JRscooby wrote:
Can you put blocks under the frame near jacks, lower onto blocks, and add blocks under jacks?
Bingo.... someone understands! I did not think of this at all. Yes, this would work, I just need to drag along a stack of lumber enough to reach the ground to the frame.
For everyone else, I don't think you understand what's going on. The site is sloped downhill, with the rear high and front low. When hitched to the truck, there is about about 8 inches of clearance from the bottom of the jack pad to the ground. I use a 4x6 blocks under all my jacks... very solid. It doesn't matter how much lumber I have, or how far I can drop the extensions in the jacks, it's only got about 8 inches of clearance to the ground.
So, I place the block under the jack for support, then drop the extension. On this slope, it only let me drop the extensions 3 holes. I then raise the trailer slightly and unhitch.
I then attempt to level front to back. But I can't because the front landing gear reaches it max length and then the leveling system errors out. I can't raise it any higher.
The initial problem, these jacks are low to the ground to begin with. If they were installed higher, I could get more lumber under them, or even extend them longer by dropping into the 8th or 9th or 10th hole. But the ground clearance is simply not there.
The other solution is to raise the entire jack assembly, but if I do that, then the foot pads would actually be under the skin of the trailer and not accessible.
Rscoody has the right idea, and I think understand the problem. Here again, the initial problem is the small distance from the bottom of the jack foot to the ground .... when hitched to the truck.
On fairly level ground, this is no issues. And it's not an issue when the front is uphill.
