tongue jack blocks for levelling trailer

What about 2 concrete (cinder block) instead

Dannyabear1 wrote:
What about 2 concrete (cinder block) instead

I've read that cinder blocks can crumble under load. That would be a great option otherwise.

What about making a "concrete" bucket. Get a square 5 gallon bucket and fill it with cement. we make anchors for our boats this way - old kitty little buckets. Attach 2-400 lbs of chain and then a 25 boat swinging in the waves. We haven't lost one yet. The buckets are 24 inches tall at a minimum.

Just a thought!

If you are going to raise it that high make sure you are using wheel chocks on all the wheels...wheel chocks are cheap.

Any tree trimmers in your area? A piece of tree works very well for stability and can be rolled out of the way when not in use. Lacking that, I would buy some 6 x 6 and make cribbing to reach your height. I've supported thousands of pounds with both methods.

Dannyabear1 wrote:
What about 2 concrete (cinder block) instead

and one piece of the 2x6 on top of the blocks to spread the load over the complete block. You should be fine and yes definitely use the wheel chocks!!

Heres my idea. 2 8 X 8 blocks 12 in long. Put a piece of old rubber belt off a mower for a trap and use 2 of them. Make sure you put woodworkers wax on the end after you saw them to length. It will seal it while it drys and keep it from splitting.

Thanks for all the ideas guys. The concrete in a bucket sounds good, but would be heavy to move. Cinder blocks with a 2x pad on top might be doable if I could be sure that they wouldn't break under the tongue load. Another problem is that I will have to raise the tongue in increments. I will need to start the leveling process after I unhitch the trailer from my truck. At that point I won't have 16" clearance under the jack foot. keep the ideas coming. I really appreciate the suggestions.

Kim

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.

Could you use a Hi-lift jack to level it after unhooking from tow vehicle? That would eliminate the multiple jack & block scenario.