Flat tire
I am new to the forum enjoy reading all the good stuff. I have a 2017 keystone couger 26rls lite with a flat tire can I use the front jacks and the rear stabilizer to remove tire. Thanks.
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- If I am using a jack I have the front legs down or it is attached to the truck.
I do not use the rear stabilizers as they are not in position or designed to hold much weight. - Bottle jack...Jim2007
- Do you all hook the truck to the camper and raise the front and back jacks before jacking up the camper?
- They are stabilizer JACKs so yes, they will lift - I've done it but only at one end when I was in some soft dirt on the side of the highway and had no choice. I would not want to lift an entire side that way.
Also, if you force them to lift more than they want, the jack screw will bend and it will never be the same.
You should get yourself a bottle jack for these eventualities. - Only in an emergency such as your jack fails.
Although I do use a bottle jack under the axle (on the U-bolt) and even that is not always recommended. - They are for stabilizing they won't lift the trailer wheels off the ground. I use a bottle jack to change a tire placed by the tire axle plate.
- Not a very good idea, it puts a lot of stress on the frame that it wasn't designed to handle. Get a decent bottle jack, or a Trailer Aid you'd be better off.
