Jack for trailer to change tires?

hohenwald48 wrote:

Lynnmor wrote:

hohenwald48 wrote:

Lynnmor wrote:
I wouldn't leave any road service jack my trailer unless I was completely disabled. They don't have a clue about where and how to place a jack.

Are you sure that none of them know how to jack up a trailer? Of course, you can still watch and make sure they do it your way if you like.

In PA we are to have our trailers inspected annually. I had to stop the last state certified inspector from jacking my axle near the center. Pulled the trailer out of there never to return. Now remember that was a trained mechanic in a garage, do you think that the low wage road service guy will be any better on the side of the road?

I don't know about all of them but the two times I've used the service in the last 10 years I didn't have any problems at all. Your mileage may vary. Just seems like a pretty broad brush to say all road side services don't know what they're doing based on a single isolated incident with a vehicle inspector. But that's just me.

X1, The validity of a gerenalization about competency is spurious if only based on one incident. I have used GS Emergency Road Side Service for over 20 years could not make that kind of a negative generalization as of today. I am guessing but I probably average using the service 2 times a year or apprx. 40 times in the last 20 years. All my Emer. Road Side incidents were satisfactorly resolved. There have been a few times I have had to tell the service agent that they didn't understand my situation or what services I needed and that I needed to talk to their supervisor. Once I sent an email to Mr. Marcus and he personally called me, resolved the issue and offered me a $25 fuel card as a gesture of customer service.