Jacking a 5'er with a bottle jack

You could simply use a piece of hardwood between the jack and the axle or plate, whatever. I've seen this done before and I've used this method to help with "slippage" of the metal on metal. Just a thought.

I think you're going to have a hard time locating a saddle that will safely fit onto your bottle jack AND fit your axel/plate. Might even boil down to a liability issue.....

Just my two cents, good luck in your search.

Dan

Do a google search for bottle jack axle pad. You will get a number of options made just for that purpose.

Bayley wrote:
Does anyone have information on where I can get a U-shaped saddle that will fit on top of my bottle jack for jacking up my trailer? I know not to place the jack toward the center of the axle. I place it directly behind wheel. The springs on my trailer are above the axle so I don't have a spring plate to place the jack under.
Thank You!!

Local welder could make one in probably an hour, from his scrap pile. :-) I use a piece of 2x4 between the u-bolts on the axle and make sure I'm hooked to the truck, with chocks on the opposite side. My FW is =not= moving if hitched and chocked.

Lyle

I'm about to make one. Using a piece of 3" STD wall pipe, should fit my over my U-bolts pretty well. Had to buy 3 ft, I'll use about 3" +/- and get two, if I want. Undecided about the jack centering ring yet, but probably 1 1/2 STD pipe, from the hdw store. I'll have to take it to a welder, but I know a few :)

I use a 10T jack and put it on the leaf spring directly under the axle I want to raise. The U-bolts that attach the leaf springs to the axle will hold the jack in place.

made my own out of three pieces 2x4 glued/screwed together. I use it on top of my floor jack, which has a fairly big pad. The arcs I cut into the individual pieces match the arc of the u-bolts and the axle tube, so it's all supported evenly

Safejack.com sells axle tube pads and other bottle jack accessories.

I went to the website for safejack and found that it is at safejacks.com

Here is a link - they carry a bunch of good looking tools!

Tim

That looks like that works pretty slick Gmw_photos.

There are all kinds of methods of jacking without spending a bundle on fancy seldom used tools.

Don't know what the purpose of the job is but if it is a simple wheel lift use blocks & put the bottle jack under the lowest leaf next to the axle. For security & safety sake place a jack stand under the axle as close as possible to the U bolt. In the pic there is alot going on. Was in the middle of installing the Correct Track system.



Different time. Different job but bulk of trailer weight is on the blocks with jack stands as safetys.



Most of the time all that is available is 1 12 ton bottle jack so there is some jacking & transfering weight somewhere else. You have to start with a plan & assorted lumber thicknesses.