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Originally Posted by GeorgiaHybrid

You can raise the entire trailer off of the ground with the jacks without a problem. Just use jack stands for safety.

As far as keeping the jacks up while traveling, I did the following
1) drilled a 1/8 pilot hole thru the sleeve and the jack piston cover pipe while retracted.
2) lowered the jacks and drilled the hole in jack piston cover pipe to 3/8
3) retracted the jacks fully and drill the sleeve for a 5/16-18 tap.
4) while still retracted, tap the sleeve with 5/16-18 tap.
5) thread a nut and a lock washer onto a 2" long 5/16-18 bolt and then thread that into the tapped hole about 1 1/2 inches.
6) tighten the nut to the sleeve and hold it with one wrench and then use another to tighten the bolt and jamb it into place.

It only takes about 45 minutes to do that and once you are done, about 3 to 4 minutes to install or remove them to travel.

The jacks will never drop and the jamb nut will prevent the bolt from backing out.

Got a picture? interesting!