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Topic: Toungue Jack Base?
Posted By: out_for_a_rip on 01/17/18 01:15pm

Currently I am using scrap wood pieces, but am thinking of screwing a stack together with the top having a clearance hole for the jack to aid in it not slipping. What do you use as a base for your toungue jack?

Posted By: GordonThree on 01/17/18 01:46pm

Mine had a nice foot on it when it was new. I left that many miles ago driving up a steep apron at a gas station or something, sheared clean off without breaking the jack thankfully.

Now I use a Lynx and a smaller piece of plastic on top of that. I like the Lynx since it doesn't kill my lawn. When I'm on someone else's lawn, typically some 2x10 planks.

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Posted By: SoundGuy on 01/17/18 02:05pm

I almost always place the tongue jack foot atop a 4x stack of 2x which gives me 6" of lift, the only time I don't is when I'm on a tongue low site, in which case I park the jack on a single 3/4" square of plywood.

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I'd never trap the tongue jack with anything, even a hole in the stack, as a tongue jack is not designed to sustain much in the way of lateral forces. You want to prevent the trailer from shifting, chock the tires properly so it can't. [emoticon]

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Posted By: Lwiddis on 01/17/18 02:19pm

I'm a 6 inch wooden block lift guy too.

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Posted By: campigloo on 01/17/18 04:37pm

I use a flip foot. It adds 6" to the tongue jack and works well.

Posted By: Sandia Man on 01/17/18 04:39pm

This stand is what we have used over the last decade for our 32' 9500# TT. We store our TT in our side yard and this device has been in constant use since we purchased our rig in 2007. There are other versions of this type of stand although some are cheap copies and nowhere as stout.

Posted By: bluie5 on 01/17/18 05:08pm

I used a a piece of 6x6 inch treated post that I had lying around home.

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Posted By: BarneyS on 01/17/18 05:16pm

Sandia Man wrote:

This stand is what we have used over the last decade for our 32' 9500# TT. We store our TT in our side yard and this device has been in constant use since we purchased our rig in 2007. There are other versions of this type of stand although some are cheap copies and nowhere as stout.

X2 for as long as I can remember.

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Posted By: NanciL on 01/17/18 05:17pm

I made a box out if scrap 3/4" plywood and 2"x 10"'s and painted it black. I put a new coat of paint on it every year. It not only looks good, but it is much more stable then just the tongue jack all the way to the ground.

Jack L

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Posted By: DutchmenSport on 01/17/18 05:39pm

I use 2x8 and 2x6, four layers deep, all screwed together.

Using this always provides enough tongue lift to hitch to the truck, pretty much on any unlevel spot.

In the photo below, I had to add one more layer to the, already screwed together 4 layers, to make one more because the tongue jack reached it end point and the trailer was still nose down. I added one more layer and then the trailer was level.

The last photo shows the opposite of what can happen when the slope grade is the other direction. In that case, I just used a single 2x6 board under the jack.

If you camp at different locations all the time, you never know what to expect. You've got to be prepared for anything. That's why I stick with lumber.

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Posted By: badsix on 01/17/18 06:59pm

this doesn't apply to tongue bases. but why do people that build camp sites not make them level. we have a local camp ground at our casino, very nice camp sites. when your set level on some of the sites your tongue might be 3' in the air or more, just baffles me.
Jay D.

Posted By: Lwiddis on 01/17/18 07:14pm

Seems too narrow, Dutchmen. I was blown off my bigger block at Tuttle Creek. Woke me up too.

Posted By: GrandpaKip on 01/18/18 08:56am

A piece of 6x6 with some 2x’s if needed. I keep the extension of the jack as short as possible for the reason espoused by SG.

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Posted By: rbpru on 01/18/18 09:39am

Just a tube on chunks of wood. Nothing fancy.

I think one of those foot pads would be nice.

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Just right for Grandpa, Grandma and the dog.


Posted By: sgfrye on 01/18/18 09:54am

bluie5 wrote:

I used a a piece of 6x6 inch treated post that I had lying around home.


X2 on this.

i had several scrap pieces. i bought cheap aluminum handles at lowes to attach to make them easy to pickup. i use one for tongue jack and 4 for my stablizer jacks.

Posted By: siamese on 01/18/18 01:56pm

I haven't found anything I like better than carrying my little lumber yard with me.

I have about eight pressure treated 2x6's x about 12" long that I use under the tongue, and/or under the corner jacks as needed.

Also carry a couple pressure treated 1x6 deck boards about four feet long, that I sometimes use for a little bit of leveling, or putting under the tires if the ground is soft. In soft ground, our Anderson levelers are useless unless we lay down a deck board first. Works great.

Posted By: CavemanCharlie on 01/18/18 04:34pm

I use 2 -4X4's held together by a piece of 3/4 plywood screwed to the top.

Posted By: Atlee on 01/18/18 10:18pm

Since I bought my new trailer, I've used the Andersen Jack Block. It takes the place of 3 layers of wood stacked together.

I like it.

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Posted By: LVJJJ on 01/19/18 07:29am

Lynx levelers with points north-south, east-west

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Posted By: The_Owl on 01/25/18 11:28pm

siamese wrote:

I haven't found anything I like better than carrying my little lumber yard with me.


This is what I use also. Allows me a wide range of jacking scenarios. At home I use a concrete block because I have several lying around and I don’t have to worry about weight or rot.

Posted By: mobeewan on 01/26/18 07:27pm

My TT tongue jack has a round metal base pad on it about 6 inches in diameter. My pop up has one with a 6 x 4 metal base pad. At home I use 12 x 12 x 2 or 10 x 10 x 2 concrete pavers under them. When traveling I've got pieces of 2 x 10 and 2 x 8 pieces of wood to use for tongue and and 2 x 8 blocks in different length for the stabilizers and linx blocks for the tires if needed.

Posted By: webwrangler on 01/26/18 07:53pm

campigloo wrote:

I use a flip foot. It adds 6" to the tongue jack and works well.

x2 on the flip foot. Just remember to crank it up fully after flipping it back...

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Posted By: CDEW on 01/26/18 08:10pm

I use a cut off from a laminated wood beam. It measures 12X12 square by 6 inches thick. I screwed a piece of 3/4 pressure treated plywood with a hole cut in the center for the foot plate. I also added some handles to the sides for ease of placement, picking it up and storage. Very durable and easy to handle.

Posted By: CDEW on 01/26/18 08:12pm

I use a cut off from a laminated wood beam. It measures 12X12 square by 6 inches thick. I screwed a piece of 3/4 pressure treated plywood with a hole cut in the center for the foot plate. I also added some handles to the sides for ease of placement, picking it up and storage. Very durable and easy to handle.

Posted By: Lynnmor on 01/27/18 06:11am

Is this the proper way:

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Posted By: DutchmenSport on 01/27/18 07:09am

Lynnmor wrote:

Is this the proper way:...


It is if you are on a hill, unprepared with lots of support, like "lumber", and have a missing jack on the left front corner! (I wonder if the tongue jack is broken too?)

Posted By: allenb12 on 01/27/18 04:27pm

I have 6 pieces of 4x4 screwed together. 3 wide 2 high. I routed a circle in the middle for the foot. I drilled a 1/2' hole in the center of the circle to let rain water out. I also drilled a hole thru the lower three and attached a rope to pickup and put down.

Posted By: westend on 01/27/18 06:11pm

We need a separate sticky thread with pictures of jack stands, leveling blocks, and sundry support accessories. I know I always get ideas from images like that.

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