Flat

Kayteg1 wrote:

jaycocreek wrote:
You can buy the saddle that goes on the end of the bottle jack..And note the difference in height from the axle housing to the bottom of the spring plate..Sometimes that matters...

this is the worse point to put your jack for corner lifting.
It gives max bending force on the axle pipe.
Looks like that jack would easy fit under the leaf springs, what would be perfect lifting point.

Thank you Kaytegl.
Many will say they have never seen the tube bend. And that saddle will make it less likely for jack to slip off axle. But will not prevent enough of a bend to put bearings out of line.

jaycocreek wrote:


I use where you mentioned when available but sometimes that little different in height won't let the jack under it so it's either start digging or under the tube..

3-4 inches matters :B

Hole for jack would work, but IMHO not the best plan. To start, I never liked digging under best of conditions. Laying down under the truck is not the best of condition. Then you need to jack up to level, then go higher to get spare on. Put that flat on a block/ramp, just like you are leveling to spend the night. This will make it easy to put jack under spring mount. Then you only need to jack up a little more to get weight off the block. When you remove the block and flat you have room for spare.