use hydraulic lifts down or up in winter for storeing
was wanting you guy ideas on this.. should i raise the tire off ground for winter using the hydraulic jacks
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I'm with Effy on this one. I don't get it, but jacks up or down, whatever makes you feel better. If you store your motorhome with jacks down and 'it's what I've always done and I've never had a problem', that doesn't mean that if I don't do what you do that I WILL have a problem.
I don't think someone in Texas or Arizona or Florida can tell me that my HWH jacks won't rust if I extend them while in storage. I live in the Pacific Northwest on the side of a mountian in a rain forest: my house, garage, shop and vehicles are surrounded by trees with average height of about 140 feet. I don't see sun even in the summer and this time of year the sun doesn't get far above the horizon: a sunny day means I can see sunlight hitting the tops of the trees 140 feet up.
I never worry about things like sun exposure on my tires, or whether I should take the weight off during storage. What I DO worry about is water: if it's not falling from the sky it's dripping off the trees or coming out of the ground. Everything is wet all the time, everything turns green after a short time. I get moss on anything rubber: windshield wipers, tires, window seals. I get rust on any exposed metal, including shiny chromed hydraulic jack cylinders.
As for flat spots on tires: I do remember the old bias-ply tires getting a flat spot in cold weather just from sitting for a few hours. For the first 100 yards tires would 'thump, thump, thump' with every rotation, but quickly smooth out. So what. I've never felt a flat spot on modern radial tires. I can see a flat spot on the bottom of every tire that I own, but again: so what.
I checked out the Michelin link on tire storage: sounds like standard CYA legal-speak that gives them an 'out' if they ever get sued.
Do what works for you based on where you live, but don't assume that if it works for you that it'll work for everybody in every location.
I don't think someone in Texas or Arizona or Florida can tell me that my HWH jacks won't rust if I extend them while in storage. I live in the Pacific Northwest on the side of a mountian in a rain forest: my house, garage, shop and vehicles are surrounded by trees with average height of about 140 feet. I don't see sun even in the summer and this time of year the sun doesn't get far above the horizon: a sunny day means I can see sunlight hitting the tops of the trees 140 feet up.
I never worry about things like sun exposure on my tires, or whether I should take the weight off during storage. What I DO worry about is water: if it's not falling from the sky it's dripping off the trees or coming out of the ground. Everything is wet all the time, everything turns green after a short time. I get moss on anything rubber: windshield wipers, tires, window seals. I get rust on any exposed metal, including shiny chromed hydraulic jack cylinders.
As for flat spots on tires: I do remember the old bias-ply tires getting a flat spot in cold weather just from sitting for a few hours. For the first 100 yards tires would 'thump, thump, thump' with every rotation, but quickly smooth out. So what. I've never felt a flat spot on modern radial tires. I can see a flat spot on the bottom of every tire that I own, but again: so what.
I checked out the Michelin link on tire storage: sounds like standard CYA legal-speak that gives them an 'out' if they ever get sued.
Do what works for you based on where you live, but don't assume that if it works for you that it'll work for everybody in every location.
