Spare Tire Mount..Rear Bumper Best Location?
We have been leaving our spare tire (mounted on rim) at home but with a upcoming trip to Arizona, we want to carry it. Is the rear bumper the best place to mount it? If so, should it be mounted in the...
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If you're looking for a jack to use when changing a tire, keep looking. That one is completely unsuited to that use. I have and use a bottle jack for tire maintenance and similar work; getting one that's somewhat higher capacity than the weight you would need to lift (which would basically be one half of the rear axle capacity) is wise because it adds a margin for safety and it makes it less effort to operate the jack--which one has to do at rather awkward angles due to the location of the jack points.
That jack would probably be fine for stabilizing a travel trailer. It might work as a stabilizer jack for your motorhome, but I suspect you'd need to have a bunch of blocking underneath it much of the time. It is too light duty and has entirely the wrong sort of mounting plate at the top for tire changing and general maintenance duty.
That jack would probably be fine for stabilizing a travel trailer. It might work as a stabilizer jack for your motorhome, but I suspect you'd need to have a bunch of blocking underneath it much of the time. It is too light duty and has entirely the wrong sort of mounting plate at the top for tire changing and general maintenance duty.
