fj12ryder wrote:
I've jacked under the U-bolts on both 5th wheels we've owned with no issues. I would never try to raise the trailer enough to change a tire by jacking under the frame.
You need to tell Dexter their recommendations are wrong!..:R
Ditto (most) trailer manufacturers.
Driving onto a low stack of 2x6's or 2x8's is a common sense solution to add some height to the wheel with the flat - long before the device for same came on the market.
Been doing that (with bottle jacks) since 1975 also - no big deal.
Should add it's always easier to "crib" under a jack (for the frame lift), than get even a low profile under an axle with limited ground clearance.
BTW - every poster that suggest a noob do *anything* differing from a mfgr recommended procedure, should add....."use my method at your own risk".
The smiley that goes with that statement is on Murphy's face.
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