Changing Trailer Tire

[hunterridgefarm]

Anybody use on of these to change their trailer tire?

I will be using my trailer a lot over the next few weeks hauling from the old family farm to our new place. I would like to buy one of these if they will hold up to the load. If I have to take the tractor off the trailer anyway then I will just use the FEL to lift the trailer to change a tire. Of course I hope I don't have to use either one.

I have seen some made out of metal but most are plastic. I need to carry one in the truck if they work good. Could also use on the RV.

 

[mikeymik'd]

Get a piece of 6x6, cut a couple of angles on it. There ya go.

Also works good for blocking tires. I never trailer without one.

 

[hunterridgefarm]

You know I thought of layering a couple of pieces of 2x6 with angles after I posted. I do have a couple of pieces of 6x6 I could use. Plastic would be lighter if they worked and easier to store in the RV. I need to put a tool box on my trailer to store one in.

 

[JIGBUILDER]

I've used the drive on blocks changing a flat on multi axle trailers. BUT I also have split a internal belt in a 16" G load range tire on the block with a heavy equipment trailer. I heard the belt pop which sounded like a tire does when its hit with my tire thumper. The belt and tread was split in the center. Expensive lesson

 

[kennyd]

Get a piece of 6x6, cut a couple of angles on it. There ya go.

Also works good for blocking tires. I never trailer without one.

That is what I have x2, they are cut to fit in between the two wheels so they stop fore and aft movement when used as chocks. I handle is screwed to the top for easy placement and removal. You could pull the trailer up on one to change a tire...but I carry a cheap bottle jack in the tongue-mounted toolbox.

 

[J_J]

Anybody use on of these to change their trailer tire?

I will be using my trailer a lot over the next few weeks hauling from the old family farm to our new place. I would like to buy one of these if they will hold up to the load. If I have to take the tractor off the trailer anyway then I will just use the FEL to lift the trailer to change a tire. Of course I hope I don't have to use either one.

I have seen some made out of metal but most are plastic. I need to carry one in the truck if they work good. Could also use on the RV.

I would assume that it would have to be higher than the axle on a fully inflated tire to work properly. If you have a flat, do you just drag the trailer axle over the center. Do they come in different sizes? I have seen something similar for changing a flat, that looks like a French curve made out of metal with a slot for the axle. The way it works is you place the slot part on the axle and drive forward. As you go forward, the unit rotates until the axle is at the highest position. You then change out the tire, and of course loosen the wheel nuts before pulling up on the axle lifter.

http://www.cabelas.com/prod-1/0001881011032a.shtml

 

[hunterridgefarm]

I would assume that it would have to be higher than the axle on a fully inflated tire to work properly. If you have a flat, do you just drag the trailer axle over the center.

JJ

This is made for a dual axle. You drive the inflated tire/wheel ontop of this.

I have seen the axle thing you are talking about but you would reach under the trailer to position it. With this you just lay it in front of the tire.

 

[J_J]

JJ

This is made for a dual axle. You drive the inflated tire/wheel ontop of this.

I have seen the axle thing you are talking about but you would reach under the trailer to position it. With this you just lay it in front of the tire.

Thanks, I will have to build one and try it. Just for giggles, I didn't have a spare one time on my double axle trailer, so I jacked up the bad tire axle, took the tire off, and chained the axle to the frame of the trailer, and made it home, on three tires.

 

[QRTRHRS]

The Trailer Aid plastic jack that I have is slightly different but it works just fine. I see them here at a good price.

The Trailer Aid has bolts screwed into the plastic body on the bottom to grip the pavement. Wood would work just fine but light weight plastic is nice for storing.

 

[chh]

I have limped the home the way J J describes a couple of times(no usuable spare) and I have used wood blocks to jack up the trailer to change the tire. Generally it was pieces of 2x6 stacked. Worked pretty good at the time. I imagine the plastic one would be lighter and easier to store. The worst mess was when I blew one on a stock trailer(no way to unload) and the p/u jack turned out to be broken. I limped a couple hundred yards down the highway to where a driveway went off and used the difference between the shoulder height and the driveway height to change the tire. I wouldn't(and don't) want to count on that being available though. I currently carry a heavy bottle jack to use.