jack pads new ideal

[usersmanual]

http://rvsnappad.com/collections/snappad/products/new-snappad-xtra?variant=23711565827&gclid=CJOSiPq...

anyone bought these and used them yet look pretty neat and effective

[down_home]

We've sunk with 12x24 pieces of two pieces of 1inch plywood screwed and glued.
Last time was just west of Austin in the hills. Ground looked dry and was but a ft or so down water was flowing from recent rains on rock. We sunk the jacks a good two feet or their limits.
We sunk the mh on big 12 in wide boards in Michigan over two weeks at Relatives home.
These little pads won't fill the bill.
The pads we carry are wood 12x18. Little loops on ends so they can be pushed into position or pulled out with awning rod.
Even on asphalt we have seen the jacks sink an inch, especially in the Southwest.
The only reason we don't carry larger pieces of wood is there is not enough room between jacks and tires in back or space in storage.
And ...our coach is nowhere as heavy as a the 45 fters.
That is perhaps the reason many sit on the axles now and jacks just steady the coach if they even have them.

[C20]

I use some pads I cut from a sheet of a product called Fin Form. It's a laminated plywood that we used if the Fire Service for trench shoring during rescues. It's about $100 for a 4x8 sheet. I went to a company called United Rentals and they had some partial sheets that had been broken and gave them to me.

[jwolf55]

I have a set of 24"x24" pads made out of a white plastic like a cutting board they have ropes and fit in a bag that came with them. They are heavy but tough. One time I was stuck in the mud, I put them under the jacks on wet muddy grass and lifted the coach off the ground so I could put boards under the tires, they cupped a little but did not break and went back to normal after the pressure was removed. I still carry them in the coach but have not used anything since I put the SnapPads on. So nice not to have to get out and place them or get out and retrieve them. Here is a picture of the SnapPad setting on the wet grass lifting the rear tires off the ground.



Note it is a little deformed but took it like a champ.
Not what I would call cheap but very convenient.

[Jim_Norman]

I've been thinking again. A single full sheet of 3/4" ply yields 6 three layer pads. My last set lasted years. They were untreated. I believe I'll go again with plywood, but this time starting with fresh dry wood, I'll polyurethane them, possibly before or during assembly.

Nothing against Snap Pads, but these I can also use to block up my tires so that nothing is hanging free.

[Goldencrazy]

I purchased a set a month ago. The smaller ones hence less expensive. Have had one outing. Really like them. Very secure base when they are deployed. My coach felt more stable. I was on gravel and not level site so required some significant extension. We also had to move a couple of times to find best place on the site so just up came jacks and pads. No crawling around. It was really hot so nice to avoid any excess work. I have blown money on bigger hoaxes so very happy i got these.

[jpmihalk]

We have had SnapPads on our RV for around 6 months now, they have worked very well in all kinds of conditions from snow and rain to hot and sunny. The manufacturer has come out with another size (10 inches) to fit some other jacks (ours were the 9 inch pads.) We really like not having to climb under the RV to place or retrieve the old boards we used to use for pads, especially when raining or stopping for the night someplace. SnapPads may not be "necessary" and seem expensive, but hey... we spoiled ourselves. I recommend them.

[Jim_Norman]

Yes, the 24" would not fit into the compartment on the new rig. I trimmed them back to about 21" but will probably make more somewhat smaller ones to replace them. currently thinking that 6 pads about 15" square should work and fit. I can use two under a set of duals and still have one under each pad, two under the one where the tires up on pads.

Will probably use 2 x 8 in opposing directions sandwiching a slice of plywood.

[Mile_High]

Jim Norman wrote:
My pads were three layers of 5/8 plywood, 24" square. Original use was on blacktop driveway to spread the load. I have used them on grassy sites and they flat out did not sink in. They are now however getting a bit 'funky'. They will be replaced with 12" square 2" thick rubber pads.

While on the subject, get a pair of wheel chocks. Sort of a 'belt and suspenders' approach.

Jim, did you find the 24" square was too much? I'm just about to cut some 3/4 pressure treated plywood x 3 layers and was thinking 16" square.

[Jim_Norman]

Been looking into replacing my old getting funky wood pads. Just back from a rally where two pads went under one set of duals so that they didn't lift off the ground and the other two pads were stacked under a jack. I'd have liked to have had 3 more pads! We were on grass and got maybe an inch of rain on our third day. We didn't sink in as the ground is pretty hard, but we picked up quite a bit of grass clippings on the three jacks without pads. looked like our jacks had grown a beard! The pads need to be large enough for a tire to sit fully up on, can't have hangover. And if the pads aren't big enough you don't get the reduced ground pressure to keep your jacks from sinking in. Figure it this way, an 8" diameter jack foot is 50 sq.in. an 18 inch sq pad is 324 sq.in. with just your jack pads you are exerting an average of 150 pounds per square inch if your full weight is on the jacks! with your 18" pads this is cut to an average under 22 pound per square inch! Larger pads are better!

[Dutch_12078]

You might be able to replace your existing jack pads with the 10"x10" pads that Quadra Mfg uses on their Bigfoot jacks. I've never needed additional pads for anything other than leveling height issues.

[Jim]

Turns out, they don't have my size yet. My pads are HWH hydraulic and are 8" in diameter. The product only comes in 9" diameter at present. The VP of Operations answered my email question yesterday within minutes and said they are coming out with other sizes early next year.

Those thinking that they are too expensive, and who make your own for just a few dollars...yeah, you're right they are too expensive. BUT...I tend to stay at older, remote, out of the way RV parks and often run into conditions where I'd prefer not to have to crawl in the mud, dirt, stickers, weeds, or gravel in the rain, wind, or dark, to push pads under my jack feet. Even with an extension push wand and hooks on the pad.

This product remains on the pad so there's nothing that needs to be done except drive into my spot, and press the jacks down buttons. And they widen the stance of the landing pads to reduce the number of times my pads will sink, hopefully to zero. I've already had my rig sink here at a RV park in the Mojave Desert. Sunk into soft dirt 3".

Too bad they don't have my size yet. So I don't get a xmas present this year.

[J-Rooster]

Dale.Traveling wrote:
I would pass. Price is a bit much for my budget. Maybe $10 a pad vice $25.

X-2

[usersmanual]

happy-2 wrote:
For That much money just think of how much wine you could buy. I went to Tractor Supply and bought one Horse Stall Mate, 6 foot, then cut 14x14 squares,now I have about 16 14x14x3/4 pads,More than enough,I use My awning rod to place under jacks.Stall Mate cost $36.00 . Sitting back with a glass of cabernet.

two things, the wine(which I hate the taste of)is gone in a few days while these well designed pads will last a long long time

[happy-2]

For That much money just think of how much wine you could buy. I went to Tractor Supply and bought one Horse Stall Mate, 6 foot, then cut 14x14 squares,now I have about 16 14x14x3/4 pads,More than enough,I use My awning rod to place under jacks.Stall Mate cost $36.00 . Sitting back with a glass of cabernet.