What do you put under your stabilizers and trailer tongue?

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

So, for the stabilizers and tongue jacks, is four Lynx blocks about right? And then whatever is needed for side to side?

BubbaChris wrote:

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

I mostly stopped using this style of tongue jack support after it tipped over while unhooking my TT one trip. The site was tricky and I had too much sideways pressure on the coupler. So when it came free, we got a nasty surprise.

So now I prefer a stack of Lynx-style blocks under my tongue jack so a small adjustment in any direction is no big deal.

These things always scared me. I want that jack to have as big a foot print as possible, and to be as short as possible. If the trailer slips off the block (unlikely but possible), the front stabilzers are getting bent, and I am doing a lot of cranking to get back on the truck.

Foot long chunk of 6x6 under the tongue, lynx blocks under the wheels and stabilizers. I planned to buy a 2nd set of blocks for the stabilzers, cause I never seem to have enough (shorter they are, the less we seem to wobble) 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.

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

I mostly stopped using this style of tongue jack support after it tipped over while unhooking my TT one trip. The site was tricky and I had too much sideways pressure on the coupler. So when it came free, we got a nasty surprise.

So now I prefer a stack of Lynx-style blocks under my tongue jack so a small adjustment in any direction is no big deal.

I use Lynx Levelers under our tires, our stabilizers, and under the tongue jack. I even use them to level picnic tables when necessary. They are strong, clean, lightweight, and convenient.

Because my axles are flipped, my stabilizers needed a little help, so I built collapsible wooden tripods -- here is a blog link showing how they work and how I made them:

Tripods

And here is a photo of one of the tripods in use:



The tripods work really well -- no shaking, unlike the blocks of wood I used to use.

Pressure treated 6x6.

Bruce

downtheroad wrote:
Not sure if the swivel wheel will hold up under heavy tongue weights...

mine is around 1K.

The tongue wheel worked great when we had a pop-up.
Just wondering....

The one pictured IS for 1,000 lb.tongue weight.

And the picture below is for 2,000 lb tongue weight.


I know they make a 1,500 lb tongue weight AND they make one with a dually wheel on the bottom.

Just do a search for which one you need they come in various tongue weight capacities. Just read the spec info on it before you buy.

I had one on a very heavy TT and it worked and lasted the duration of the time I owned it.

It really is slick when hooking up when you are off with matching the ball without one you have to do the approach again. With this you have a much wider margin. Because you are able to move it left or right 2 or 3 inches, crank it down and you are in!

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

Pictures....we want pictures..