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JIMNLIN
May 08, 2020Explorer III
ssthrd wrote:
I have read and heard that you should never jack a travel trailer using the frame, the axle, or any suspension part. Kinda eliminates all options as far as I can see, other than rolling one tire up a ramp to raise the other one off the ground.
I have a Wilderness 2750RL. Are the frames on these things too flimsy to be used as jacking points? I would hate to jack the thing up and have the frame fold up on me.
Any real world opinions based on experience?
Jacking a trailer ?? Much depends on what I'm going to do.
Experience ?? 1.2 million miles towing non rv trailers for a living has shown me a lot about what worked better for my jacking situations.
If its a simple changing a fl;at tire out on the road I use a Truckers Special 12ton shorty hyd bottle under the axle tube (leaf spring axle) next to the U bolt. The jack came with a adapter that slips over the top of the jack and cradles the tube. I've used it on every size axle up to 11k lbs that Dexter made.
A short trailers frame like you have will not fold. Someone has a big imagination. Now having said that I did bend a frame on a fully loaded 38' GN flatdeck by placing one jack under the frame. A big rig repair shot fixed my rookie mistake in short order.
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