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There are various threads on here about not using corner steadies to jack the van up but while everybody talks about winding the steadies down, nobody really says how far. So the question is how much do you wind your corner staedies by? I was once told that you should wind them down until they touch the ground and then give them one turn more. But then there is the question of what constitutes touching the ground?

To start the discussion off: I wind my steadies down until the pad (foot plate?) can not be slid about and then I give them one more turn.

Regards, Brian

Quote: Originally posted by ba.roberts on 15/9/2009

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To start the discussion off: I wind my steadies down until the pad (foot plate?) can not be slid about and then I give them one more turn.

Regards, Brian

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Quote: Originally posted by D S B on 15/9/2009

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Quote: Originally posted by ba.roberts on 15/9/2009

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To start the discussion off: I wind my steadies down until the pad (foot plate?) can not be slid about and then I give them one more turn.

Regards, Brian

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I reckon I do the same, but perhaps not the one more complete turn - more a little nudge!

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Quote: Originally posted by the fox on 16/9/2009

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i bet none of you has thought of this as being the reason you have to go back around but we all turn up on site and do the same things dont we? well i have the reason we all need to go back around and do them again, once on arrival you have all your gear in the van, the awning the chairs the aqua rolls etc etc, well take all this out and up comes the van!!! so we now just do them enough to stop it moving around til i go in and throw all the stuff out then hubby does them properly and we dont have any problems now!!

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Quote: Originally posted by the fox on 16/9/2009

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i bet none of you has thought of this as being the reason you have to go back around but we all turn up on site and do the same things dont we? well i have the reason we all need to go back around and do them again, once on arrival you have all your gear in the van, the awning the chairs the aqua rolls etc etc, well take all this out and up comes the van!!! so we now just do them enough to stop it moving around til i go in and throw all the stuff out then hubby does them properly and we dont have any problems now!!

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I transport far more stuff in the car than in the van. Add me and my missus and the van probably takes on half a ton in weight once we've finally set up camp and got settled. I still have to reset the steadies after a day or so. Sorry, your theory don't work... I reckon it's because the movement of the occupants back and forth rocks the van slightly, and forces the steadies into the ground.

Now, how to set the steadies in the first place? Easy. Keep winding until the wheels of the van are off the ground, then ease them back a turn!

Quote: Originally posted by the fox on 16/9/2009

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...once your van is able to rock its then that it makes things worse on the ground as it makes the gap deeper every time you push that steady down again, now if you dont have that in the first place then it wont happen!!!

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