Useing jack

I also use the Trailer-Aid. I have to also lay down a 2x10 first then the Trailer-Aid on top of that to get the lift necessary. I see however that the "new" model, they've added a piece of rubber which mine doesn't have. Maybe that would negate having to add the 2x10 ? In any event, it works well, is safer than jacking the trailer off the ground and would be quicker.

I use a trailer aid on my double axle. I needed to lay down a short piece of 2x10 and then place the trailer aid on top of the 2x10. Worked well for me and very easy to do. Have only had one flat. This was on second trip with a new trailer with Towmaster tires. About 350 miles towed. I have since replaced all tires with B.F. Goodrich.
Dave

ol Bombero-JC wrote:

fj12ryder wrote:
Internet forum!! All the way. Manufacturers rarely are sitting along side the road changing a tire. :) Members of the forum have been there and done that. :)

Sounds like a forum "warranty"!.:C

Sooo - Give him *your* credit card number, ROTFL!..:W

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No problem. 1111-2222-3333-4444. :)

Had my last rig for 13 years and can't even count all the times I jacked it up. At the very least each tire once a year. Each time I put in under the axle and normally under the ubolt. One the side of the road with a flat I wasn't so picky about it.
It's a round axle, they'll never tell you to jack it up on that. Just the way it is. With a bottle jack that has the vee notches on top it works fine. Just stay close the wheel or you will bend the axle tube. I put it with the jack against the tire if it's flat.

My owners manual says never to lift on the axle as they may bend or kink. Says under the frame directly in front of or behind wheel. Further away may bend frame.

Old-Biscuit wrote:
I do know it won't work on my double axle 5vr.
Can't get enough lift to raise the other axle/tire off ground

Works fine on my double axle 5'er. Easiest way to change tires. Used it to replace all 4 tires with a new set.

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.

Thanks for all the help I will try it like I was on the side of the road,practice for the future!

fj12ryder wrote:
Internet forum!! All the way. Manufacturers rarely are sitting along side the road changing a tire. :) Members of the forum have been there and done that. :)

Sounds like a forum "warranty"!.:C

Sooo - Give him *your* credit card number, ROTFL!..:W

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Internet forum!! All the way. Manufacturers rarely are sitting along side the road changing a tire. :) Members of the forum have been there and done that. :)