Useing jack

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.

X2. Had a tire service come out to change my tire on the side of the road once and that's also where they jacked. They needed to use 2 jacks because the axle was drooping so low. The first jack got the axle up high enough to put another bottle jack under the spring shackle.

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.