Lift trailer under frame or axle
While performing maintenance on the axle bearings or brakes. I keep hearing that one must lift and support the trailer by frame lift, not axle lift. Why is the case, if true? When CW came out to ch...
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proxim2020 wrote:buzzard616 wrote:
Slight twist to the topic but I'm curious about 'ramping' one wheel to raise the other off the ground.
Doesn't that result in the ramped wheel/tire/hub supporting almost twice the design load?
Stu
Wouldn't the load be split between the remaining 3 units?
Not really. You're only taking the weight off the tire next to the ramped one. The two on the other side are still carrying their half of the trailer, so in effect you are carrying one side of the trailer on one tire.
Stu
