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Spanked Bigfoot Jack

07-14-2003, 12:51 PM

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Mike Ellis

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Spanked Bigfoot Jack

Boy I am an unhappy camper today, I am on vacation in Colorado Springs and along the way in Dalhart as we pulled out of a gas station my passenger side rear Happijack fell off.

Know I didn't drag it because other family members were behind me in another vehicle and saw it happen. After retrieving the jack from the road, it didn't appear to be damaged - but I was

to see that the screws holding it in had stripped right out of the support, and even more maddening, the threads were filled with what looked like chipboard or OSB!

Are the Bigfoot structural members really made of such wimpy materials? These things are nearly $30K new, surely it can't save that much money to use cheese board. Arggh.

Any of you guys ever had one of the Happijacks come off a corner like that? Is it something that can actually be repaired? I looked in the holes and could not detect any obvious rotted wood or water damage so I am

Actually taking the camper to Camping Country RV this week to have some other things spiffed up in prep for new decals and such, however I want to be sure the jack is not "Band-Aided" and have to worry about it coming off down the road.

Any info greatly appreciated!

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