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Anyone know the rough front axle weight of a mid '80's 22' LD?
Yahoo Message Number: 125809
So I have the LD parked in our driveway, straight in but our driveway is on an incline and it'd be nice to be able to raise the front-end using the RV equivalent of those drive-up ramps used when working on your car but I'm thinking the front-end of our LD is probably over-weight for our pair of ramps good for your average car..

Perhaps my best bet would be to fabricate my own set from wood -- solid wood with the proper angle to get the LD to be more or less level and allow the fridge to run.. Any other options I'm missing?  Unfortunately I do not have any of those fancy leveling systems some of you have on the newer LD's..

TIA!
Re: Anyone know the rough front axle weight of a mid '80's 22' LD?
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Yahoo Message Number: 125810
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On Fri, 07 Oct 2011 15:41:21 -0700, Rick Flower wrote:

I forgot the link to what I've currently got in the garage for our cars -- not sure if an 8000# capacity is enough or not..
 http://tinyurl.com/3ffsc59
Re: Anyone know the rough front axle weight of a mid '80's 22' LD?
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Yahoo Message Number: 125811
Your GVWR is 10,500 pounds, so assuming reasonably even weight distribution, your 8,000 pound ramps should be more than good enough to support the front end. Needless to say, chock your rear wheels to prevent rolling.

Andy Baird http://www.andybaird.com/travels/
Andy Baird
2021 Ford Ranger towing 2019 Airstream 19CB
Previously: 1985 LD Twin/King "Gertie"; 2003 LD Midbath "Skylark"
Re: Anyone know the rough front axle weight of a mid '80's 22' LD?
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Yahoo Message Number: 125812
Rick
 Check the VIN plate inside the door frame for the front axle load rating. Expect the actual weight to be close to the maximum weight.
 At some point, weight the front and rear axles so the tire pressure can be set and to make sure the load is evenly balanced, side to side, without either axle being overloaded.

Larry
2001 MB
* Not to be confused with Larry W (3000 of my posts are actually from expert Larry W due to Yahoo transition mis-step)
Re: Anyone know the rough front axle weight of a mid '80's 22' LD?
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Yahoo Message Number: 125815
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Perhaps my best bet would be to fabricate my own set from wood -- solid wood with the proper angle to get the LD to be more or less level and allow the fridge to run.. Any other options I'm missing?
There is a kind of spirit level with calibrations for leveling.  One on the driver's door and one athwartships.

I made some nice ramps from 2x6 planks.  Here's a sketch.  I sized mine to fit one of the outside cabinets.

______ _x____\_____ ___x_\_____ _____x_____\

Mine are individual pieces.  There needs to be some way to keep the steps from sliding apart.  The way I made mine, there's a key design that fits pieces together.  At the x's in the sketch.

John
Re: Anyone know the rough front axle weight of a mid '80's 22' LD?
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Yahoo Message Number: 125817
Thanks all.. When I got home, I checked the car ramps I've got and they were the same one I linked to earlier and there was a sticker on them indicating the max load -- 4000lb as a pair or 8000 GVWR.

I checked the sticker on the door plate that LD put there back in '85 and it said the front axle is 3900lb so I guess I'm right near the limit of the ramps but they do in fact work just fine -- the rig is raised up to be pretty close to level -- enough to allow the fridge to operate I believe...

I might end up making the 2x6 derived ramps regardless as that would allow better control over the leveling as these current ramps are probably a few inches off from where things would be more or less perfectly level.

-- Rick
 
Re: Anyone know the rough front axle weight of a mid '80's 22' LD?
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Yahoo Message Number: 125823
Rick, I use the leveling blocks (yellow) which I purchase at Camping World.  Easy to use and you can use as many or few as necessary.  Just be sure if you use them on the back that they are under both sets of rear tires.  I think there are 6 or 8 in  a set.
Betty JEan