Homemade Leveling and Jack Pads
I made my own leveling and jack pads and I would like to show you all.
I did a lot of searching and read a bunch of reviews and saw what a lot of people have done here and other sites. I have a few more things I want to do to supplement this setup, but I sure do like how these work!
First of all, I have four of THESE Tri-Leveler Ramps that I carry. I have never had to use all four at once but do use them on occasion. One place I use them is when I visit my parents where they have a slope drive and I only have to put this on the driver side front tire. Here's a pic with my old coach:
I also have a set of THESE Jack Pads for my jacks but I never really liked them as they are too small but using them upside down has worked fine for me.
I am going to use Barn Stall Mats or Horse Stall Mats. I bought a Rubber Horse Mat at my local farm supply store. The bad art in that link does not do this thing justice. It is a solid piece of recycled tires made into a rubber mat that is 3/4" thick and is 6'x4' and weighs 100 lbs. I got the idea from THIS BLOG.
Now, in that article the guy cut his 8" x 12". I decided I wanted mine to be 12" x 12" so I measured and marked the mat for cutting:
Then I positioned the mat in between my truck bed and truck tailgate and used a saber saw to cut. This thing is heavy and trying to hang it over the edge like plywood does not work!
I now have 24 of these mats:
Finally I used a 3/4" paddle bit and drilled a hole in the center of each piece. This hole will be used with a tool that I am making to allow me to push them under the coach and out from under so I won't have to crawl under....with the exception of when I may need to stack them for the jacks. Those with manual awnings already have the tool with your awning rod.
The pads can be stair-step stacked to drive up on or they can be stacked on top of each other for under a jack/leveler.
I don't have pictures of them in action but I think they will do a fine job!
Thanks for reading!
I did a lot of searching and read a bunch of reviews and saw what a lot of people have done here and other sites. I have a few more things I want to do to supplement this setup, but I sure do like how these work!
First of all, I have four of THESE Tri-Leveler Ramps that I carry. I have never had to use all four at once but do use them on occasion. One place I use them is when I visit my parents where they have a slope drive and I only have to put this on the driver side front tire. Here's a pic with my old coach:
I also have a set of THESE Jack Pads for my jacks but I never really liked them as they are too small but using them upside down has worked fine for me.
I am going to use Barn Stall Mats or Horse Stall Mats. I bought a Rubber Horse Mat at my local farm supply store. The bad art in that link does not do this thing justice. It is a solid piece of recycled tires made into a rubber mat that is 3/4" thick and is 6'x4' and weighs 100 lbs. I got the idea from THIS BLOG.
Now, in that article the guy cut his 8" x 12". I decided I wanted mine to be 12" x 12" so I measured and marked the mat for cutting:
Then I positioned the mat in between my truck bed and truck tailgate and used a saber saw to cut. This thing is heavy and trying to hang it over the edge like plywood does not work!
I now have 24 of these mats:
Finally I used a 3/4" paddle bit and drilled a hole in the center of each piece. This hole will be used with a tool that I am making to allow me to push them under the coach and out from under so I won't have to crawl under....with the exception of when I may need to stack them for the jacks. Those with manual awnings already have the tool with your awning rod.
The pads can be stair-step stacked to drive up on or they can be stacked on top of each other for under a jack/leveler.
I don't have pictures of them in action but I think they will do a fine job!
Thanks for reading!
