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    Posted: 24 Aug 2016 at 3:44pm
I have had my 179 out a couple of times and was in a real tight up hill, back-in spot in a State park in Maryland. I caught one of the rear jacks on a railroad tie outlining the sight. Needless to say I trashed the jack. I am thinking of removing the rear jacks and using the twist up type on the rear instead. Those things seem to be a target for destruction. Does anyone else have experience with this or advise? Thanks.
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I have that problem whenever I try to back into my driveway.  It's not very steep, but things just line up wrong.  Now, I have my DW stick a piece of 2x6 under the critical tire at the right place and time. With just one tire to block up, it's easy. 

Having said that, I know that's not a good solution for problem camp sites. 

Before the Pod, I had the same problem with our Surveyor.  On that one, I did take the jacks off and switched to the screw type.  They're light weight and easy to use.  The only reason I haven't taken the FR jacks off the Pod is the reduced amount of storage room in Pods, plus the ease of raising and lowering the original equipment jacks with a power drill. 

Even so, I'll probably remove the original jacks and switch to the screw jacks one of these days. 
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Posts: 135 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Aug 2016 at 4:20pm
TigerPawd, Thanks, I think I am going to keep the front factory stabilizers (I will now have one spare) and use the screw up jacks for the rear end. I do like the ease of using a drill for the jacks.
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Posts: 9062 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 24 Aug 2016 at 10:28pm
Might try a bottle jack, it will be more stable which will prevent shaking.
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I had the problem of the rear jacks scraping the ground in my driveway. I installed these to easily remove them. Works great.

https://www.amazon.com/Mounting-Brackets-Attachment-Release-Protector/dp/B005ZI03GS
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These did the trick for my 179
https://www.rvupgradestore.com/Save-A-Jack-p/saj-u.htm
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Posts: 135 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 25 Aug 2016 at 1:32pm
Thanks guys, I really like these ideas for the jack protectors.
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Hi,
  Had same problem with stablisers and did a fix which i posted back on 25 May 2016, I think you can find it by searching stablisers and there is a thread where a number of Podders have met this issue and a description of my fix with some images [I have since modified the design with a little more elegance Clap]

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What size scissor jack stabilizers do you buy..20" or 24"? Thanks.
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