LarryJM wrote:I am glad that works for you. It won't work for me.Huntindog wrote:700g wrote:Sure you can still use those.. They will be as solid as the ground they sit on.. I used them when I was younger. I no longer relish crawling around on my hands and knees setting them up.
Before trailers came with stabilizer jacks, we used the screw up jack stands at each corner. I remember my older trailers were rock solid using the jack stands.
That's why us smarter "old dogs" learn new tricks when our younger foolisher actions are no longer acceptable. Now I carry the following (it's a little higher than a normal footstool and has storage in the base) to use for things like installing the jacks you mentioned along with messing with the dump valves, siting in the SAT dish, hooking up my RV Grill LP hose to the trailer and anything else that requires working close to the ground. To remove my jacks I don't even need that .... I just raise the tongue and pull out my jack stands using my awning rod and then lower the tongue and do the same for the rear jack stands and I don't even have to bend over for that process. We even use it during the travel day "potty stops" so we don't have to mess with pulling out the trailer stairs since the still sits just inside the door and is more convenient.
My days of crawling around on my hands and knees are a thing of the past for "ANYTHING" since it's not getting down that's an issue, it's the getting back up that can be questionable.
Larry
