was thinking. Check out your local rental yard. Cranes can be cheap and a deal, depending on how time-sensitive the project is. A couple of hours project, if you can wait a few days (maybe this time it can't), is a good "filler" for a rigging co.
I wouldn't spend much (any) time underneath that thing. As I tell my wife often "paying for a _____ (crane in this case) is WAY cheaper than a trip to the Emergency Room."
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covered wagon
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You probably have an excavation contractor that lives close by. You can rent the cloth straps and have him bring over his 120 or a 200 track hoe would do very nicely. Some nice guys would help you for cheap in your case.
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lancealot12001
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It looks like it might be a late '80's or very early '90's model 850 Shadow Cruiser. If so, the dry weight would be about 1300 lbs.
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joe_jeep
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perhaps a couple high lift jacks could be helpful in lifting this. each one is rated at 7000 lbs. tractor supply sells their version of theese jacks too.
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JumboJet
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Dozen concrete blocks, some 4x4 timbers, and a floor jack, and I could get it upright in an hour.
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