Jack stand under scissor jack?
Have seen this a few times on seasonal and permanent sites: people put jack stands under OEM scissor jacks on all 4 corners. Wheels removed. Scissor jacks folded up flat, i.e. they are not in "camping...
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Almot wrote:
Ok, ordered these stands. I hear complaints all the time on how dangerously wobbly they are. People put 20mm nut on the the screw - below the hub - to make it more stable.
In my 23 ft trailer - 21 ft box - 6 or 8 ft aft of the double axle will put it pretty much in the rear corner.
6-8 ft fore of the axles - yes, this would be before the front end.
That 6 to 8 ft. was really for my trailer 31' and that position is basically 1/2 way from each axle to the end/front so on much shorter trailers as your about 1/3 to 1/2 way from the axle to the end should be about right and you might have to experiment some on the exact placement for the best support. One key is you have to get good pressure on them and you can't get that with just the screw on jack, but must use the tongue jack and lower the front enough to get a good inch or two from level at the point you put the jack and then snug the jack up and then raise the front the same inch and then snug up the front ones then lower the tongue until the tongue jack foot is loose then snug the tongue jack up so you have some support there as well. On a very short trailer the inch might have to be closer to maybe 1.5 inches and all this is trial and error till you get the right amount of support.
Larry
