1989 Layton TT, Axle flip? What brand axles?
Hey y'all, I know this topic has been covered a bunch and I did read some of threads out there on this topic. My recently acquired 89' Layton seems to sit very low to the ground to me. Although...
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I have another question for consideration.
Again, here is another well discussed topic, but one that makes me very nervous nontheless.
For those of you all who have done the axle relocation, how did you jak up your rigs to get it all off the ground?
On the last rig I had (1995 Boomer), I had to jack it up all the way so I could get 4 new tires for it. I jacked on the frame as close to the rear spring mount as I could.
I was able to get it up and on jack-stands, but I can still remeber how "hairy" it was doing that. I remeber at one point the front tongue jack came off the ground and I didn't like that at all either.
I read one suggestion that involves lowering the tongue jack all the way down, and then putting jack-stands under the frame behind the rear wheels on both sides, then lifting the front of the rig with the tongue jack and once the front is raise, put jack stands under the frame of the camper in front of the wheels.
This seems like it would be the easiest way to lift the entire trailer and the safest.
I also thought about using concret blocks instaed of jackstands (with some 2x6s on top of the blocks to protect the frame,as I know the blocks would be more stable than jack stands.
If anyone has any suggestions on this, I'd appreciate it. Whenever I've had to jack an entire vehicle off the ground (all 4 wheels) for a car or RV it makes me nervous for sure, it's just a bit precarious until you get it all back down on all 4 jack-stands.
Thanks,
Greg
Again, here is another well discussed topic, but one that makes me very nervous nontheless.
For those of you all who have done the axle relocation, how did you jak up your rigs to get it all off the ground?
On the last rig I had (1995 Boomer), I had to jack it up all the way so I could get 4 new tires for it. I jacked on the frame as close to the rear spring mount as I could.
I was able to get it up and on jack-stands, but I can still remeber how "hairy" it was doing that. I remeber at one point the front tongue jack came off the ground and I didn't like that at all either.
I read one suggestion that involves lowering the tongue jack all the way down, and then putting jack-stands under the frame behind the rear wheels on both sides, then lifting the front of the rig with the tongue jack and once the front is raise, put jack stands under the frame of the camper in front of the wheels.
This seems like it would be the easiest way to lift the entire trailer and the safest.
I also thought about using concret blocks instaed of jackstands (with some 2x6s on top of the blocks to protect the frame,as I know the blocks would be more stable than jack stands.
If anyone has any suggestions on this, I'd appreciate it. Whenever I've had to jack an entire vehicle off the ground (all 4 wheels) for a car or RV it makes me nervous for sure, it's just a bit precarious until you get it all back down on all 4 jack-stands.
Thanks,
Greg
