I need something and don't want to reinvent fire to get it...

I imagine the easiest fix is having pads that can be put under the sand feet before dropping. Nest easiest is an industrial airbag to raise trailer and then throw some pads under the landing gear. But, like most things in trucking, the answer might be usingca bigger hammer on the driver's head that dropped the trailer.

 

We have some similar to these

https://www.amazon.com/AP-Products-...ocphy=9019694&hvtargid=pla-624620390524&psc=1

 

As noted earlier in this thread, companies that drop trailers frequently on soft ground will weld a piece of metal that becomes one landing foot supported by both landing gear. Yes, it adds about 100 lbs and no, it doesn't interfere with your ability to turn.

Another option is to carry two crane pads. Cranes have to place their outriggers on soft ground, so the pad is designed to distribute a heavy load over a wide area. You can make your own by laminating several layers of 3/4" plywood together. About 2' squares will do the trick. In the oil industry I did a lot of power only loads, hauling trailers from one Franck site to another. We were required to pick up the plywood squares, stow them, then when delivering the trailer place those plywood squares under the landing gear. The last thing they want is for acid or some other hazmat to leak because landing gear sinks and topples the trailer.

Here is a picture of a crane pad...heavy and expensive.

 

Then the problem occurs that you have used your set of pads for your drop trailer and the trailer you are hooking to has no pads and has sunk down. You have now helped the next guy and you are out of pads. If this is a serious problem, then the owner of the drop yard should have a stockpile of timber pads available for everyone to grab when they bring in a trailer to drop. If your company has some there, then they are somehow used by everyone else and you are back at square one.

 

hey look want I came across. pretty cool too

 

plus lowes will make cuts for .50 a piece

 

Yep. Cheap and effective.

 

I’ve used chunks of railroad ties or 4x4. Like an 8 footer cut in half.

They also, make and sell thick hard plastic pads that you just throw on the ground when you drop. I deliver to a USG plant that uses them. They work great.

 

That’s a great invention!! I’d say you should Market that.!!

 

i know. i could make millions or even billions.