opiniones wanted on trailer jack

[Soundguy]

Ok.. so now I have my 24' gooseneck trailer. I'm assembling it's travel accessories. It's at this point I wonder what type of jack is best. In the past I've always used hi-lift style farm jacks around my place.. for tractors and my 16' bumperpull trailer.. etc.

RickB has been on me about getting a good 10 or 20 ton bottle jcak before I drop something heavy onmyself using the hi-lift. so I've been considering one.

opins here? it's got tires.. so I'm bound to get a flat.. so a jack will be needed.

hi lift or bottle?

thanks

soundguy

 

[tommu56]

As long as the side of the trailer can stand the jack rash the highlift is my choice.
I keep one in my truck
Very rarely will it run out of stroke.
you don't have to lay under something to lift it.

Now if you have to "lift" over 5 tons or so the bottle is the only way and a pile of cribbing.

tom

 

[Diamondpilot]

I keep a 12 ton bottle jack in all 3 of my trucks. I got them at Menards for around $16 dollars. They have a little case but will leak some so I line it with paper towels. Also takes out the rattles.

Chris

 

[mjonesnh]

I keep a 10 ton bottle jack in my 16 foot trailer tool box along with a few short pieces of 4x4 in case I need a little extra lift height.

 

[tractorsanmore]

A good bottle jack , jack stand and / or some blocks of oak or similar 4x4 , 6x6 is what I would use . Much safer and if sized right will lift most anything .

 

[Diamondpilot]

Good point on the wood. I keep pieces of 2x6 about 8" long in all my trucks for that need.

Chris

 

[Soundguy]

I'm fond of my hi lift for the reason someone else mentioned.. hard to run out of height on them.

I think I will go ahead and grab a bottle jack as well though.. they are cheap enough.

Already got plenty of cribbing with me... and I usually carry at least one jack stand when i road trip anyway..

thanks for the ideas guys


soundguy

 

[BruceWard]

On my 20' bumper pull I added flip down stands on the back to keep the back from dropping down while loading and unloading. With the stands down at the back I can lift the entire trailer off of the ground with the jack on the tongue. I would not want to try it with a heavy load on the trailer. But it works well for maintenance and would work on the road if necessary. If a front tire were flat it would be easy to use the tongue jack to lift the front tires off of the ground without need for the rear stands.

 

[Skyco]

I carry a 20 ton bottle jack in my truck ever since the day I had my dump trailer loaded and picked up a nail in a tire. I stopped at a small town tire place and believe it or not they did not have a jack heavy enough to lift the trailer! Their air compressor would not go to 110 PSI to reinflate the tire fully either....

 

[schmism]

I picked up a small 6 ton bottle jack to put with mine. I also carry different size blocks (4x6x12 and 2x6x12, 5/4x6) with mine. with a highlift your likely to jack directly on the side of the trailer, so hight may be an issue. But i plan on useing my bottle jack under the axle which at most is about a foot off the ground. well within the range of a standard bottle jack even without any blocking. In addtion to jacking the axle itself i only have to move just a few inches as there is no spring/shackle/equalizer movement to deal with like you do when you jack the side of the trailer.


Either one would work, one may be a better choice than the other depending on conditions. if you have the room take both :thumbsup: