tongue jack blocks for levelling trailer
My wife and I just bought a 16' travel trailer (ECON 16RB). We need to store it in our driveway which has a considerable slope. I need to be able to raise the tongue enough to be able to make the trai...
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I had the same problem plus I had to change the tongue jack on my 26 ft. TT.
I chocked the TT wheels, one chock in each wheel and then I used a hydraulic bottle jack and raised it. I jacked it slowly and placed cinder blocks and 2x8s on each side of the frame as I went, so that if the jack slipped the TT would only drop 2” or less. A cinder block was used under the jack also as it was more stable that a bunch of 2x8s.
It was slow going but when I was done the TT was level, supported on the frame by two cinder blocks and a couple of 2x8s on each side of the frame.
Having it on the driveway made working on and under it a lot more convenient, plus I could easily replace the tongue jack.
Bringing it down was similar except now I had the tongue jack instead of the bottle jack. I still used a cinder block with a 2x8 over the holes which is their strongest orientation.
I chocked the TT wheels, one chock in each wheel and then I used a hydraulic bottle jack and raised it. I jacked it slowly and placed cinder blocks and 2x8s on each side of the frame as I went, so that if the jack slipped the TT would only drop 2” or less. A cinder block was used under the jack also as it was more stable that a bunch of 2x8s.
It was slow going but when I was done the TT was level, supported on the frame by two cinder blocks and a couple of 2x8s on each side of the frame.
Having it on the driveway made working on and under it a lot more convenient, plus I could easily replace the tongue jack.
Bringing it down was similar except now I had the tongue jack instead of the bottle jack. I still used a cinder block with a 2x8 over the holes which is their strongest orientation.
