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Jack pads.


Moviing to a grass only rv park tommarrow. My rig weighs 23k, and the hydralic leveling pads seem small , next to the King air parked next to me right now..

 

Should I put something under the leveling pad? Or is it good enough ? 

Need to get it today, if I'm getting it.

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You can do the orange lego block things, a 10x10 square of plywood, or 2x8,10,12- cut to your length.
I use pieces of 3/4 pressure treated plywood that are 12x12.

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Ok.. I was thinking the plywood.. too late today.

Maybe I will drive by a lowes or HD on the way to bushnell..


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Shorter the ram is out, the stabler it is also.

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Glenn West wrote:

Shorter the ram is out, the stabler it is also.


 Makes sense.. Thanks



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Has anyone tried using Snap Pads. Wondering if you can use in place of blocks under jacks Have just heard about and sound simple to use. Thanks for any information.

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Alie and Jims Carrilite wrote:

You can do the orange lego block things, a 10x10 square of plywood, or 2x8,10,12- cut to your length.
I use pieces of 3/4 pressure treated plywood that are 12x12.


X2^^ on the pressure treated plywood in 3/4" 12x12 squares. If I use legos, I put them on top of the plywood, too.

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Have snap pads. Work as designed but the major problem is that they fill up with road dirt, gravel snow etc. I think that the constant moisture will soon rust out the metal pad at the end of the rams. About twice a year I crawl under the rv and try and spoon out the gravel and crap....its always really wet in there. Crawling under the rv really defeats the purpose of snap pads.



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igotjam wrote:

Have snap pads. Work as designed but the major problem is that they fill up with road dirt, gravel snow etc. I think that the constant moisture will soon rust out the metal pad at the end of the rams. About twice a year I crawl under the rv and try and spoon out the gravel and crap....its always really wet in there. Crawling under the rv really defeats the purpose of snap pads.



-- Edited by igotjam on Saturday 19th of October 2019 03:50:28 PM


 I have to disagree. We have snap pads for our Bigfoot levelers. We do use them in place of wood or plastic.  They have holes in them so any water will drain out and we find it very easy to wipe off any dirt or gravel that might accumulate. We definitely would recommend them. 



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slallen wrote:
igotjam wrote:

Have snap pads. Work as designed but the major problem is that they fill up with road dirt, gravel snow etc. I think that the constant moisture will soon rust out the metal pad at the end of the rams. About twice a year I crawl under the rv and try and spoon out the gravel and crap....its always really wet in there. Crawling under the rv really defeats the purpose of snap pads.



-- Edited by igotjam on Saturday 19th of October 2019 03:50:28 PM


 I have to disagree. We have snap pads for our Bigfoot levelers. We do use them in place of wood or plastic.  They have holes in them so any water will drain out and we find it very easy to wipe off any dirt or gravel that might accumulate. We definitely would recommend them. 

I stand by my comment.  Perhaps because mine are on a motorhome where the jacks are further inboard than a 5er, they fill up with debris.

 



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