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JIMNLIN
Jul 30, 2021Explorer III
Cummins12V98 wrote:
Would someone explain why they would not use a TrailerAid or stepped wood blocks???
Not sure how you get a shorty bottle jack under the axle with the tire flat causing the axle to hang low.
I used my 12T shorty hyd bottle jack with tires on my various rv and non rv trailers with 14"/15"/16"/17.5"/19.5" tires with 1750 lb axles on up to 12000 lb axles...when I was on the road 24/7.
Now if the trailer has drop axles then a shorty may not be a good idea.
Several reasons someone wouldn't or couldn't use a trailer aid/ramps.
Useless for a triaxle or single axle trailer.
Useless in soft soils or mud.
Guys like me that have used them but prefer some type of jack under the end of a axle.
I'm sure others have their favorite methods of raising a tire off the ground...but it don't worry me how others do it. Just get'r done.
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