Wednesday, May 25, 2022 at 20:09
G'day Rangiephil
You are on the money with this !
"AFAIK from my 1997
Camp'o'matic 2000 the correct large strut is 700NM. The smaller struts are about 300 NM from memory also."
The guy from Precision Struts told me yesterday that most rear fold campers require between 1500N and 1700N so this tells me my 2 x 500 ones aren't the right ones. So 2 x 700N would seem much more suitable.
"The 700Nm when in good shape should just raise the front a bit when the bolt is undone and also pop the rear up a bit when the rear bolt is undone when erected.."
This does not happen with
mine at the moment with the current struts !
"I used to grab the side wall then and pull the tent forward while stuffing the canvas and once the floor
grid goes over vertical it will want to fall down and the struts slow it down to enable final stuffing."
Today I watched a video of a
Kimberley Rear Fold camper which is very similar to
mine open and close and the person doing the demo did exactly that with so much ease !!
"I fitted a manual hand winch to use when single handedly closing when on a slope to help with stuffing as I could wind then go around stuffing and then wind a bit more.etc."
I replaced the hand winch that came with the camper with a small electric one with a remote and boy does that make tucking in the canvas sides so easy !
Thanks to your and all the other great replies I will get this sorted !
Giving the camper it's third decent workout since purchase leaving tomorrow for three days - still learning all about it and so far so good !
All the best
Gazz
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