Are Jack stands for temporary use at front end
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mlpeloquin
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Yes you can, but with my life I used solid block cribbing made from 6x6's. The jack stands were backup. The truck is the safest. At my age, the safest is the best. I do not trust the small surface area of a jack stand top steal on steal alone. Perhaps I am overly cautious, but I spent a life working in for a company that stressed safety beyond being anal.
As stated,it will work but definetly not the safest..by the time you rig up proper Temp support it would be just as easy to hook up your tow vehicle....
The last thing you want or need is for your unit to slip and drop on its nose.
CoveredWagon
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Until you need your truck to run to the parts store. Just sayin'
JohnDar
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Having changed my OEM electric front jacks to a Ground Control system a few years ago, cribbing is the way to go. Trying to work in the front compartment requires a lot of movement by you that you don’t want transmitted to a jack stand.
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I would not trust them, when our front Jack's failed, I tried supporting the front end with some 6 and 8 ton Jack's and Jack stands. It was very scary, as any movement swayed everything. My solution (because the landing gear wasn't working) ended up being a couple of 25 ton hydraulic Jack's and 6x6 for cribbing. I still carry the cribbing with me, and if the trailer is going to be in one spot more than a week or two use it. Lot more stable and less sway.
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JohnDar
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I made a bunch of these cribbing pads. I use one under each jack pad and stack them when I need height for frame support. Three 12” lengths of 4x4, topped with 5/4 deck plank. When stacking, alternate the direction of the 4x4’s with each pad in the stack. Each pad is 4 1/2” tall.
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