Where to place jack when changing flat tire?
On my last camper to change a flat, I always used a bottle jack under the frame to jack up the travel trailer. It had normal dual axles. My new camper (Forest River Vibe) has spread axles. Also, on...
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Toddupton wrote:
The frame, always the frame and never the axle.
On Lippert manufactured frames, that used to be their instruction. Now, they are okay with using jacking the tire off the ground when you are changing a tire as long as you are right at the spring U-bolts. In fact, I was at a rally last month and the Lippert techs were doing some upgrades for folks, and they were using the axles to lift it.
Lifting by the frame is nearly impossible to do on the side of the road without special jacks or cribbing material. In fact, there is no reason to lift the entire weight of one side of the coach when you only want to pull one wheel off.
Jim
