Jacking a 5'er with a bottle jack
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 plac...
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People tend to worry & over engineer how they block up trailers. My experience comes from boats. Not trailerboats. Boats larger & much heavier than trailerboats. Boats don't have flat surfaces like frames to put jacks & blocks under. Fiberglass is much weaker than steel too.
For most jobs the truck will remain hitched, though leaving it unhitched is not that big of a deal. Also doing the job from your own S&B home with all of your own stuff is helpful. I don't have that luxury. The major work like this gets done in a boatyard using whatever is available.
Never had a problem with instability. The DW carries on doing whatever inside while I do the outside stuff. Never trust the weight to be carried by jack only. Always have blocks or something as failsafe.
For most jobs the truck will remain hitched, though leaving it unhitched is not that big of a deal. Also doing the job from your own S&B home with all of your own stuff is helpful. I don't have that luxury. The major work like this gets done in a boatyard using whatever is available.
Never had a problem with instability. The DW carries on doing whatever inside while I do the outside stuff. Never trust the weight to be carried by jack only. Always have blocks or something as failsafe.
