Rear stabilizers on Rpod 178

More than likely the tack weld is liability based. If they were tack welded at the factory, the chance of them falling off & injuring/damaging something/someone is greatly diminished.

I to have the old style of jacks, but I found that there was quite a bit of movement in the front from side to side, so I turned them like they do the scissor jacks. It makes the pod a lot more stable. I also find the old jacks don't hang down as far when cranked up.

Nice skid plates!   I did something similar on a Featherlite enclosed trailer I have, only I used 1/2 poly cutting board material-   figured it would slide well if it did touch down and if it got torn off it is cheaply replaced.
Like you they've never hit, but one day I'm sure they will.
The Featherlite is all aluminum, frame/floor/everything so a touchdown could be quite damaging.

Regarding the jacks protecting the corners of the frame-   well, yes, sort of. 
Consider this though, if they aren't there one gains a few inches of clearance making the corner less likely to drag in the first place.
When I move my jacks I will add some sort of drag protection to the corners to avoid damage for when I do drag the corner. 
On my toy hauler (which I still have BTW) I fabricated brackets (welded on) and added some roughly 4" diameter and 2" wide very heavy duty steel wheels with, IIRC, a 1/2" axle, on the rear corners after one particularly bad "grounding", and it is way higher than the r-pod.
Now that they are there for quite few years I don't think they've ever touched down...but if they hadn't been it would have happened right away!

Originally posted by Budward I'd say removing or modifying the stabilizers could void the warranty on them only or possibly the frame if you did cutting and grinding to get them off. For them to say it voids the warranty on the entire r-pod is ignorant and they'd lose that case in a second in litigation.  IOW they can't deny warranty on, say, your refrigerator because you moved the jacks. I pick up my 179 today and I can say with certainty the rear stabilizers on mine will be removed or moved as years of RV'ing and trailer towing tell me  they will get damaged in short order the way FR has them. I put the same stabilizers on my 20ft enclosed trailer but mounted them several feet from the very rear so they didn't get torn off.  They do the job perfectly there and are much less likely to ever drag and in fact it is pretty much impossible.   Puzzled why FR didn't do that also...