Changing a flat tire
I have a 34 ft tt and had a flat. Even when I pulled the other tire up a ramp about a foot the flat was still on the ground. Added a 2x6 and just barely lifted it enough to change it. What am I missi...
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wmoses wrote:I have Torflex axles and I've never tried using a wheel lift to raise the tires off the ground. I'm sure it could be done because you don't have the spring hangers and bending of the spring affecting the lift. For me, it's just as easy to position a bottle jack under the frame near the axle brackets and lift from there.Bigbird65 wrote:
Haven't had a flat but just to check I used my jack from my RAM 1500 to lift an axel off the ground. It worked just fine.
I too have not had a flat yet and I hope that I don't but am glad to hear your response since I have a Trailer-Aid (that I never tried) and don't know if my trailer is one that will fail to raise the flat tire when the Trailer Aid is used.
OP - (or anyone else) - I have Tor-flex axles - does anyone know if those are the ones that fail to respond to the Trailer Aid approach?
