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tinstartrvlr
Explorer
Mar 10, 2017

Jacking up a TT

Greetings all...
About to have some wheel bearing maintenance done on TT. It weighs about 7900 lbs. The tech that is going to do the work asked me about the weight, because he wasn't sure his floor jack would lift the TT. He then explained he tried to lift a 5th wheel and it wasn't stout enough.
It got me thinking that perhaps a floor jack on the frame isn't the most sensible thing to do; putting half the weight of the TT on one tiny spot along the frame. A Lippert frame no less.
Seems jacking up each axle just enough to remove the wheel makes more sense.
Any thoughts, good or bad?

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    the_bear_II
    Explorer
    Mar 10, 2017
    Most of the time I use the jack underneath the plate where the u-bolts connect to the axle. I jack up one wheel and use a jack-stand to secure it then repeat on each wheel to get all four off of the ground or one side at a time if I only need one side off of the ground.

    I've done this with three different TT and two different 5th wheels with no ill effects to the suspension or frame.

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