Jiffy Jack

[Diamondpilot]

I would avoid. I have replaced two axles that got bent spindles using this or similar.

If the trailer is loaded it will overload the axle. If you are under the single axles weight limit it would be ok I guess.

Me personally, carry a 12 ton bottle jack. $30 and has never let me down.

Chris

 

[ENC]

They don't need to be torsion axles. You just need to have enough height on the ramp to max out the leaf spring adjustment. Trust me on this I have done it more times than I care to remember.

 

[3930dave]

Trailer Aid - lower cost option that I was looking at this Winter.

Amazon.com: Trailer Aid Tandem Tire Changing Ramp: Automotive

I don't have one, but the reviews look positive. Sounds like they make a taller one for 5'th wheels ?

Diamondpilot has a good point about watching the total loading though....

At the moment, I use a small garage jack, something like this:

2 ton Compact Trolley Jack as it's capacity is adequate for my travel trailer....

Rgds, D.

 

[bcp]

These blocks only work on torsion axles. I don't think the op said what he is going to use it on. Also a a scrap 6x6 mitered works also.

Depends on the trailer. There are reports both ways.

www.ifish.net - View Single Post - Dual axle trailer tire change ramp??????

Bruce

 

[bigtiller]

These blocks only work on torsion axles. I don't think the op said what he is going to use it on. Also a a scrap 6x6 mitered works also.

I forgot to add that. I have torsion axles.

 

[bigtiller]

I would avoid. I have replaced two axles that got bent spindles using this or similar.

If the trailer is loaded it will overload the axle. If you are under the single axles weight limit it would be ok I guess.

Me personally, carry a 12 ton bottle jack. $30 and has never let me down.

Chris

Their own web site says several times to use blocks of wood to verify what size ramp to order. I wonder how many people do that, then find some screws and just screw them together and save a hundred bucks.

 

[JJZ 109]

Trailer Aid - lower cost option that I was looking at this Winter.

Amazon.com: Trailer Aid Tandem Tire Changing Ramp: Automotive

I don't have one, but the reviews look positive. Sounds like they make a taller one for 5'th wheels ?

I have one of these, only it's black in color. It got me back on the road quickly after a blowout on I95 in South Carolina on the return home from Florida this past April. I don't like the thought of hanging around dealing with a jack and the extra time it would have taken on that crazy highway.
It always rides in my business trailer the rest of the year just in case something happens locally.

 

[3930dave]

I have one of these, only it's black in color. It got me back on the road quickly after a blowout on I95 in South Carolina on the return home from Florida this past April. I don't like the thought of hanging around dealing with a jack and the extra time it would have taken on that crazy highway.
It always rides in my business trailer the rest of the year just in case something happens locally.

If you have some cutoff framing material lying around anyway, and a box of screws, it's easy enough to throw something together.

If I was going to buy something, I could live with $30, but not $100, on my budget. Don't get me wrong OP, I like the look of aluminum just fine , and am not trying to tell you how to spend your money.... just adding :2cents: down your way, as we don't have pennies up here anymore !

JJZ got a point, over the years I've changed 2 tires on the side of a high-speed expressway..... every 30 seconds that you don't have to be there has value, at least to me.

Rgds, D.

 

[bigtiller]

If you have some cutoff framing material lying around anyway, and a box of screws, it's easy enough to throw something together.

If I was going to buy something, I could live with $30, but not $100, on my budget. Don't get me wrong OP, I like the look of aluminum just fine , and am not trying to tell you how to spend your money.... just adding :2cents: down your way, as we don't have pennies up here anymore !

JJZ got a point, over the years I've changed 2 tires on the side of a high-speed expressway..... every 30 seconds that you don't have to be there has value, at least to me.

Rgds, D.

Say, there is one way to look at it! The last time I had a flat on the road, or away from home, was 1973. Maybe I don't need one after all.

 

[3930dave]

Say, there is one way to look at it! The last time I had a flat on the road, or away from home, was 1973. Maybe I don't need one after all.

You know how this works all prepared for a problem... it never shows up.... out on the road with no spare and no jack, that's when you blow 2 tires ! Murphy rules......

Smart to plan for the worst..... I know many people who've had blow-outs with relatively new tires. I was glad I started a thread on here when I was shopping for mine, as I've been happy with the Greenball's I bought based on Chris's recommendation.

http://www.tractorbynet.com/forums/trailers-transportation/229438-decent-non-china-trailer-tires.html

There are some other good choices out there, but even some of the big name brands have had serious problems. The quote I posted from Carlisle this time last year I find rather troubling.

Rgds, D.