How to Change a tire on a camping trailer
So I got a flat on the way home from a trip and had to change it. it was trickier then I thought it would be. The double axial and the spinning wheel every time you tired to loosen the nut, was a pai...
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Last weekend we were going to meet a friend at a trailhead for a horseback ride and just has we got out of the truck we received a call from her.
One of her trailer tires had blown out and she couldn't get the lug nuts loose. She was only a few miles away and she couldn't get off the road, no shoulder.
We unloaded the horses and unhooked the trailer. So I could take just the truck to go help.
Her truck and living Quarters horse trailer was sittng in the highway on a rare section of straight road.
I got the lugnuts loose and she pulled the trailer up on her Trailer Aid ramp and we finished taking the tire off.
Oops. Her spare is held on with 2 nuts on 1 stud. No problem taking the outer lock nut off but you need a deep socket to get the other one off.
I keep an extendable lug wrench in the truck and it has several sockets but they aren't deep. But,,, if you just barely put the socket on fhe handle we were able to get the nut loose and free the spare.
Oops, The Trailer Aid Ramp didn't lift the axle high enough to get an aired up tire on.
A man had driven his Gator down his lane to the road to see if he could help and he went back home and brought back a floor jack faster than I could dig out my trucks bottle jack.
Bottom line is our freind thouht she was all set for a tire change but she wasn't.
She had a battery operated impact wrench but someone stole
it.
She is young, 40's, and fit and thought she could take the lugnuts off. A piece of pipe for leverage would help.
She thought the trailer aid would work, so did I, Ours has been used for 3 of our trailers and worked great. A 2x6 a few inches longer for a base will make it work.
A dry run for tire changing is good preperation.
We did get it done faster than waiting for a service call and still got in a nice ride.
Oh and I'm 71 and don't give a thought to being to old to change a tire.
Not yet and I thank the Lord for that blessing.
Happy camping. Jon
One of her trailer tires had blown out and she couldn't get the lug nuts loose. She was only a few miles away and she couldn't get off the road, no shoulder.
We unloaded the horses and unhooked the trailer. So I could take just the truck to go help.
Her truck and living Quarters horse trailer was sittng in the highway on a rare section of straight road.
I got the lugnuts loose and she pulled the trailer up on her Trailer Aid ramp and we finished taking the tire off.
Oops. Her spare is held on with 2 nuts on 1 stud. No problem taking the outer lock nut off but you need a deep socket to get the other one off.
I keep an extendable lug wrench in the truck and it has several sockets but they aren't deep. But,,, if you just barely put the socket on fhe handle we were able to get the nut loose and free the spare.
Oops, The Trailer Aid Ramp didn't lift the axle high enough to get an aired up tire on.
A man had driven his Gator down his lane to the road to see if he could help and he went back home and brought back a floor jack faster than I could dig out my trucks bottle jack.
Bottom line is our freind thouht she was all set for a tire change but she wasn't.
She had a battery operated impact wrench but someone stole
it.
She is young, 40's, and fit and thought she could take the lugnuts off. A piece of pipe for leverage would help.
She thought the trailer aid would work, so did I, Ours has been used for 3 of our trailers and worked great. A 2x6 a few inches longer for a base will make it work.
A dry run for tire changing is good preperation.
We did get it done faster than waiting for a service call and still got in a nice ride.
Oh and I'm 71 and don't give a thought to being to old to change a tire.
Not yet and I thank the Lord for that blessing.
Happy camping. Jon
