DutchmenSport wrote:
Couple things:
JRscooby: the foot print of the jacks are 12 inches x 12.xx inches and stack inside each other if the center lift is removed.e broken down though.
Unless you have something I have not seen, each stand has a foot print that is only the edge of the ends of the legs, not the whole square foot.
The only draw back I see, as mentioned above, is the possibility the feet would sink, especially if on dirt. I'll be experimenting at home, but am now considering a square plate, maybe 13 or 14 inches square to fit under them so the feet won't sink in soft ground. (still working on this one).
Sinking in dirt? May not get jacks off ground. And over the years we have had stands with light weight on them sink in asphalt. Don't trust anything but concrete without a base.
Lantley: About the difference is extension length on those legs.
A question based only on my ignorance; Are the jacks hydraulic rams? And if so, is there a chance that with back of trailer high the oil tank will not feed all the oil to pump? Or, with the rear jacks on the ground, the front does not have the capacity to lift the whole trailer?
IMHO, the best thing to do if parking on a steep slope is a tough rubber belt (hd rubber mud flap cut in half work for you)as wide as the tires, and bolted to a chock. With weight of tire on flap, will not move.
