trailer jack on a tow dolly

Tal/IL wrote:
You should not disconnect the dolly from the towing vehicle with a towed vehicle loaded on the dolly. It can be dangerous.

Key word, "can". Just depends what the tongue weight is and how much you can lift.
To be fair, I only recall pulling the dolly off with toad on it, once. It was a Uhaul dolly with a Chevy pickup on it. POS Uhaul truck needed repairs en-route and it was quicker and easier to just drop the dolly w/ toad to take the truck over for the night for repairs.
I recall grabbing a piece of 4x4 lumber that I had for a wheel chock, pulling the dolly hitch up and my wife stuck the 4x4 under it to keep it propped up. Toad was parked in gear to not roll.

But a jack would work superbly.

Set the brake on the toad. I don't see a problem. Just don't drive off in the morning with it set.

You should not disconnect the dolly from the towing vehicle with a towed vehicle loaded on the dolly. It can be dangerous. Here is a pretty complete instruction video on tow dollies. Disconnecting a loaded dolly is addressed at about 8:15 in the video.

https://youtu.be/i2VLlxx2MHo

It would seem very feasible and easy, if that's what you wanted to do. Just go to the local trailer place or farm store and get a jack with the right heights and a universal rectangular U bolt side mount plate.

But do you need one? Tow dollies don't really have tongue weight. I've disconnected them with a vehicle on before. Although it could get stuck and need some assistance. Jack would be easier if you had to do it regularly.

fj12ryder wrote:
I'm not really sure I understand the question. If you're not unloading the toad, why do you need to unhook from the motorhome? Can't you just level it with the tow dolly hooked up?

I do !!!!, only time I unhook is if I have a back-in site.

I'm not really sure I understand the question. If you're not unloading the toad, why do you need to unhook from the motorhome? Can't you just level it with the tow dolly hooked up?