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Duramax1
Explorer
May 24, 2013

Do you jack up your 5th wheel with the landing gear down?

I plan to jack up the 5th wheel in order to lubricate the wheel bearings while the RV is in storage. Normally the hitch is not installed in my truck while the RV is in storage. Is there any problem wi...
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Cummins12V98
Explorer III
May 27, 2013
msjdbman wrote:
To each their own...but I`ve owned 3 different 5ers now and never worried about jacking one wheel at a time (under the axle) with the landing gear down. To me there are far more things to worry about than this issue.


I agree but he was talking about raising the whole side of his rv so both tires are off the ground.

And I am sure you meant as close to the tire as possible on the axle tube.

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