2x Blocks Under Jacks Reason??
Just curious,........they give us all the conveniences of home, usually keeping it simple, like hydraulic levelers, that "I" just drive in a camp spot, drop the jacks, let it level, push button the sl...
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RJsfishin wrote:
I guess I should have mentioned that I'm seeing all this here in the Quartzsite desert, brick hard ground that couldn't compact if the whole MH was on a single jack. I guess this "block under jack" trick just wasn't meant to be understood.
As far as teaching me anything from it, not likely !:)
I camp a lot beach side (not directly on the shore but several hundred yards out of the sand), wouldn't ever think about dropping bare jacks on to the ground there.
After a good rain storm you would have to lift the jacks and fill in under them each time. Sandy ground isn't very firm and even with 2x10s under the jacks requires a few touch ups during a week of camping...
I always put my tongue jack on a board plus my stabilizers, to me that little amount of "work" is well worth it.
Now for folks that build the great pyramids with a lot of cribbing does seem to be a bit over the top. Although I have seen some large MHs attempting to fit on some rather steep ground which I could see a reason to use a lot of blocking since the jacks would never extend that far..
