bottle jacks for stabilization?
I've always used the 4 scissors jacks to stabilize the trailer. Never did a very good job: there's stil considerable movement. But recently to cope with a very unlevel site I used a bottle jack und...
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solismaris wrote:
In this site I exhausted my supply of wood blocks under the wheels and it still wasn't close to level. There is also a limit to how many blocks I can drive over; too many and they will act as a wheel chock and I can't drive onto them. That's when I got out the bottle jack. Either that or I needed to find a different site.
Yes I considered that bottle jacks can drop. But I have only seen a slow drop over minutes to hours. Never a sudden drop though. I imagine having a side drop suddenly 10 or more inches while I am inside relaxing would be disconcerting but probably not dangerous.
I gave up on wood blocks many years ago.
I dig holes for the high side tires.
Much more stable. Gravity is your friend. Let the TT settle into the holes. Then it won't move. Better in high winds, lower entry steps.
After some experience, you get pretty good at judging how deep to make the holes.
