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DFord
Dec 02, 2019Explorer
I had a flat several years ago on the inner dual - before I learned RV tires age out after 7 years.
My MH didn't have levelers.
I called my road service and about 2 hours later Homer and Jethro showed with in a broken down El Camino with their huge floorjack and crossbar wrench. Unfortunately, after they pushed it under my MH, the restricted movement on the handle didn't allow the pump to function so they couldn't use it. I offered my bottle jack which they were able to get under the axle and raise the tire off the ground. They were able to swap tires but as they were tightening the lugs, they put enough torque on the lugnuts to turn the tire causing the tire on the opposite side to turn the other way and the HM came down hard off the jack. They (and I) had forgotten to chock the tires! Lesson learned and disaster was avoided.
If you blow a tire and the wheel digs into the ground, I doubt if you'll be to get anything to raise the wheel at that location because anything you use will just push itself into the ground while trying to push up on the axle. Best to call your roadside assistance provider and let them handle it - hoping Homer and Jethro aren't the ones they send.
My MH didn't have levelers.
I called my road service and about 2 hours later Homer and Jethro showed with in a broken down El Camino with their huge floorjack and crossbar wrench. Unfortunately, after they pushed it under my MH, the restricted movement on the handle didn't allow the pump to function so they couldn't use it. I offered my bottle jack which they were able to get under the axle and raise the tire off the ground. They were able to swap tires but as they were tightening the lugs, they put enough torque on the lugnuts to turn the tire causing the tire on the opposite side to turn the other way and the HM came down hard off the jack. They (and I) had forgotten to chock the tires! Lesson learned and disaster was avoided.
If you blow a tire and the wheel digs into the ground, I doubt if you'll be to get anything to raise the wheel at that location because anything you use will just push itself into the ground while trying to push up on the axle. Best to call your roadside assistance provider and let them handle it - hoping Homer and Jethro aren't the ones they send.
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