Scissors Jack request

[Festus2]

Javi and all the other cordless drill people ----

Since I am probably the only one on the entire forum who still uses the hand crank to raise and lower the stabilizers and obviously way out of touch, I thought I would try to get a "leg up" on the rest of you by being really innovative and totally up-to-date.

For those of you who have a recent smart phone such as the iPhone 4 or 5, you will all be familiar with Siri or her android equivalent. She's the gal who will carry out commands for you simply by speaking nicely to her.

Yesterday, I took my iPhone out to the Cougar and in a quiet, calm and very polite voice, I asked Siri to lower the stabilizers. No more sweat and exertion. No bending over with a cordless drill. No more pushing buttons. Far too strenuous! Siri will do the work with a simple voice command.

I waited and nothing happened. Next time, I spoke a little louder and still nothing. I asked several more times and each time, I found myself shouting louder and finally ended up cursing the poor lady when the stabilizers hadn't responded . So much for cutting edge technology and at that point the old hand crank looked pretty darn good.

After I had calmed down, I realized that, since I don't have a push button system, and Siri disobeyed my commands and refused to co-operate, I am left with two choices: the electric drill or the manual hand crank. I have been told by many that the drill is far faster and less strenuous. Tomorrow I am going to put the drill and the hand crank to the test to see which is faster and by how much. Stay tuned for the results.

[JRTJH]

Festus2, This afternoon when we arrived here, it was 76*F. That's "hot" for Michigan, so I pulled out the drill and after lowering the front landing gear and disconnecting the hitch, I used the drill to lower the rear jacks. I was sitting in a lawn chair with a cool adult beverage as my DW extended the slide. What a "convenience" the drill has become

[Javi]

Okay Festus... confess up.. was the drill faster?

[billb800si]

Originally Posted by JRTJH

Festus2, This afternoon when we arrived here, it was 76*F. That's "hot" for Michigan, so I pulled out the drill and after lowering the front landing gear and disconnecting the hitch, I used the drill to lower the rear jacks. I was sitting in a lawn chair with a cool adult beverage as my DW extended the slide. What a "convenience" the drill has become

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I'm also from Michigan and my hand cranking days are all over. Buying a 2014 High Country with a remote.. That should do it.
Now how to set up the table/chair & cold beer... Hmmmmmmmm

[JRTJH]

Originally Posted by billb800si

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I'm also from Michigan and my hand cranking days are all over. Buying a 2014 High Country with a remote.. That should do it.
Now how to set up the table/chair & cold beer... Hmmmmmmmm

Hmmmm "maybe" you can still use the drill to extend and level the legs on that table ????? ROFLMBO

[Festus2]

Originally Posted by Javi

Okay Festus... confess up.. was the drill faster?

Javi and others ...

As one would expect, the drill was faster. I used an 18v DeWalt and a 3/4" socket to lower one rear stabilizer. Five trials were conducted using the drill and 5 using the hand crank. Wife used stopwatch to time but kept asking, "Why are we doing this?" I told her that it was a long story and that Javi wants to know. More confusion.


The average time for the drill was 2.0 secs (rounded off to whole number) and 5.0 secs for the hand crank -- a difference of 3 secs.

Since I have only 2 stabilizers and using a drill to lower both, it would take 4.0 secs and with the hand crank 10.0 secs ---- a difference of 6 secs.

Is 6 seconds a big time saver? Depends on how quickly you want to hit the lawn chair and open a cool one.

Didn't work up a sweat or exert myself while cranking but it wasn't 100 deg outside either --- just 78 deg.

In the end, I think I'll remain the forum holdout and just be a crank.

[Javi]

Pretty much as I expected.... The drill is faster but not enough to really matter to most..

For me however it isn't as much about the speed as it is the sweat factor... I do have 4 jacks on the bumper pull, as opposed to your 2 on the 5'er...

And a DW that is terribly impatient with the whole setup and take down process... and anything that gets her inside to the A/C a little faster is a huge benefit...

[SteveC7010]

Our trailer was a floor demo at the dealership so a few little trinkets like the crank handle have never been found. I've been using a box end racheting 3/4" wrench or the drill thing. The time difference is a lot greater between these two devices so the drill is a clear winner. I suppose I could pick up a cheapie 1/2" drive crank handle at Northern Tool. DW would never notice the additional item in my tool collection, would she?