Useing jack

kaydeejay wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
I say axle right under the spring hangers/U-bolts. Other people have varying opinions.

I do it this way because I see no sense in trying to carry jacks tall enough to lift the frame, no sense in trying to carry the necessary cribbing to do the aforementioned, and jacking under the axle at the spring hangers is quicker and looks to do no damage. I jack the wheel up just high enough to change the tire, and I just can't see how it can damage anything.

That's my opinion, and that's how I've done it in the past.

X3. This way the trailer is hardly lifted whereas jacking under the frame requires a LOT of lift.

X10 or so.

UNDER THE AXLE at the spring attachment! you only need to lift the tire about an inch to clear the ground. The other tire is still supporting half the load!

I have the necessary cribbing to place my 12 ton bottle jack to lift on the frame, but will ALWAYS jack on the axle or spring plate which ever is on the bottom. FAR safer, than a tall jack on the frame, lifting at the frame the jack needs to support the weight carried by both wheels on that side.