GORV - Digital Magazine Issue #39 | Page 39

For your chance to win, send us a highresolution image and brief description of the clever modifications you’ve made to your RV, or the handy solutions you’ve found to common touring problems. Our favourite will win the barbeque! Note: your submission will possibly appear in GoRV, along with your name. Email your entry to info@gorv.com.au, with ‘RV Workshop’ in the subject line. MORE BBQ INFO SCISSOR-JACK ‘BRAKE’ Chris Cronin figured he could build the same wheel lock system he had seen for fifth wheelers for a fraction of their retail price, and saw no reason one wouldn’t work for a tandem-axle caravan. “I sourced two automotive scissor jacks at our local trash and treasure market. The price ranged from $7 to $10,” he wrote. “I bent the footplate in my work bench vice to make it curve around the wheel and had a steel plate welded to the top of the scissor jack and again bent the plate in my work bench vice to make it curve around the wheel. “I have been using them for the last two years and it seems to compensate for the fact the manual brake on the caravan only works on the front axle. “It’s great when the site is not level and ensures the van will stay where it is. The handle has been replaced by a bolt so that I can make the scissor jack firm against each wheel.” Chris feeds a chain and padlock between the wheels and scissor jack to deter “lightfingered” people. He said the jacks, when wound down, did not take up much room in his van’s front boot.