Re: [MV] lifting an S-250

From: Ryan Gill (rmgill@mindspring.com)
Date: Mon Jul 19 2004 - 12:25:09 PDT


At 2:02 PM -0500 7/19/04, Mel Miller wrote:
>Howdy Buzz,
>
>Thanks for the suggestion. That would work fine.
>I can see using the cribbing on the rear 2/3 of
>the shelter, or just forward of the balance
>point, and then backing the truck under the rear
>1/3 of the shelter. A liberal amount of grease
>on the skids of the shelter and a couple of
>friends could push the shelter into the bed.
>
>I was hoping to find the military equivalent of
>the pickup camper screw jack system to be able
>to mount and dismount the shelter relatively
>quickly.

I've thought of this, but I think it'd be kind of
tricky. Still, I've thought of buying some long
travel hydraulic pistons and building brackets so
you could attach each one to the ISO corners (top
and bottom and setting up a 4 way lift for a
container.

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