Scary: footplate slipped out of position!
I almost had a major disaster. It certainly put me into panic mode! I've been using a 10" stack of stabilizer pads under the tongue jack landing gear, ever since I got this camper. It takes forever f...
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Campfire Time wrote:wnjj wrote:
Blocks don't flex like a fully extended jack tube. Done properly, it makes for a more solid trailer.
OK, you'd have to prove that one to me. Unless the blocks are somehow locked together with bolts or something, they will slide against one another. Not very solid. And those plastic locking blocks don't count. Those will just snap when the weight is dragged against them.
I'm not talking about preventing it from falling, just the wiggling you get walking around in it. You should never depend upon the jack for holding the trailer from rolling or preventing the tongue from sliding sideways. The "done properly" part means solid wheel chocks.
With weight on the blocks, they will not slide around but a jack will always have some slack to move. Better yet, use one solid block like an 8x8 or nail some 2x6's together.
