rdickinson

I volunteer with Habitat and other groups. They and others are glad to take singles. Check out Habitat Careavanners.

I agree with MB, if your rig is self levelling you only need the 1" thick Poly pads 12" x 12". I got a set of 4 plus 2- 3/8" thick ones at the Tampa RV show for 89$ as I recall. If not self levelling then pack around the cord of wood like me. 10 yrs ago Stan told me not to block the landing gear up more than 7" cus if you mess up hooking up or un hooking and the rig slips off the pads it will make a big crash as it smashes off the hitch and bangs onto the deck....so I've heard. Enter the custom made Mark 2 model landing gear support blocks. A pair of 3" thick x 9" wide x 16" long and another pair at 5" thick. Did a cutout both sides of the 3" to accommodate the landing gear foot 4" x 8" in 3/4" and one side only of the 5" block. Also made 1.25" thick locking blocks the same size as the landing gear foot. The locking blocks stop the blocks from shifting when stacked and the top cutout stops the landing gear from sliding off the block in case of operator error. Got the idea from someone at the WCR in Boise last month. A couple of coats of found deck stain and another couple of found Thompsons water seal. Drill some holes in the end for 3/8" rope for handles and fill excess space in found sicaflex to seal. Total cost $0. Had enough to make 1 xtra of each. There is a saying, 1 xtra is none and 2 extra is 1. Mine are a composite material so no warping or splitting. Now I just stack the 5 and 3" blocks, drop the sliding part of the landing gear till they hit the blocks, shim the bottom pad with the 3/8" poly if needed, dump the hitch, dump the bags then drive out from under the hitch with no messing with the electric jack.

At the Indiantown Marina till Sunday am then off to next Habitat build in Ft Meyers for the next 2 weeks. Got the rear ladder sectioned so it could be removed in order to deploy rear window awning. Now ladder can be removed and stored in 2 pcs.