When the side table legs aren't long enough...

What do you use to adjust the side table legs when the legs have been extended all the way out and you still need several inches? Do you have anything permanent or do you use a chunk of firewood like I did this last weekend?

 

We have 4 wheel chocks that fit together, and usually only use 2 when camping. One of the extras would work in a pinch.

 

We used the fold-up shower platform to brace up the table leg.

 

Interesting...I've never thought about this as it has never been an issue. Ours is a street level height...maybe this is more an issue on the SUVs? Some good solutions!

 

Betsey,

If you notice in Evan's picture the position of his leveling jack. That is pretty much fully extended. Evan has many more hills than we do here in WI .

On solution George is to always carry a small stack of wood scrap in the lower front storage box. Square pieces of 2 x 6 and maybe some 1 x 6 too. You never know when you might need them and the table leg is a good example.

Cary

 

These legs really aren't the strongest, most durable things I've seen. I'm going to look into some stainless material and make my own extend-able legs (maybe something with more adjustment)perhaps.

 

I know that the table legs are one thing that Craig and Cary aren't all that happy with - but they haven't been able to find a replacement part yet. At least you can replace them when they wear out for around $20.

 

I didn't know what Lynk Levelers were, so I looked them up...

http://lynxlevelers.com/

Good idea, George.

 

For those that insist on parking their Camp-Inn in the wrong place I have created the one and only Table Leg Extension for Camp-Inn trailers. This, like the Mona Lisa, may be copied but will never be replicated by its creator.

This chrome plated beauty looks better than the leg itself. The flared end slips easily over the foot pad on either the side or dining table. The leg then sits on the pin allowing for 15 height adjustments rather than only 5 with the standard leg. It is 12" long and weighs a mere 7 ounces. It can extend your leg 6”, but is useless on the side of a cliff. Also included are three extra rubber foot pads for the extension as you will probably lose a couple of them over time. Not only do the rubber foot pads help the leg stay in place, they keep dirt out of the extension. Water that gets into the extension will automatically drain out at the 3” level, and you can dump the rest when you break camp. The wire lock pin will also keep the extension from continuously rolling around in your front storage compartment, as if the rest of your stuff would let it. The extension has a coat of Woodys Wax of course.

As I always park in the right place, I have no need for this myself and am willing to sell it for $25. Priority Mail shipping is FREE, although it really isn’t. That covers the material costs, shipping and pays me about 75 cents an hour for my time invested. Thanks for looking. PM me if you would like to buy it.



Hilditch

 

Sold.

Whoops. After shipping that's 40 cents an hour.

Hilditch

 

Double whoops. We went camping this weekend and picked the perfect site - almost. After running off at the mouth above, I found my table leg a little short and thought about how nice it would be to have an extension. Luckily, I found the right rock.



Maybe after 150 nights in the tear I'll learn to pick the perfect sight by eye; 100 wasn't enough.

Hey Evan, want to sell your extension?

Hilditch

 

Special deal - $50

 

We were just brainstorming on how to make extensions for the table legs, and came up with this idea: How about purchasing a replacement table leg from the Camp-Inn store for $14.33, drilling additional holes in the bottom section of the existing table leg, disassembling the new table leg, and using the new top section to slip over the bottom section of the existing table leg. You would have to remove the clip from the inside of the replacement leg and insert it into the newly drilled holes in the existing bottom section. The newly purchased top piece would need a larger rubber boot attached to its bottom end. The existing bottom section, which is now the middle piece, could be cut (approx. 1/2" at its top) to allow the new bottom extension piece to fit without it's length hitting when stored in place. If the newly drilled holes at the bottom, are placed at an different spacing (1-1/4") than the holes at the top then that would give you greater adjustment to its height.

OK, this is what happens when you let the mechanical engineer/test examiner hijack your post!! It gets wordy! Maybe we'll just use a rock after all!!!

 

Jim, that will work without finding a larger boot if you use the last 2 1/2" of the new lower leg on the bottom of the new upper leg so only the boot is showing and bolting it. Then by cutting some off and installing the new clip into the middle section so it has two clips you can drill your holes in the new upper section if you don't like the ones that are already there, which brigs up the fact that holes can be drilled in the upper sections all over the place to get exact levels by turning the lower or middle section. How simple can it get?!!!

The down side to this is it isn't transferable to the other table and it costs more than what I made with shipping.

If we lost anybody here, they need to use a rock.

Hilditch

 

Actually, if you just cut off the last 2 1/2"s of the present leg and install it into a 9" piece of the upper new upper leg with the holes in it that will work with the spring clip in the right place.

Hilditch

 

Actually, you could just buy a piece of PVC pipe of some appropriate diameter to fit over the existing leg bottom, cut it to some appropriate length, drill some appropriate number of appropriately-spaced holes completely through it, buy an appropriate sized bolt and nut to slip through the appropriate hole, and slip it over the existing leg to lift it an appropriate amount. Total cost: negligible. If you want to get fancy, buy an appropriate-sized PVC end plug and glue it on the bottom of the pipe.

 

Low tech solution: 2 X 4's cut into short pieces. Maybe make blocks of various heights using 2 X 4.

Or Lynx Levelers! I vote for Lynx Levelers.

Jean

 

Let it slope...It helps drain the water.