? Why Leveling Jack Pads?

dcmac214 wrote:
Other than (1) having the jacks as even as possible so RV frame doesn't 'rack' or (2) soft ground...

Why bother with pads under leveling jacks? Makes no sense to me.

And if you insist on using pads, why all the work & whatever expense putting handles on them, painting them, &c? Again, makes no sense to me.

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Since we only stay in pastures, most of which are not level, I keep many pieces of wood (about 20 of various sizes) for leveling and for minimizing the distance the support & tongue jacks need to be lowered. I too have found the more extended the support jacks the more movement there will be in the trailer. I have not added handles to my boards; I can pack more boards into the storage compartment without the handles.

We've been camped where the front of the trailer had to be raised such that the tongue jack was fully up with boards underneath while hitched to the van and then fully extended to level the trailer.