downtheroad wrote:
Absolutely nothing conflicting about this...they are for exactly what they are called..stabilizing jacks - not leveling jacks.
They are not designed to lift/level and neither is the frame of you trailer.
For side to side, drive up on (shims) as you call them, or get your self a set of very handy, lightweight, easy to store and easy to use Lynx Levelers.
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"A small amount" means no inches. Not 1 inch, not 1/2 inch, no inches, zero, nada. The idea is simply to make the jack base tight against the ground. If you actually lift the trailer, you will require the frame to flex a bit, which it was not designed to do, and you can bend it, which will cause a host of other problems from leaking roof seams to cracked plumbing drain pipes.
Driving up on shims, either wooden blocks or those orange plastic ones, your choice, is the way it is done. Once level, you lower the jacks and crank them down just enough so that they are tight against the ground. Their function is simply to take the bounce otherwise built into the springs out of walking around inside the trailer.
