Jackin' up an F350.....

[BobG_in_VA]

Just a quick note for all you folks with 3/4 and 1ton trucks together with whatever size trailers/tractors that you put on the trailers. I was at Harbor Freight yesterday and picked up a 12 ton bottle jack on sale for $30....I've got an F350 diesel and tried to jack up the rear (empty bed) with the pathetic jack that was included under the seat...what a pain...I put the bottle jack under it today and effortlessly took it off the ground...not a sermon, just a thought for Christmas. Merry Christmas to all of you! BobG in VA

 

[scott_vt]

Another though about bottle jacks. I used to carry one and found out that it was too tall to fit under the axle when the tire was flat....not a sermon, just a thought....

Good Evenin Ron,
Bob must have one of the short ones !

BTW, Im ex WA1HLP...

 

[Bird]

Another though about bottle jacks. I used to carry one and found out that it was too tall to fit under the axle when the tire was flat....not a sermon, just a thought....

I've seen that happen with travel trailers, too. The ones I've encountered had tandem axles, so I was able to put blocks under a wheel, pull forward onto the blocks and then get the jack under the axle. I guess you could do the same with a single axle RV or pickup.

 

[Soundguy]

Just a quick note for all you folks with 3/4 and 1ton trucks together with whatever size trailers/tractors that you put on the trailers. I was at Harbor Freight yesterday and picked up a 12 ton bottle jack on sale for $30....I've got an F350 diesel and tried to jack up the rear (empty bed) with the pathetic jack that was included under the seat...what a pain...I put the bottle jack under it today and effortlessly took it off the ground...not a sermon, just a thought for Christmas. Merry Christmas to all of you! BobG in VA

ditto that. the jack with my F450 needs about a foot of lumber to be able to get the truck to move any.. and more to actually lift it enough to get a tire on it..

I also got a bottle jack for mine.

soundguy

 

[BobG_in_VA]

Good Evenin Ron,
Bob must have one of the short ones !

BTW, Im ex WA1HLP...

Cute...I think you'll note the original thought was on an F350...sprung pretty high although it is stock...on flat ground, I had to "unscrew" the top of the jack till it was all the way out and then had to pump a few times to get it to contact under the rear axle...so I guess you'd have to say I have a long one....The thought on the tandem axle...ie. the "how to" is very informative..that's how I change the front tires on my Farmall tricyles..put a couple of 2x6s under one side pull up on it to lift the other tire off the ground...I suppose you could actually use (2) 2x's under your truck flat, pull up on them and then stick yours in...BobG in VA

 

[MikeD74T]

Cute...I think you'll note the original thought was on an F350...sprung pretty high although it is stock...on flat ground, I had to "unscrew" the top of the jack till it was all the way out and then had to pump a few times to get it to contact under the rear axle...so I guess you'd have to say I have a long one....The thought on the tandem axle...ie. the "how to" is very informative..that's how I change the front tires on my Farmall tricyles..put a couple of 2x6s under one side pull up on it to lift the other tire off the ground...I suppose you could actually use (2) 2x's under your truck flat, pull up on them and then stick yours in...BobG in VA

But will it fit with a tire deflated??? MikeD74T

 

[Soundguy]

i know mine will. the stock jack, fully extended just barely made contact with the truck at all.. let alone lift it...

soundguy

 

[crashz]

The stock jack in my 1/2 ton bent while changing a front tire. i had the truck up and the flat off and it started to lean. Got the spare on and a few lugs hand tight before she toppled.

An 8 ton bottle jack is in the tool box now.

 

[Soundguy]

the stock jacks they provide nowadays are funny.. the one in my 450 is the same size as my 250, and the frame on the 450 sets so much higher off the ground that it ain't even funny. I think a ford engineer should have to drive out and change your tire with the tools he designed for the truck when ever a situation like that occurs.. ( substitue whatever brand needed inthat last phrase.. I'm sure it happens in other brands as well.. )

soundguy

 

[Soundguy]

big rims and tires = more ground clearance.

soundguy

 

[Soundguy]

all depends on where my truck decides to throw a tire, what options I have to pull over.. ie.. embankment, unpaved shoulder, paved shoulder.. etc.. that makes the difference where I place my jack so it's safe for me to be working near it.

Mind you.. on the rears it ain't so bad.. unless you loose an inside rear and have to pull both.. if just an outside rear.. safety factor goes way up.

front / rear makes a big difference too as to what the jack goes under, in accordance with the above statement...

soundguy

 

[scott_vt]

...so I guess you'd have to say I have a long one....

I suppose you could actually use (2) 2x's under your truck flat, pull up on them and then stick yours in...BobG in VA

Good Evenin Bob,
Im glad somebody does !

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours !

May it be a RED Christams !

 

[clemsonfor]

Just a quick note for all you folks with 3/4 and 1ton trucks together with whatever size trailers/tractors that you put on the trailers. I was at Harbor Freight yesterday and picked up a 12 ton bottle jack on sale for $30....I've got an F350 diesel and tried to jack up the rear (empty bed) with the pathetic jack that was included under the seat...what a pain...I put the bottle jack under it today and effortlessly took it off the ground...not a sermon, just a thought for Christmas. Merry Christmas to all of you! BobG in VA

I bought a 2 ton bottle jack on yellow tag clearance at HF for something like $6. It would work. Its fairly short and theres no way the back or fron t of your truck will weigh 4K lbs!!

 

[clemsonfor]

big rims and tires = more ground clearance.

soundguy

Yep but you need a larger suspention or body lift to get that taller rubber stuffed under there!

 

[Soundguy]

ot has it.. there i splenty of fender to tire clearance...

soundguy

 

[aczlan]

I bought a 2 ton bottle jack on yellow tag clearance at HF for something like $6. It would work. Its fairly short and theres no way the back or fron t of your truck will weigh 4K lbs!!

What about a dually truck with a gooseneck trailer attached? Or a large equipment trailer.

Aaron Z

 

[Reg]

I've seen that happen with travel trailers, too. The ones I've encountered had tandem axles, so I was able to put blocks under a wheel, pull forward onto the blocks and then get the jack under the axle. I guess you could do the same with a single axle RV or pickup.

That works (-:
I have about a 4ft length of laminated truss board, 14 x 2 that I carry around for the trailers.
That and a triangular rubber wheel chock builds a custom ramp for rolling the good wheel up, "custom" to adjust for whatever surface incline I'm on.
The board also doubles as a parking pad for the trailer, saves driveway dents and sinking in soft ground.
I won't trust those plastic trailer-aid things on dirt, just too wobbly if I have horses getting impatient - and they do, if the trailer stops they expect to get out.
I recently got a pair of plastic ramps from AutoZone, supposedly 6 ton rating with 17 degree wedge angle, which is sharp enough to drive my daughter;s low slung (& now sagging) mini van up onto.
I'll probably carry those around too.

 

[BobG_in_VA]

I bought a 2 ton bottle jack on yellow tag clearance at HF for something like $6. It would work. Its fairly short and theres no way the back or fron t of your truck will weigh 4K lbs!!

Merry Christmas...my F350 weighs 6000 lbs WITHOUT the 38 gallons of diesel, plus the gooseneck trailer...(dead in the center of the bed) that weighs 4500 lbs EMPTY, plus the weight of whatever tractor/car/truck, etc that happens to be on it...sooooo....yeah, it'll weigh way more than a measly 4K lbs....PS: the gooseneck hitch is good for 30,000 lbs...soooo, I may be OK with just 12 ton....BobG in VA

 

[BobG_in_VA]

Good Evenin Bob,
Im glad somebody does !

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to you and yours !

May it be a RED Christams !

MERRY CHRISTMAS SCOTT! BobG in VA

 

[Diamondpilot]

Merry Christmas...my F350 weighs 6000 lbs WITHOUT the 38 gallons of diesel, plus the gooseneck trailer...(dead in the center of the bed) that weighs 4500 lbs EMPTY, plus the weight of whatever tractor/car/truck, etc that happens to be on it...sooooo....yeah, it'll weigh way more than a measly 4K lbs....PS: the gooseneck hitch is good for 30,000 lbs...soooo, I may be OK with just 12 ton....BobG in VA

That has to be the lightest F-350 in the world. Heck, my Nissan Titan weighs 5,600#.

I have had 2 F-350's. Both were SRW 4x4 Diesels. The 7.3L one was a regular cab long bed and weighed 7,200# and my current 6.0L short bed extended cab weighs 7,600#. That is with 3/4 tank of fuel in each but either way thats over 1,000# heavier than you say.

Heck, even my 05 Dmax 4x4 weighed over 7,000#

By the way a friends dually F-350 6.0 4x4 weighs about 7,800#.

Chris