Blocks under Level-Up feet?

I use 2x12x12 under all jacks on my ground control setup. Sometimes several deep if site is way off level. This means the stabailzers don't need to extend as far. Means less bounce in the trailer and the legs have the travel they need to achieve level.

joebedford wrote:

Hoppypoppy wrote:
We use wooden blocks but for a completely different reason. In doing some research on lightening, we learned that wooden blocks make our rig less susceptible to damage from nearby strikes. In layman's terms, they intercept some of the charge.

Sounds like some of my buddies who think that rubber motorcycle tires protect them from lightning.

Not the same thing at all. Nothing will protect you from a direct hit. But a ground strike can travel several feet on the ground, and the wooden blocks dissipate some of the charge, thereby causing less damage. Look it up.

I like having the wood blocks in case I get a flat, I will use them to assist in raising the camper tire off the ground...

Hoppypoppy wrote:
We use wooden blocks but for a completely different reason. In doing some research on lightening, we learned that wooden blocks make our rig less susceptible to damage from nearby strikes. In layman's terms, they intercept some of the charge.

Sounds like some of my buddies who think that rubber motorcycle tires protect them from lightning.

We use wooden blocks but for a completely different reason. In doing some research on lightening, we learned that wooden blocks make our rig less susceptible to damage from nearby strikes. In layman's terms, they intercept some of the charge.

I use blocks all the time. I don't always need them but I like to be in the habit.

The only time I do not use blocks is on concrete pads.

Our Big Foot pads are 10 inch in diameter. In 2 years I have never put anything under them or had a problem with soft ground. If the foot pad is smaller, then I'd say something is needed under them. Phillip

The rig we purchased about a year ago has Bigfoot levelers, and my driveway parking spot has a pretty good incline. First time I hit the auto level I found out the front jacks didn't have enough stroke length to level everything. I have doubled 2x12x12 blocks that I always carry so I just put a couple of them under the front jacks. Problem solved. It does raise all 4 tries just barely off the ground but that is not an issue as far as I'm concerned because the frame is designed to handle it with all tires in the air if necessary. If I could level without them there would be no need to use them on my concrete drive. JMHO

Hi,

One park that I was a member of used to require blocks under any jacks. The hydralic leveling jacks made by HWH where only about 4" square, and could punch a hole in the asphalt. Trailer hitch jacks can be 2" diameter and drill a deeper depression where they are unhitched, unless there is a wheel, and even that can leave a depression. So they require leveling jack supports under everything now.

In some very scenic and not so level state run campgrounds, I have had to use 4 levels of boards below certain tires, and also the same number under the hydralic jacks that I have.

Fred.