Tab 320 on jack stands for the winter.

crobo · October 16

Nucamp and Dexter recommend putting the camper on jack stands for the winter. Does anyone do this and how do you do it? Thinking if I did it I would put 2 jack stands under it at the spots on each end of the axle where you can use a jack. Lower the front of the camper a bit, making a tripod and then running down the stabilizers for well, stability. Camper will be stored on concrete with a cover.

WayneW · October 17

I put my 320 on jack stands every winter. I know a lot of people do not, but I figure if the manufacturer recommends it, why not? It also makes it easy to do the annual bearing pack and brake adjustment since it’s already in the air. I use 2 jack stands as you state. I generally don’t run the stabilizers down but that’s probably a pretty good idea.

crobo · October 17

Thanks. That was my thought about the brakes and bearings. Have to do that in the spring anyways so would be ready to go.

Gomers2 · October 17

If you're storing on asphalt, put the stands on a wooden block to prevent the sharp feet from leaving indentations.

mx4789 · October 17

Interesting… do you know what their logic/reasoning is for that?

crobo · October 17

I’ve read it has something to do with the torsion axle. Supposedly flat spots on radial tires isn’t really a thing. Talked to Nucamp about it they said they have campers sit on the showroom floor for months no problem. But it’s in the Nucamp and Dexter manuals to put it on jack stands for storage. So….

Horigan · October 18

On our 2019 400, I haven’t seen a way to jack up a side and insert a jack stand with the single jack point on each side using a floor jack. I guess with a bottle jack there’s room to do this.

Jay_and_Kat · October 18

It's a shame nuCamp doesn't somehow extend the flange for the axle to give more "space" to safely put a jack under the camper.

Ages ago I saw a post on here of a modification someone put together, that was basically a length of L-shaped steel, with a couple "cups" welded on near the ends and a flange on the ends, that could be put on the jack points so that you could put your jack further under the camper. The "cups" would keep the jack head or jack stand head in place, the girder put all the jacking force on the jack points behind the wheels. Tried to find it just now, with no luck…

But I do have to wonder, at least for a tire change or for a short period (like getting a jack stand in place,) how dangerous / potentially damaging would it be to jack on the camper frame very close to the axle?

Tab 320 on jack stands for the winter.

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