Plastic Jack Stand

[zparnell]

My camper weighs less than 5000 lbs. Guess what? I will not be buying another one of these jack stands.

[DE88ROX]

zparnell wrote:

romore wrote:
When it comes to jacks and jack stands I will not cheap out. Safety first.

Yes you guys are right. Should not have bought the plastic. It feel pretty heavy duty and is over a 1/4 in. thick. I should have known better.
What do you think of the flip down feet?

My camper came with one of those flip down feet. (fastway Flip) Although it was nice not having to crank the jack stand down all the way, I found myself camping on more hilly terrain then level. It says right in the manual not to use on inclines.

I ended up just taking the thing off when i got my power jack.

[Gdetrailer]

myredracer wrote:

orangemoon wrote:
that red cone is a POS. one trip on light travel trailer,and it already showing signs of too much weight on it. I dont even trust it....it's going into the tag sale bin, and I'll just stick to blocks.

It's funny how TTs can have lots of fancy features and lots of bling costing lots of $$, but the "standard" method around campgrounds for something under a tongue jack seems to be a few pieces of left over scrap lumber from home... There's got to be a better way!

You bet!

Cut the scrap piece of lumber in a round circle, paint it bright orange then claim it cost you $50! Heck you might wish to make a few extras to sell to the folks who are looking for the next expensive "gadget"..

You could even make a "deluxe" version for more money by adding a couple of $.50 "levels" on the painted round block of wood!

Honestly though this is a place where failure is NOT "an option", a plain old block of wood is as simple as it gets and not to mention extremely sturdy.

There is no need for fancy plastic "cones" to put under a tongue.

Orange "cones" are for "traffic control" not tongue control..

[myredracer]

orangemoon wrote:
that red cone is a POS. one trip on light travel trailer,and it already showing signs of too much weight on it. I dont even trust it....it's going into the tag sale bin, and I'll just stick to blocks.

It's funny how TTs can have lots of fancy features and lots of bling costing lots of $$, but the "standard" method around campgrounds for something under a tongue jack seems to be a few pieces of left over scrap lumber from home... There's got to be a better way!

[orangemoon]

that red cone is a POS. one trip on light travel trailer,and it already showing signs of too much weight on it. I dont even trust it....it's going into the tag sale bin, and I'll just stick to blocks.

[buyyouabeer]

I have used that brand (Valterra) and thought it was kind of flimsy. Changed over to this one at CW on a recommend from these forums; completely different and very stout.

Linky

Cheers,

Derrick

[tomman58]

i've always used a chunk of 6" X 8" wood and a piece of 2 X 6 X 10" for under it. the 2" absorbs the mud and grit while the 6x8 ad the height. I don't know how high as it varies T to TT.T

[hohenwald48]

Plastic has its uses and it place but it ain't gonna' be holding anything heavy around my house.

[subcamper]

Dog Folks wrote:

zparnell wrote:
No, trailer has not rolled off and twisted the stand. It must just be a defective piece. I have had the camper on it for several months and exposed to the sun. Plastics sometimes do not handle ultraviolent rays too well and I probably should have had it on the wood blocks while stored at home. That's pretty much all I know to say about the failure. My Nomad only weighs 4800lbs and there is no way the tongue weight ever approached 10,000 lbs.

You certainly did nothing wrong. It doesn't need to be stored out of the sun when not used.

Must be defective.

Ours has been used, and exposed to the sun, full time, for 9 years now, without a problem. Ours was bright yellow when we started but now it is slightly faded.

I like them. The first one was going strong after five years of use and went with my previous trailer when sold.

I would be willing to bet the manufacturer would be interested in this situation.

Yes,call the manufacturer and explain what happened.

I bet they send you another one, and probably ask for the old one back so they can see what happened.

Steve

[Dog_Folks]

zparnell wrote:
No, trailer has not rolled off and twisted the stand. It must just be a defective piece. I have had the camper on it for several months and exposed to the sun. Plastics sometimes do not handle ultraviolent rays too well and I probably should have had it on the wood blocks while stored at home. That's pretty much all I know to say about the failure. My Nomad only weighs 4800lbs and there is no way the tongue weight ever approached 10,000 lbs.

You certainly did nothing wrong. It doesn't need to be stored out of the sun when not used.

Must be defective.

Ours has been used, and exposed to the sun, full time, for 9 years now, without a problem. Ours was bright yellow when we started but now it is slightly faded.

I like them. The first one was going strong after five years of use and went with my previous trailer when sold.

I would be willing to bet the manufacturer would be interested in this situation.

[RavensFan24]

A nice 4"x6" block of wood is perfect. Double nicely as a jack stand if you ever need to jack up the trailer and change a tire in an awkward spot.

[zparnell]

No, trailer has not rolled off and twisted the stand. It must just be a defective piece. I have had the camper on it for several months and exposed to the sun. Plastics sometimes do not handle ultraviolent rays too well and I probably should have had it on the wood blocks while stored at home. That's pretty much all I know to say about the failure. My Nomad only weighs 4800lbs and there is no way the tongue weight ever approached 10,000 lbs.

[Bmach]

X3 that was my first thought also.

[Dog_Folks]

BarneyS wrote:
I have been using one for about the past 10 or 15 years without trouble. My tongue weight is right around 1300lbs.
Barney

X2 I wonder if maybe the trailer rolled and the jack twisted it and broke it.

[BarneyS]

I have been using one for about the past 10 or 15 years without trouble. My tongue weight is right around 1300lbs.
Barney