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Old 05-31-2021, 12:09 AM   #21
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I do have an asphalt driveway and parking area. If someone showed up here and wanted to put down their jacks: they'd better have pads under them.

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Explain why I would need a jack pad or plywood or a mat under a jack?
Required by some RV parks on hard surface sites.
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Old 05-31-2021, 12:22 PM   #23
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Asphalt is an amorphous solid. It never fully hardens, and can be damaged by small surface area points of pressure, if they're sitting there long enough or if the ground under the asphalt wasn't properly packed and settled before the asphalt was put down. The pads (of whatever type) can help prevent that (or at least result in it taking longer).

Sand can shift, or the RV shift, just a little resulting in the foot digging in and making it hard to raise again. I've not had that happen with leveling jacks but have with stabilizers on a past unit. Pads can help prevent that too.

Whether or not an individual has either problem depends on other factors specific to them, which is why we have these things as options. Each to their own. I personally love not having to put down my own pads and using the Snap Pads.
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Old 05-31-2021, 01:26 PM   #24
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I still plan on buying the snap pads. I currently am using pads made from recycled tires under each foot along with a yellow plastic pad for support. I just have a piece of 550 cord attached to each pad so I can remove them easier from underneath the coach when we leave.

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Old 05-31-2021, 03:13 PM   #25
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The argument was that the pads protect the steel jack plate from damage. I claimed that no surface camped on will damage the steel plates. Response was that asphalt could be damaged. That is not my concern and again will not damage the steel plates.
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Old 05-31-2021, 03:24 PM   #26
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The argument was that the pads protect the steel jack plate from damage. I claimed that no surface camped on will damage the steel plates. Response was that asphalt could be damaged. That is not my concern and again will not damage the steel plates.
The is no argument. The question is what do folks think about leveling jack pads. Folks can answer the question with their thoughts and move on from there.
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Old 05-31-2021, 03:40 PM   #27
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The argument was that the pads protect the steel jack plate from damage. I claimed that no surface camped on will damage the steel plates. Response was that asphalt could be damaged. That is not my concern and again will not damage the steel plates.
There have been reports posted in here; of jack feet getting turned-up by rough terrain...
It can't hurt to have them...
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Old 05-31-2021, 04:08 PM   #28
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The argument was that the pads protect the steel jack plate from damage. I claimed that no surface camped on will damage the steel plates. Response was that asphalt could be damaged. That is not my concern and again will not damage the steel plates.
It’s all about clearance for straight leg jacks.

That said...HWH sells a system with “Kick-Down” jacks that provides excellent clearance. But those feet are small, about 3” x 3” square (see photo below).
They will absolutely sink on everything but concrete.
So they definitely need a large foot pad.

Also they are a very expensive mod, about $6k installed with touch pad or joystick.
Some Forum members have installed on their Thor(s).
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Old 05-31-2021, 04:24 PM   #29
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I don't get the I don't care if I damage the asphalt attitude. There are some beautiful Forest Service & State Park campgrounds that have asphalt parking aprons. Those campgrounds get trashed and the Forest Service or State doesn't have the funds to repair them. They aren't collecting enough in fees to offset the cost of repaving the parking aprons.
If you choose to stick it to the private RV park owner and they have to repave the parking aprons they will just increase fees to offset the costs. So in the long run we all pay the piper.
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Old 05-31-2021, 05:03 PM   #30
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Perhaps a tiny bit of consideration for th "other guy"...
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Old 05-31-2021, 05:40 PM   #31
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Larger steel feet means more weight. The engineers struck a balance. That added weight on a diesel pusher is negligible... but on a smaller class C it's detrimental.
The majority of people WILL at some point drop them onto hot soft asphalt. Hope that's not your driveway... unless you enjoy little square divots!
For us in Ohio, more than half of state parks have asphalt pads - and rarely level. We boondock in dirt/gravel and sometimes very soft ground in Ohio forests. For us, having a rubber pad to distribute the weight and to add lift in very unlevel sites... typical of where we camp.
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Old 05-31-2021, 06:16 PM   #32
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The is no argument.....
I asked for reasons why to use jack pads. Members presented their case, or argued it gentlemen like. I questioned their data presented in this argument.
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"As to damaging asphalt, not my concern."

Unfortunately this is the attitude of a lot of folks nowadays, NO concern for anything/anybody but me me me mine mine mine.
I was taught that whatever I do, wherever I go leave it in as good or better shape than I found it, take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but foot prints.
We've work camped as housekeepers in a 55+ (people damn sure old enough to know better) rv resort & you would not believe the way these people abuse, misuse, destroy & go off leaving very nice facilities just because they know someone else is taking care of picking up after them, it's not their concern.
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Old 05-31-2021, 08:33 PM   #34
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"As to damaging asphalt, not my concern."

Unfortunately this is the attitude of a lot of folks nowadays, NO concern for anything/anybody but me me me mine mine mine.
I was taught that whatever I do, wherever I go leave it in as good or better shape than I found it, take nothing but pictures, leave nothing but foot prints.
We've work camped as housekeepers in a 55+ (people damn sure old enough to know better) rv resort & you would not believe the way these people abuse, misuse, destroy & go off leaving very nice facilities just because they know someone else is taking care of picking up after them, it's not their concern.

Tex, you make a lot of assumptions. It isn't my concern because I don't camp on asphalt.
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Bent pads with or without snap pads

I’ve bent the feet on my jacks on the Magnitude twice. First time was without snap pads the second time was with them. Both times was on a movable surface, once gravel at a park, second dirt. So they definitely can be damaged on a non flat, non solid surface. They are way to thin for what they are supporting. I now have snap pads plus 2x12 pieces.


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I don't see a steel foot being damaged by dirt, rocks, asphalt or concrete.

A surface that cannot take the pressure of a steel plate is not a place I'd want to camp at (swamp).
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Old 06-02-2021, 06:43 PM   #36
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If somebody in here with a welder wanted to make some money: I'll bet they could figure out a way to reinforce those jack feet...
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Old 06-02-2021, 06:49 PM   #37
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Tex, you make a lot of assumptions. It isn't my concern because I don't camp on asphalt.
Just quoted your comment!
Maybe you should've worded it the same as you did here scolding me then there couldn't have been any assumptions.
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Old 06-02-2021, 07:05 PM   #38
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Some folks don't camp on asphalt: they just park their rigs on it...
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Old 06-02-2021, 07:33 PM   #39
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I'm getting Bigfoot levelers in a few weeks. They told me Snap Pads would reduce clearance on my class C, and don't recommend them. The solution is get a rubber stall mat from a Tractor Supply store and cut it with a circular saw into 4 pieces just big enough to go under the landing feet. The downside is they take up storage space - the upside is a 4' x 3' x 1/2" is only $28... and they're waterproof and indestructible.
Heck yeah! At that price even if you cut them up and glued 2 pieces together to make a 1" thick pad it's money saved BIG TIME! I was going to buy some but found they were stupid expensive for no good reason. (I have an issue with paying a huge price for something I don't see value in) but heck there's a Tractor Supply by me and I'm heading over there. Thanks for the idea!!!!
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Old 06-02-2021, 07:43 PM   #40
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Three things
1 sawzall not circ saw for those mats. I have about 2200sqft of them laid.

2 I just got off the phone an hour ago with a forum memeber who dragged his big foots down the highway for a bit when they activated on their own. I've designed a very simple bypass so the pump can't do that. I doubt it costs $50.

3 divide vehicle weight by pad size until you get psi. There isnt' a reason in the entire world to not add larger pads. The system designer met a price point, not a compulsory limit.
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