Removing Wheels and Tires
I need some guidance on the equipment needed and procedure to remove wheels and tires on an 20' 8,000 pound trailer to lower it in a semi-permanent location. I am thinking two 5 ton bottle jacks an...
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NMace wrote:
Thanks. It is not in an RV park, but on private land. The goal is to lower the unit for ease of entry for my mobility limited DW. It will be there for at least 6 months and possibly permanently.
So I need to place the jacks closer to the axles?
I have seen houses built on cinder block piers, and thousands of house trailers on them, I had no idea to suspect their structural integrity. I will do a search to see if I can find their load limits. The plan was for 6 piers, about 1,500 pounds per. Anybody know their limits?
Again, thanks for the assistance.
Have you checked to see what that will do to your taxes?
Around my area trailers as long as they have wheels on them are not taxed because they are not considered a permanent structure..
Take the wheels off and now it is consider permanent and taxes are assessed on the trailer.
Personally I would leave the wheels on and depending on the land I would dig down a foot or make a small wooden porch with long ramp. With a porch if done correctly you could make smaller modules that can be bolted together so if you are no longer able to use that land or want to move to another location the porch can be taken with you.
Taking the wheels off is only going to drop your height 8" at the most (my trailer has less than 5" between the road and bottom of the brake drum) and to get more you would have to dig a pit for the axles to sit in..
