Changing a tire on tt what do you use?

From the number of posts about the spare being low on air... Am I the only one that checks the pressure in the spare whenever I check the otherr tires?

Back to the original question, I carry a bottle jack and my cordless impact.

And if you havee a flat in my driveway, your cell phone will not help you out. No coverage here. And in many spots for the next 400 miles west.

Just make sure your jack is going to fit under the axle when the tire is flat.
And have a board in case the soil is soft.

bpounds wrote:
You want to lift under the axle. Don't buy all that stuff about lifting under the frame. Seems to me that the ground to axle distance can't be more than a few inches difference between a trailer and a truck.

I always lift under axle on a tt . I don't really want to Jack the WHOLE enchilada up that'd be a whole lotta jacking & for what ?

You want to lift under the axle. Don't buy all that stuff about lifting under the frame. Seems to me that the ground to axle distance can't be more than a few inches difference between a trailer and a truck.

GordonThree wrote:

bpounds wrote:
The jack that came with my truck will lift one tire on the trailer just fine. No need to carry another jack. Depending on the situation I might prefer to just use my leveling blocks. Again, nothing extra needed.

Fiat seems to have gone out of their way to make the jack for my Ram work only with the truck. The "head" of the jack has a peg on it, designed to fit into a hole certain parts of the truck frame. I guess it's their attempt to "idiot proof" jacking, so someone doesn't end up trying to lift in the wrong area. Downside is, that peg means the jack can't just be used on any old flat surface, like the trailer frame.

The jack for my Subaru is the same way, the head is very small, and has a slot cut in it specially shaped to fit certain pinch weld sections of the uni-body.

My 1500 ram outdoorsman Jack worked well (2016) well not really well but it did work once in the campground in the mud . My 3500 ram is different I believe it's too tall to start with ( didn't try used tape measure) yep had a subie too ,think it fit in a slot or notch
Think I'll get some adapters fabed up for bottle Jack to make things a bit more secure

Cheers

^Thats weird, never looked at them. Maybe make a little plywood pad with a hole in it to make it more universal?

bpounds wrote:
The jack that came with my truck will lift one tire on the trailer just fine. No need to carry another jack. Depending on the situation I might prefer to just use my leveling blocks. Again, nothing extra needed.

Fiat seems to have gone out of their way to make the jack for my Ram work only with the truck. The "head" of the jack has a peg on it, designed to fit into a hole certain parts of the truck frame. I guess it's their attempt to "idiot proof" jacking, so someone doesn't end up trying to lift in the wrong area. Downside is, that peg means the jack can't just be used on any old flat surface, like the trailer frame.

The jack for my Subaru is the same way, the head is very small, and has a slot cut in it specially shaped to fit certain pinch weld sections of the uni-body.

The jack that came with my truck will lift one tire on the trailer just fine. No need to carry another jack. Depending on the situation I might prefer to just use my leveling blocks. Again, nothing extra needed.

(FYI, I have a smaller version of the one in the photo above. Problem is, it's shorter, so if using it, I have to put lumber under it first ... which I have. I always carry it in my truck. It's not quite as "hefty" as the one in the photo above, but it does lift the trailer and I feel more comfortable using it to lift the truck than the jack that came with the truck ... which really is just a flimsy death trap. So I keep it in those side panels all the time. That's what I use... But ... getting new tires at a tire store is just sooooo much easier!)

ScottG wrote:
I'd rather spend 15 minutes changing it myself than wait 1 or more dangerous hours on the side of the road for some service to show up.

Yep I'm with you