Trailer Off Tires for Winter Storage???
I'm a bit new to TT. This is my first winter storage of one. Had Truck Campers until this year. Do you TT owners put blocks under the spring perches to take the weight off the tires during winter s...
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bfast54 wrote:
Well I look at it this way since I'm the one paying the bill I do what I feel is best --if you're the one paying the bill then you do what you feel is best !!
Where I'm at in the north We can get two to three foot of snow on the roof of an RV and then in the spring when it rains that turns into wet snow ----ever try to pick up a shovel full of wet sloppy snow ???? weighs a lot doesn't it ???
imagine 30. Ft. Rv.. Wet. Snow. 2 feet high on top of the trailer-- I think that adds a pound or two
Purpose of OPs question was SHOULD THEY JACK UP THE TRAILER OFF THE TIRES FOR THE WINTER.
YOUR answer about SNOW LOADS has NOTHING TO DO WITH THE OPs QUESTION ABOUT TAKING TRAILER WEIGHT OFF THE TIRES.
OP'S question comes from many years of repeated MYTHS of days gone by when folks would jack up their antique vehicles (or extra vehicles) they were going to store for the winter.
This was done supposedly to take:
1) weight off the tires to prevent DAMAGE to the tires due to the weight staying in one place on the tires.
2) Prevent damage to the "suspension" of said vehicle while it is sitting long term.
BOTH of the above "reasons" mentioned above are nothing more than a fictional myth..
Born from a story that came from "brother of a friend who had an uncle's friend's cousin relay a story of another distant cousin's brother having a tire blowout sitting while stored.. Or the vehicle broke a spring while sitting stored"..
Tires AND suspensions are designed to not only handle the movement on the road but sitting still for LONG TERM..
ANYONE who is jacking up a trailer off the wheels for long term storage or winter storage is simply WASTING THEIR TIME AND ENERGY and is not needed..
Winter snow loads will have MORE effect on the trailer roof and not tires or suspension..
Winter snow loads SHOULD be delt with on a "as needed" basis very carefully BY REMOVING THE ACCUMULATED SNOW..
Rather than depending on jacking up the trailer.
Jacking up a trailer for the snow load does not accomplish anything since the greatest risk of damage is the ROOF COLLAPSE in that case.
