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JIMNLIN
May 11, 2020Explorer III
What I wonder is will it bend the axle with the good tire? The weight that had been carried on 2 wheels now is carried by just one. My 7500GVWR trailer has 2 3500lb axles.
Mine never has. I don't use ramps for changing a flat or working on a wheel assy. It takes a lot of force to bend a axle tube or the stub.
Pulling non rv trailers with axle sizes from 1750 lb on up to 11000 lbs around worksites with ditches cut here and there or just across the ditch to get on the road (or off the road) where the first wheel drops in and places all the weight on the following wheel I've never came out with a bent axle.
And lets not forget we can chain up one end of a ruined axle or lost hub/etc and limp on home or find a repair shop....at reduced speeds.
I'm sure owners using ramp up devices would report a bent axle from doing so.
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