Parking on incline

[Lau_A]

Been parking my boat on an incline for some time.
Today my jack broke. Well, after replacing it, it dawned on me that two jacks might be better for the jack’s stem, since it would alleviate pressure. Anyone do this? One jack on each side of the boat trailer? I have the room, just not sure if it will help or if its advisable.

 

[racerone]

Lift it up.-----Put wood locks under it.----Lower trailer onto the wood blocks.

 

[Lau_A]

Lift it up.-----Put wood locks under it.----Lower trailer onto the wood blocks.

Problem is that if i lift it too high, only the rear wheels will touch the driveway. Trailer has 4 wheels (2 on each side). Wont that damage the trailer/wheels?

 

[racerone]

???----Build the wood block.-----Put wood block under trailer right in front or behind where the jack is now.------Or simply buy a hefty jack or 2 .

 

[tpenfield]

Looks like you are parking the boat bow down?

Less than ideal, 'cuz you would want to drain any water out the transom plug. Bow down will tend to trap water in the hull.

Any way that you can get the boat on a more level area so that you can raise the bow a bit?

2 jack stands are fine, but the slope is the bigger issue.

 

[Bondo]

Ayuh,.... Water is heavy, boats should Always be parked, bow high, stern low, with the bilge plug out,....

 

[Horigan]

I think the jack broke because you have a donut under the wheel and the jack is taking some lateral load. All lateral (downhill) load should be taken by the wheel chocks. The jack is only designed to take vertical load. I would also place the jack as far forward is you can on the other side to reduce the vertical load.