Jacking single axle trailer

JRscooby wrote:

bobbick wrote:
Is it ok to jack it up here on my single axle trailer?

IMHO, this is best place. If the top of jack has hole or depression center under the tie-bolt will reduce the chance to slip. If I was really afraid, I would use wood block.

That is where I jack with my dual axles..

However, in the case of my TT which uses "drop" axles, I have only about 3" from the edge of the rim to my preferred jacking point in your pix.

With a flat tire, there is no way to fit any jack under that spot.

So the options are in the case of a flat tire is to have a second jack available to use in front of or behind the spring mounts on the trailer frame in order to get a jack under the axle mount.

Or, as someone else mentioned something like a a couple of short 2x10s stacked to pull the flat tire up on to. Once you have enough height to slip a jack under the jacking point you can remove the flat tire and then remove the blocking and put the new tire on..

I carry some 2x10s a few blocks of wood, a shorty low profile hydraulic 10 ton jack and a taller 4 ton hydraulic jack for this occasion..

The shorty jack is 6" tall but only extends to about 10" so it does take some blocking and planning to get it high enough to change a tire..

Looks like this..



There are other jacks that can be used that really do not need a lot of clearance..

The venerable scissors jack can fold down to only about 4" tall for storage and will typically extend to about 15"..



As with any time you jack things up, finding as flat and as level of hard ground as possible are top priorities..