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davisenvy
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Jul 05, 2017

How tall jack pads on landing gear

I recently had to put a lift on my FW in order for it to tow level. Now my jacks (landing gear and stabilizing jacks) have too far to travel to the ground. How tall of a jack pad can I put under my landing gear. I know I could put a redwood stump under it that was 3 ft tall, but lets keep this within reason. I want the smallest, lightest pad and get about 8 inches out of it. Will the Camco lego blocks support my FW of 10k lbs?
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    korbe
    Explorer
    Jul 05, 2017
    If I was needing 8" in height, I would try and get the shape to be like a cube. A very general load distribution would be at about 45-degrees. So the height equals width and also the depth, generally speaking.

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