GordonThree wrote:
15000 lb trailer, and ditching the jacks lightened the load?? by how much percentage wise?
A set of six or eight cheapo stands from Harbor Freight should support that beast, grab a cheapo trolley jack while you're at it.
Protect the tires? How about take the wheels off and slide them under the rig where the sun don't shine. If it's 2+ years, you won't be needing them anytime soon, right?
Thanks for the response. I was not really inquiring about whether or not you feel it was a good move to remove the stabilizing jacks on the back of my rig and I'm not really up for going into it here. There are many factors that led to that decision. And it's not only about percentage of weight but where that weight is located. My rig felt so much better on the road with out that weight and several hundred other pounds that I pulled from various other areas of the rig at the same time.
I think it would be easier to to cover the tires then remove them completely and I'm not interested in living in an RV that isn't sitting on its wheels. I may decide to leave for a bit at some point for a few months and I don't like the idea of not having the tires under me in general. If there were some kind of emergency in the park I surely wouldn't be wanting to try to put tires on my rig in a hurry.
