have been looking at jockey wheels that are easier to use than this thing I have.
Does anyone have one of those ratchet ones or is there a neumatic one available.
Ratchet one is around $100 ,.......of course there is the super dooper $350 with a 12v motor and some bells and whistles
getting the trailer off has become a big problem for me with this basic jockey wheel which i have to use in conjuction with a jack .......GRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
I had an ALKO rachet type jockey wheel fitted to a 17 foot Jayco. It works great on solid surfaces even up a slight incline and made hitching up, moving the van etc (I'm not flash on reversing the van in tight places) a lot easier. I can't remember what it costs but I got it from BCF and had Caravanland in Perth weld it to the draw bar before I took delivery of the van. The van was an outback and the chassis was too big for the U type brackets to fit and I didn't want to drill holes.
Since then I've changed to a motor home which is even better for my circumstances.
Mine has one of those flip up types, which come down and the wheel kind of gets pretty hot running along the road and chews to bits. I am looking at getting on with a real pump up type tire.
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Mine has one of those flip up types, which come down and the wheel kind of gets pretty hot running along the road and chews to bits. I am looking at getting on with a real pump up type tire.
ROFLOL .........that is EXACTLY what happened the other day...
Mine has one of those flip up types, which come down and the wheel kind of gets pretty hot running along the road and chews to bits. I am looking at getting on with a real pump up type tire.
I also have the flip up type.
This happened to me. Arriving home after my trip in failing evening light, in the process of unhitching in the drive way I didn't see the jockey wheel was not locked into the little holes.... lifted and unhitched then.... seen to my surprise.... the caravan coupling end slowly sinking toward my foot.
I had enough time to think how I would get out if it caught me by the toe, embarrassingly, I'd be stuck there calling for help. My reaction was quick enough to move just in time.
Yeah I now tie the bloody thing up with wire each time to be on the safe side.
Due to the way mine is mounted I am going to have to get a welding/mechanical/constructional type person to get it off, and I think I will just go back to the olden style clamp it on version.
Given what was said about my famed idea of the pump up version I am not sure if that's a top idea either now, I was more thinking that it would make it a lot easier to push the trailer around on rough ground.
Due to the fact that I have a penchant for checking out unmarked tracks and the likes, and have had my fair share of getting bogged/stuck/immovable been able to wheel the trailer away easy would be a nice thing.
I can recall been bogged in sand above the tyre rims on the coaster once. Some 4 hours later the recovery was successful, got out ok but it was a lot of work doing so.
Another boggy situation was when I was coasting in the coaster along a nice dirt track and looking at the scenery more then the road and at the 'too late' moment found myself fast approaching on a nice big chunky mud bath. I was well and truly stuck this time round, and nearest town or inhabited place was some 70 Km away. I didn't feel like hiking it. So I broke out the trusty shovel, dug around the wheels of both the bus and the trailer and thought buggerit just stay here. So there I sat for the next three days of sunshine as the said mud dried up, then I just drove out without any further drama.
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VKPORTABLE you have just made my day..."buggerit just stay here. So there I sat for the next three days of sunshine"...hehehe good job it wasn't a busy spot.
My main concern was that is was going to rain... I didn't have an escape plan for that one. That poor old coaster earned it's stripes that's for sure - it has boldy gone where no coaster has gone before!
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Due to the fact that I have a penchant for checking out unmarked tracks and the likes, and have had my fair share of getting bogged/stuck/immovable been able to wheel the trailer away easy would be a nice
I too tend to explore those bush tracks..........some nice camp spots down those tracks.
I had one of those flip up types, always made sure the wheel was pointing upwards and the pins clicked home. I would attach an ocky strap to the fork of the jockey wheel and wind the ocky strap around the A frame and attach the other end to something so the wheel did not "fall" to the downwards (closer to the ground) position avoiding the problem of the wheel hitting when going over humps etc. Worked for me.
-- Edited by Duh on Monday 2nd of September 2013 02:49:00 PM
Yep Dawa, the remoter the better I say. I tell ya, I've been staying in a large city now for the last, hrmm 2/3 years I think and it's sent me around the bend! Really it has.. I've even started to enjoy things like watching things like 'Deal or No Deal' on tv... definitely time for psychiatric help.
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