What do you carry to raise the trailer up incase of a flat tire ?
What do you carry to raise the trailer up incase of a flat tire ?
Harbor freight $69 3000 pound aluminum floor jack. On sale for $59. Have helped motorists change tires. Very handy.
6 ton bottle jack. Easiest way on tandem axle trailers (if able) is to place leveling blocks and drive the good tire on them.
My son-in-law
This is what I use fr both the boat (tandem axle) and campper. On the camper I need to put is some 2x6 cribbing to get the tire off the ground off the ground. Mine is the steel one.
https://www.amazon.com/Trailer-Helpe.../dp/B000O5XC56
2023 Phoenix 920 Elite
2023 Mercury Pro XS 4S
I have my 3 ton floor jack in truck
Some little floor jack that comes in a carrying case. Goes in the truck bed when the trailer is hooked up.
I once used a couple rocks out of the ditch, now I have a 3 ton jack when I travel.
Mercury 250 proxs 2B115089
One of these https://www.homedepot.com/p/Powerbui...0912/203116783
and a 6 ton jack that's small enough to get under the axle bracket when the tire is flat.
Plus a section of 2X12 to put them on if the ground is soft.
If your axles are close together, a Trailer Aid or a stack of 2X lumber is the easiest way.
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity,
nothing else matters.
I carry a 6x6 piece of pressure treated lumber about 16" long...it works in a pinch...just pull the camper tire that is not flat over the block and wallah...you are up high enough to remove the flat tire and replace it with the spare...I use the same method for my tandem axle boat trailer...and if you can't drive the trailer up onto the block, the block serves as a good spacer to use your truck jack sat on top of it to jack the trailer up...Hope this helps!
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity,
nothing else matters.
Agreed CatFan....
I carry a small bottle jack.
bottle jack
You guys recommending a bottle jack: Have you ever tried to lift a camper with a bottle jack? It’s like balancing a house on the head of a pin.
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity,
nothing else matters.
I carry an old scissor jack and a block of wood to help get it of the ground.
Tandem trailers, boat or camper, I carry a Trailer-Aid Plus. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B001V8UKBO/ref=sspa_dk_detail_0?psc=1&pd_rd_i=B001V8UKBO&pd_r d_w=wl6Uz&pf_rd_p=80559f3c-f83b-49c1-8a72-40f936e9df7a&pd_rd_wg=hp67K&pf_rd_r=MRCDHFKG05KZSE TD1B7Z&pd_rd_r=060446d1-3c29-11e9-94c5-5bb9f7fee67
I have a single axle utility trailer. HF floor jack when I pull it.
BassCat Sabre FTD
Mercury 150 Optimax
"It's just fishing"
I carry a little card that has Ford road side care number on it .
If you have integrity, nothing else matters. If you don't have integrity,
nothing else matters.
QUOTE=CatFan;10086199]You guys recommending a bottle jack: Have you ever tried to lift a camper with a bottle jack? It’s like balancing a house on the head of a pin.[/QUOTE]
I have never had a problem doing it.