Has anyone used, or thought of using something like this? Inflatable Car Jack

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Apart from the fact that it looks like a great solution for those wobbly caravan jack moments during wheel changing, it would appear that many caravvaners use it as a quick solution for side to side levelling on sloping camp sites. Jack the van up, slide the levellers under the wheel, remove jack.

Randa

Have just read somewhere that they obviously should never be used on a caravan under floor as it's not strong enough to take the weight. Therefore some sort of rigid pad under a chassis member would be necessary.
We already carry such a thing, a 400mm square offcut of kitchen worktop, to put under the foot of our side jack, to act as a level base.

Quote: Randa france wrote in post #1

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...it would appear that many caravanners use it as a quick solution for side to side levelling on sloping camp sites. Jack the van up, slide the levellers under the wheel, remove jack.

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Quote Pepe le Pew :- Would you ditch your proper jack and rely on this? If you didn't, isn't it just an extra thing to carry?

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If we are talking caravan jack then I think I would if I could afford one for we are currently using an Audi side jack which fits into the square tube just behind the road wheel. Even when using on reasonably flat, firm ground, it doesn't exactly inspire me with confidence.

Whilst on the subject of jacking up Eribas, how do folk with movers manage? The mover must be in the way of the square tube I refer to above (which, I believe, isn't the intended jacking point).

Randa

Quote: Randa france wrote in post #5

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Whilst on the subject of jacking up Eribas, how do folk with movers manage? The mover must be in the way of the square tube I refer to above (which, I believe, isn't the intended jacking point).

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Quote Pepe le Pew :- Is the tube you're talking about the one to which the mudflap on ours is fastened?

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yes that's the one. It's open on older vans and I've read that many Eribarists use this as a side jack slot. Old VW van jacks, Beetles and some Audi side jacks fit into the box section.
We bought our Audi jack for a tenner from a salvage yard.
Randa

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Quote Pepe le Pew :- It's blanked off at the end, so you couldn't stick anything in it.

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"Yes that's the one. It's open on older vans". That's interesting because on older vans it's a true 1" square box section but it's only about 9" long and welded in line, beneath the cross chassis member, which is a smaller profile than on your van.
Therefore, that must be one of the beafier sections on newer vans to give them a greater payload.
Randa