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| Peter River (Whitebus)
Registered Member Username: Whitebus Post Number: 223 Registered: 4-2009 Posted From: 216.241.55.204  Rating: N/A |
I don't think my bus is as heavy as some here. mine is not a unibody which some here appears to have, it has a frame. I crawled under it yesterday, and took some photos. http://brightstoneriver.com/bus/frontframe.jpg I circled the two square open ended beams pointing down. those look like an ideal place to install a leveling jack. I am looking for any recommendation on which to get, air/pneumatic, or even a manual one. | ||
| Peter River (Whitebus)
Registered Member Username: Whitebus Post Number: 224 Registered: 4-2009 Posted From: 216.241.55.204 Rating: N/A |
you can also see the poor jacking I did with couple of wood pieces, which resulted in my door not opening. | ||
| Patrick levenson (Zubzub)
Registered Member Username: Zubzub Post Number: 170 Registered: 5-2007 Posted From: 70.51.31.70  Rating: N/A |
I like air over draulaulic, not much more than the hydraulic and much nicer to work with. Got mine at HF has worked hard for me. Hard to tell for sure but hat looks like a good spot to jack but it is low, you will have to dig a hole for the bottle jack. Never get under a bus supported by bottle jack, they will fall off the jack whenever they feel like it and it is terrifying. | ||
| John & Barb Tesser (Bigrigger)
Registered Member Username: Bigrigger Post Number: 367 Registered: 9-2007 Posted From: 24.183.21.246  Rating: N/A |
Peter, are you talking about mounting hydraulic cylinders to the sides of the mounts you have circled? Anything you put on the bottom of those would be too low and would hit everything. You would need to be sure it was mounted at least as high as the existing frame pieces. I don't know how much you want to spend, but the medical bus I drove had a "bigfoot" electic over hydraulic leveling system. It worked well, but they are pricey. http://www.bigfootleveler.com/ Good luck to you. John | ||
| Peter River (Whitebus)
Registered Member Username: Whitebus Post Number: 225 Registered: 4-2009 Posted From: 216.241.55.204 Rating: N/A |
the bus is fully down, as you see. when it's properly aired up, it's at least 6" higher. I was thinking in terms of two bottle jacks inserted into the square beams pointing down, and secured either by welding or screws. and can be deployed when it's parked. | ||
| John MC9 (John_mc9)
Registered Member Username: John_mc9 Post Number: 1086 Registered: 7-2006 Posted From: 74.162.73.36  Rating: |
Pete, You're knocking yourself out trying to fix what ain't broke. Re: "you can also see the poor jacking I did with couple of wood pieces, which resulted in my door not opening." When I told you about my former bus getting it's door jammed after I stripped the seats, etc and the air was out.... only happened on uneven ground. And I could always open it with some careful prying. Buses are parked for long periods and they loose air over time, but don't end up with their doors so jammed that the bus needs redesigning to fix the problem. In your case, using those blocks may be the only problem with your bus door.... Just spend a few bux and hire a wrecker service that does heavy equipment, let them jack or lift it for you. Get the door open, get those blocks the hell out, and have a cold beer. Tampering with, or modifying the frame on a 9 ton vehicle isn't in your best interests. | ||
| Gus Causbie (Gusc)
Registered Member Username: Gusc Post Number: 1121 Registered: 11-2005 Posted From: 173.202.6.139  Rating: N/A |
Look in the bus manual and it will tell you the proper jacking points. Those long frames are easy to twist with jacks. |
