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otrfun
Explorer II
Sep 19, 2015

Safe Placement of a Bottle Jack on a Narrow Frame Rail

Just replaced one of my entire axles assemblies (leafs, axle, & brakes) on my 7000 lb. toy hauler. I used two 3-ton floor jacks to place 4 jack stands. Hard not to notice the 3-ton floor jacks were ...
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Old-Biscuit
Explorer III
Sep 19, 2015
I use bottle jack directly under spring perch on axle tube to jack up one wheel position at a time.

All dynamic loading occurs where springs are attached to axle tube......good enough to jack there also.

In order to jack on frame I would need to build cribbing at least 12" high (probably higher).

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