What do you put under your stabilizers and trailer tongue jack? I'm tired of using bricks.

the ground unless it's soft and then a short piece of 2X6.

Ruthless wrote:What do you put under your stabilizers and trailer tongue jack? I'm tired of using bricks.I use Lynx levelers for leveling side to side but was given two sets of a different brand of plastic leveling blocks so I secured the blocks together to make up four easy to handle 4x sets and use them exclusively under the stabs, sometimes one under each stab, sometimes a couple under one or more stabs depending on the slope of the ground. Under the tongue jack I use a 4x stack of 2"x 8" wood anytime the trailer once leveled is sitting either normally or tongue high, as shown in this pic.. If the trailer once leveled is sitting really tongue low I instead use a single square piece of 3/4" plywood to provide solid footing for the tongue jack.

4x4 and 4x6 blocks, various sizes, left over from a retaining wall build years ago. When they wear out, I can use similar scrap pieces from Menards from their odd pieces/ left over pieces section in the lumberyard.They last for many years and are economical, and eventually become one with the earth.

lynx levelers on the side (I don't park on them as intended, just using them as blocks).wood with a lynx under it for the tongue... my tongue jack lost it's foot somewhere in the Yukon, so its just a piece of pipe now.I found the lynx somehow avoid sinking into the ground better than a piece of wood, and don't pull out a huge piece of mud when it's time to pull them up.

Lynx Levelers under the stabilizers and one of these for the tongue jack.Gave up on "bricks" and lumber a long time ago.

What do you put under your stabilizers and trailer tongue?

cbshoestring
Explorer II
Mar 19, 2015
GrandpaKip wrote:
Redterpos3 wrote:
cbshoestring wrote:
.... but I found THIS to be an interesting way to level (side to side) and think I will purchase one as soon as the wife says I am allowed to. :W Which should free up a handful of blocks.

hmmm...that does look interesting! I haven't needed more than 4 inches anywhere yet, so this might be really nice to have! Anyone know if it works?

Do a search for Andersen levelers. Several threads on them. I made my own and like them.

Made your own???? I wondered about that myself. I could easily cut one out of a spare 6x6 of pressure treated I have laying around.

Did you use wood? If so, what about slippage? Does the chock lock under the leveler, or does the wood on wood slide around?
GrandpaKip
Explorer II
Mar 17, 2015
Redterpos3 wrote:
cbshoestring wrote:
.... but I found THIS to be an interesting way to level (side to side) and think I will purchase one as soon as the wife says I am allowed to. :W Which should free up a handful of blocks.

hmmm...that does look interesting! I haven't needed more than 4 inches anywhere yet, so this might be really nice to have! Anyone know if it works?

Do a search for Andersen levelers. Several threads on them. I made my own and like them.
irish4
Explorer
Mar 17, 2015
We use these, they are a little pricey, but work fantastic.

Utility Blocks
Heymon
Explorer
Mar 17, 2015
Redterpos3 wrote:
cbshoestring wrote:
.... but I found THIS to be an interesting way to level (side to side) and think I will purchase one as soon as the wife says I am allowed to. :W Which should free up a handful of blocks.

hmmm...that does look interesting! I haven't needed more than 4 inches anywhere yet, so this might be really nice to have! Anyone know if it works?

Those work great. I use bubble levels on the outside of my trailer and just pull onto the Andersen levelers until the bubble says I'm good. Chock it and level front to rear with the tongue jack (with 2x6 wood). Stabilize with Lynx blocks (I have 2 packs of 10 and just use what I need each time). Then I'm done.
Redterpos3
Explorer
Mar 17, 2015
cbshoestring wrote:
.... but I found THIS to be an interesting way to level (side to side) and think I will purchase one as soon as the wife says I am allowed to. :W Which should free up a handful of blocks.

hmmm...that does look interesting! I haven't needed more than 4 inches anywhere yet, so this might be really nice to have! Anyone know if it works?
bqcooker
Explorer
Mar 17, 2015
I just made some jack pads yesterday out of some old 4x4 limber cut into 10" lengths. Took some 5/16 threaded rod, cut to length, and used washers and bolts.

Trying to figure out how to post an image from photobucket here to show.
pira114
Explorer II
Mar 17, 2015
rmartinbull wrote:
I have a chainnsaw carved bear that I did,under the toungue, it is on its back with all four legs up and his head is turned looking out.
I also carved a turtle, squirrel,beaver, and a few extra bears in different poses for the stabilizers, all different heights for the uneven ground, will put up some pics when I can

I'd love to see those. You sell them?
Redterpos3
Explorer
Mar 17, 2015
rmartinbull wrote:
I have a chainnsaw carved bear that I did,under the toungue, it is on its back with all four legs up and his head is turned looking out.
I also carved a turtle, squirrel,beaver, and a few extra bears in different poses for the stabilizers, all different heights for the uneven ground, will put up some pics when I can

Ooo...I need some turtles (terrapins!)!! We've already got large plastic turtle, and a turtle couple saying, "Shello!"
BarneyS
Explorer III
Mar 17, 2015
dvitale300 wrote:

What do you use on your stabilizers?

I just put a block of wood under them. Most often a piece of 2x6 board about a foot long.
Barney
dvitale300
Explorer
Mar 16, 2015
BarneyS wrote:
I have been using the cone tongue jack support for many many years and never had a problem with the stability. They only problem I have is forgetting to pack it up when we leave and the next person in the site gets a nice gift. :R:o
Barney

What do you use on your stabilizers?