Roy T
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We were camping a week ago when a violent wind struck. My brother-in-law was camped on one side in a 5er and a friend on the other side in a MH. This was at a lake in SW KS. My bro-in-law used the orange lynx blocks under all 4 points of the 5er. I had used them up until this year and will never use them again. The wind was clocked at just over 75mph peak gust. His 5er rocked enough that the orange blocks blew out and the unit turned a little sideways and dropped onto his truck bed, damaging it. The MH had let it down onto the tires, one of which was flat, and it rocked & rolled and moved about 6 inches. I had JTs installed upon wooden blocks I nailed together. We bounced around and moved just enough to tweak the front landing legs. No one was hurt but everyone had some damage. No advance warning of the storm so no preparation time (bring in slides, etc). There was nothing on the local channels before, during or after. Only thing I heard was someone screaming on the scanner just before it hit. The wind storm lasted over 30 minutes. Trees down everywhere and semis turned over on some hiways. Anyway, like I said, I'll never use those orange blocks because of them blowing out.
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Glen41
North Texas
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So wood trumps plastic ? Thanks for sharing. I was thinking that those neat plastic things might be better than those smelly old wood blocks I tote around. I think I'll keep the smelly ones for awhile 
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azjeffh
Chandler, AZ
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Wouldn't have been an issue if the stabilizers and landing gear were on the ground rather than on blocks. Still don't understand the need the place blocks at the corners. If the axles are flipped perhaps, but otherwise?
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dbbls
Missouri
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My dealer said to NEVER use blocks under the landing legs.
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rvcamperontx
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Welcome to OZ Toto! Glad no one was hurt....
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Duck
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dbbls wrote:My dealer said to NEVER use blocks under the landing legs.
My dealer said to use blocks under the landing gear to put less strain on the drop leg. Makes you wonder what is correct.
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usmohls2@yahoo.com
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Duck wrote:dbbls wrote:My dealer said to NEVER use blocks under the landing legs.
My dealer said to use blocks under the landing gear to put less strain on the drop leg. Makes you wonder what is correct.
Don
The longer the leg, the more flex. The shorter the jacks, more stable. We always use blocks, & chocks between the tires.
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Bluefreight
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Quote:dbbls wrote:
My dealer said to NEVER use blocks under the landing legs
Whenever I can I put 9" aluminium stands under my front jacks, they have a 1' sq and this distributes the weight and prevents sinking. My pin weight is 5500 lbs and the 5er weights 23000. Also as mentioned I only have to extend the legs about 4".
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goin2themountains
Aztec, NM
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Hmmm. I am a lynx block fanatic, but never use them under landing gear or stabilizers, only tires to level side to side. Their honeycomb like structure doesn't lend itself to keep a landing leg from sinking, and I have made 6x6x6 cube kinda wood blocks for the stabilizers so I don't have to lower them so far. However, in that high a wind, I think I would be glad just to stay upright. That had to be scary.
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PackerBacker
Montreal, Quebec,Canada
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goin2themountains wrote:Hmmm. I am a lynx block fanatic, but never use them under landing gear or stabilizers, only tires to level side to side......
Same here.
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