lowedb Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 On or previous vans we have fitted the permanently attached jack pads to the bottom of the corner steadies. On our new Unicorn, the rears are 'heavy duty' and don't appear at first glance to have a gap to take the pin that holds the pads on. Anyone any experience or comments? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ericfield Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 (edited) The heavy steadies on my Swift still accept the traditional Attachapads. The pin is a tighter squeeze to get through the opening, needing a bit of 'jiggling'....but they still fit. If in doubt there are other types . ...try doing an eBay search for caravan jack (or jacking) pads. Edited December 12, 2013 by ericfield Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marks Posted December 12, 2013 Share Posted December 12, 2013 Assuming all heavy duty steadies on an Alko chassis are the same, I have HD steadies and had no problems fitting my pads to them. Quote Land Rover Discovery and Conquerer 630 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glen and Les Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 We've had problems fitting them on the bottom of the Coachman's steadies. We bought the plastic pin type, but I think we need the metal pin type, which is thinner. Have decided to leave it for the time being as the rear steadies only just clear the road when putting the van up on the drive and if pads were fitted I think they'd hit the road and be ruined. Quote 2019 Ford Kuga 2. 0 (150 bhp) AWD Manual and 2022 Coachman Acadia GTS 565. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trek Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Our Unicorn takes pads with plastic pins no problem. Sorry but can't remember the make of them. Mike Quote Mike Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveM796 Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 On our Mk1 Unicorn Valencia, I fitted a set of these: http://www. thecaravanshop. co. uk/caravan-accessories/pitching-accessories/ko-pads-heavy-duty-caravan-jack-pads/prod_863. html The pins & pads fit with no problem. Cheers, Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrianI Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 When I got my Pegasus, I found that my existing pads would not fit the rear heavy duty steadies. I got some Milenco pads which have the extra width, http://www. milenco. com/products/stacka-corner-feet/ Brian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gumdrop Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Milenco Staka-Pads have a metal pin, there used to be some Mayfair Pads with two pins. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MalH Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Go Outdoors do them for £4. 99 a set if you have a discount card. Quote Nissan X-Trail Tekna + Coachman Festival 450 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adoglad Posted December 13, 2013 Share Posted December 13, 2013 Had a similar problem recently when I swapped my unicorn Barcelona S1 for the new S2 model, I removed all my fittings hoping to swap them over to the new van, I was unable to attach the plastic pins through the rear corner steadies as the space was smaller. I bought some new larger yellow pads from Towsure with a removable metal pin, they look better, have a bigger surface area and fit through steady easily. Quote If you spot us reversing onto the pitch next to you don't worry we are very friendly !! the dogs are well behaved, they wont disturb you !! Please say hello we like talking to other caravaners with similar interests Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowedb Posted December 13, 2013 Author Share Posted December 13, 2013 Thanks, all. I'll get some of the ones with metal pins. I would have tried the plastic pin ones but we forgot to remove them from the previous van. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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