Jacking and tire replacement
Am getting a 5th wheel, 2012 PT Crusader, this week and will be doing a few repairs and maintenance adjustments. Tires are suspect. While they are not that old, their brand and origin leaves a lot to ...
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Roger10378 wrote:
When I want all 4 tires off the ground I lower the front as far as I can and place 2 jack stands under the frame a few feet behind the rear axle with enough blocking to get them as high as possible. I then us 2, 6 ton bottle jacks under the frame in front of the axles to raise the trailer. I keep the landing gear lightly loaded as I raise the front and even use it to support the trailer as I reset the jacks when they run out of travel. Once I reach the desired height I place jack stands under the front of the frame. This has let me do anything I needed to do the the suspension or tires. 6 ton bottle jacks take up rather little storage space and can be found at Harbor Freight or similar places rather cheap.
The low-pro 6t jack I got from HF wouldn't lift a single axle the one time I tried to use it on my FW, so ended up using the screw jack from my truck. That worked just fine. Went down and got a low-pro 12t jack from HF and it works great. The 6t =does= work, just won't lift more'n about 3t. Yeah, I should've taken it back, but it was cheap enough that I kept it.
Lyle
