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Old 09-26-2014, 11:07 AM   #1
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Tired of wooden blocks!

I need 3- 2x4's to get off the back of my pick-up, looking for a drop leg
that will fit my attwood 3500 electric tongue jack. Anybody try a bulldog
drop leg on a attwood? I'd like something that would stay with the trailer
and not just put on take off at end of stay. The reason for this is, dropping the trailer off at dealer, I always have to get a forklift to raise me up to get back on truck. How does any one else deal with this problem?
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Old 09-26-2014, 11:34 AM   #2
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Can’t help with the bulldog question, as I have not tried either.

Just carious , when you drop the TT off at the dealer, they do not have a supply of blocks? The dealer I go to has a large box by the service entrance, and usually there are a few up against the fence, I assuming from people too lazy to put them away.

If they do not have any you should suggest it, as it would take some liability off of them using a fork truck to lift the tongue.
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Old 09-26-2014, 11:46 AM   #3
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X2 on what Jagiven said about the dealer always having blocks to use.

I too can't help on the bulldog question.

We use two 6x6's, never bothered me. Just toss them in the back of the TV.
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I made pads out of 4x6's that I bolted together. I have two of those and another single short one that I put on top. I did it this way so that while camping I have the jack extended as little as possible.
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I have a 14" piece of 4x6.
Why can't you take the 2x4s to the dealer?
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Wood blocks serve as risers but they also prevent the jack post from digging into the pavement or ground. Confused as to why you believe that a jack post that would have to be stored when not being used is any easier / better than a short piece of 4x4 or a couple 2x6's.
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Old 09-26-2014, 04:29 PM   #7
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Well when I have taken my trailer back to the dealer I have had to use blocks but when I go to pick it up they have droped it off out front and dont have my blocks under the jack and they will not place wheel chocks ether . So I have to chock wheels then raise jack up as high as it will go lower my corner jacks then raise power jack up to place blocks so i can get it up high enough to hook up to pickup. and when they have had it for two weeks the batterys are dead so have to get truck close enough to plug it in . Just love Camping World.
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Old 09-26-2014, 05:01 PM   #8
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Camping World, that explains it! Does this unit ride level when all hooked up? That is a lot of jacking around to get a unit hooked up. I drove jacked up Fords and now a Dodge and the front electric jack would always go high enough to get on my hitch.
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Old 09-26-2014, 06:54 PM   #9
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[QUOTE=snookwhisperer;237725]looking for a drop leg
that will fit my attwood 3500 electric tongue jack. Anybody try a bulldog
drop leg on a attwood? I'd like something that would stay with the trailer
and not just put on take off at end of stay. [/QenoughE]

This is what I used on my Atwood 3500.....

http://www.amazon.com/Fastway-88-00-...ords=flip+foot

It really works nice and adds a good 6" to the leg height....I still set a 2x6 under the foot to distribute weight evenly so the tongue doesn't dig into ground. Before adding the flipfoot I would have to use a 2x12 plus a couple of 4x4's to get it high enough to hook onto the hitch!! Now I don't have to carry all that extra wood because the foot stays attached to the jack. Happy camper now
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A neighbor at our winter RV park works for a railroad and gave me some roughlly 12x12 blocks of wood. I keep one in the truck and set it under the shoe. The electric tongue jack then has less work to do to get the coupler on and off the ball.

I looked briefly at the drop leg ads and decided I had too much tongue weight already and that I'd still want a solid platform under it to spread the load on the often soft ground, so why make the change.
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I just carry a short piece of bridge timber. It is about 12X12 and is a foot long. It's not heavy and is no problem finding a place in the truck to store it. I have never had a problem getting it back from a dealer.
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Seems like we all need more lift, what's up with that! I have wood blocks in every storage area. WHY? A block of wood to land on is one thing, but 3 2x4's to get off a stock F150 is a pain. Just saying...
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I looked at the swing legs, but at 6", that would only net me about one inch difference. I already have the adjustable jack foot with 4 holes in it for different heights. I leave it in the tallest setting all the time. I can get the trailer on and off my truck without blocks, but just barely, the jack is almost fully extended.

You can also get a jack foot up to 15" that will hold a respectable amount of weight, but they're not adjustable or quickly stowable, so you would have to put it on or take it off every time you unhitched. Granted, it's just a cotter pin, but still... Even with this really long jack foot, it's still going to be less stable than just extending your jack a shorter distance and putting the foot on blocks... So here I am, back at square one...
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You might be able to use one of these.



http://www.atwoodmobile.com/chassis-...sters-feet.asp

Check first, before you buy, to ensure it's compatible with your tongue jack.

I have the taller one. There are stops inside a few inches below the top (you can see the depressions in the picture) to prevent the tongue jack post from going all the way to the bottom.

I don't recall the exact amount of increase in height you get, but I think the total length is about 9" with a 6" increase in height.

It's a lot less expensive than the Fastway. I've had mine about as long as I've had my TT which will be 15 years in January.

Even with the extension/foot, I also still put a 2" x 4" and an 8" x 8" under the foot. Jayco put its TTs with slideouts on double-stacked frames back then which made them 9" higher than their non-slideout counterparts.
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FPM, I'm going to order the tall one and try that. Didn't like the flip-up type.
Still will use one block to set up on, but won't have a problem (hopefully)
at the dealer.
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Good. Let us know how it works out for you. If you're having problems just raising the front high enough to get the TT off the hitch ball, you're going to have difficulty raising your front high enough lift to level your TT in sites that are sloped downward from the rear to the front. The extension/foot will help in this situation.

If I can't raise the front enough with what I normally use, I get out the Lynx Levelers and use them under everything'

A hint: Slip the extension/foot onto the tongue jack post before you start stacking whatever you're using underneath it. If you put it on last, there might not be enough clearance to slide it on.

I always remove the extension/foot before towing.
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