use hydraulic lifts down or up in winter for storeing

I am just not getting the taking the weight off the wheels thing. I mean your rig and chassis as well as tires were designed not only to bear the weight but do it while in motion and be subjected to some pretty rigorous forces. I can't see how just sitting there would do anything at all. Never heard of suspension springs arbitrarily breaking while in storage and if they did, count yourself lucky it didn't happen under driving conditions. I fail to see how storing it with jacks down will prevent this. There is obviously some other issue causing that type of problem. I simply can't see an up-side. On the contrary it seems like exposed jacks for long periods of time, not to mention winter conditions where salt may be applied to adjacent surfaces could promote an issue. Not saying it will but weighing in on both risks, I'll take my chances with sitting on the tires. Lots of miles on my chassis and suspension. Can't see how sitting a few months could be any worse than the abuse it's received in some of the places I've driven. At the end of the day it really seems a matter of preference. No great harm to either method that I can tell. This topic sure had me all "jacked" up though. :B