Hydraulic Stabilizers / Driveway damage
While visiting my son next week, we plan to park our 18000 Lbs motorhome in his driveway. We also plan to use it while we are there, which means I would deploy the hydraulic stabilizers and 3 slideou...
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Dutch_12078 wrote:msmith1199 wrote:The leveler jack footprint is brand dependent. My Bigfoot jacks for example, have a 10"x10" footprint, larger than most RV tires.Hikerdogs wrote:
If the driveway is strong enough to hold the motorhome when it has 4 points of contact(4 tires) it should be strong enough to hold it when there are 8 points of contact (4 tires and 4 jacks). If you're not lifting the wheels off the ground you are essentially spreading the weight across a larger cross section of the drive.
Well, maybe. The leveler jacks have a smaller footprint than the tire, and they are made of steel so the PSI on the ground will be higher. Go out on asphalt during a hot day and notice how the tires sit nicely on top of the pavement without a problem. Now put the jacks down and watch them sink right into that asphalt. Same thing can happen on soft ground. And remember in the back on that motorhome, which has much more weight than the front, you are going from four tire footprints on the ground, to two leveler pads on the ground. The pressure can be much more significant even if you don't lift the wheels off the ground.
Are they larger than two RV tires? Remember there are four tires on the back, or more if you have a tag axle.
