I'd call em a foot but I haven't a leg to stand on .
Woody
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They just "feet\plates" in the ends of the stabilising legs.
I tries the plastic ones. Ok on parks and flat ground. Don't last long on rough stuff.
I always weld up, 4 stainless, 4 sided flat "cups" up with two opposing tangs each with a hole that a bolt fits through.
The stabiliser legs normally have a loop of steel as a foot on the ends. The bolt fits through there and the new feet. swivel to suit ground angles.
The cup section I fill with water or Talc. Keeps ants etc out of van from those points. More talc round cable\hose, Tyres. drain, contacts with ground will keep the ants (mostly) away at those points too.
Cheap Coles Talc does job. You'll appreciate it when you get up North.
I normally fold some plate up, then use 1in strap as the depth of sides and longer tangs.
Predrilled for bolts.
-- Edited by macka17 on Saturday 25th of February 2017 11:00:52 PM
CC. That van has gone. This van still has a coupla moulded plastic feet on it. and I've been involved with this Pain management\surgery trials etc for last 8 months.
I'll see if I can dig out a coupla old photo's and blow one up.
Though I don't normally take shots of vehicles. Usually it's places and old buildings and the last 7 yrs or so have been all overseas..
Aluminium, or painted steel sheet will do. I just have stacks of stainless from yachting days and steel yachts.
4 x lengths of 4\6 mm plate. around 4in wide and 6ish in long. Fold the end up 1 inch each end.
coupla 4 in, lengths of 1 in x 4\6mm strap for other sides to form box. Plus 2 x lengths of 6\8mm strap\sheet. 1 to 2in wide x 2 to 2 1\2 in long for tangs with holes to suit bolts dia
and weld them to inside faces of 2 of the sides. Just check the 4 in measure. Some legs may have larger dia bases.
You want them just oversize, dimensionally, so they'll free swing for uneven ground. but not bind in the leg itself.
God. It takes longer to write than to do hey.
Simple really though. I also tacked a coupla pieces of 1\4 round bar under as grips\non skids too.
There are lots of little things you can do to a van to stiffen. Stabilise and make safer. Quite cheaply. They ALL built to a price and ALL are lacking in some respects.
But those feet stabilisers combined with a trolley jack. Are the best thing I've found for levelling and holding level. (IE NOt sinking much) Any van
Ps.
if you have troubled folding any metal sheet etc.
An old trick.
Is to grind\Hacksaw. MOST of way through the material
Fold it.
Then run a weld along inside of fold to stiffen. and strengthen it again.
B4 I made my Hyd folder. that's how I did most of mine.
Preheat if a bit brittle\thick.
Too easy.
-- Edited by macka17 on Sunday 26th of February 2017 12:31:43 PM
Those swinging feet type do several things.
Better grip on ground. don't sink so far on soft or sand.
and when filled with water or Talc.
Keep the ants out. Hence the raised welded sides forming a cup\container.
I just got the SIL to cut sections of channel iron with curved top sections and holes drilled in the centre for a bolt to go thru the foot of the corner steady.
Designed the off center curve so that it would hang with one end of the foot pushing up against the raised steady leg.
I used pieces of booker (threaded) rod with a few nuts & washers to hold the foot in the desired position & still hang loose.
Yea Cupie.
I DIDN'T think about the offset weight till after.
(Don't say it.)
I just stitched a short piece of round bar to inside edge of all 4 feet to swing them that way.
So they all touched down rear first on contact and didn't jamb under themselves.
YEP. OFFset tangs, or holes. IF you remember.
Drrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr. Bloody Do Do.
If you tack end plates on them you can fill and deter ants etc too.
Ever had an ants nest in your front boot.
Cania Gorge park was good for them a few yrs ago.
Had to fumigate whole van when we got home.
Which we normally do most yrs at start of trip if van been standing for a while anyway.
Gets rid of any ****y's etc.
Then add a Huntsman or two and you'll have NO more ****y's ever.
They love them for dinner.
Missus ain't too keen though.
I had 2 pet ones on Yacht till Di came into my life.
Bit-c Didn't like spiders. Specially when theystraddle 30 cig sized packets.
Fred even had his own name.
Dave was happy to have him on his boat though.