How To SAFELY Jack Up A Trailer
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 24 ต.ค. 2023
- Everyone that owns a trailer should know how to SAFELY jack up that trailer so they can be ready to perform maintenance or repairs when the need arises. Where are the jack points? And what are the safest ways to keep the trailer in the air while working on it? Whether you own a small utility trailer, a heavy duty gooseneck trailer or you want to work on your RV, The TrailerSmith will show you best practices for not only jacking up the trailer, but also for safely maintaining the height to allow you to complete the work.
Safety is the most important thing!
Grab your jack and some jack stands and let's go!
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Love your videos. Very informative.
Shopping for trailer tires would be great video also! Love the content keep’em coming!
Good idea! We actually have that one in the works. Look for it soon! Thanks for watching and for the input!
Thank you for the video.
You're welcome and thank you for watching!
Great video, thanks fir the explanations, glad I found your channel, 1 question, How tight should the castle nut need to be? I'm in the middle of doing my rv and they were barely finger tight, I replaced them with the same 'slacks if you will, but they're definitely not tight, thanks for any advice keep the videos coming😊
Nice video. You give good advice. Have you ever seen Safe Jack products. You wouldn't need wood blocks to raise the jack? I have had some close calls with jacks on the farm and working on aircraft.
Excellent content...Is there a chance that you could put a little oil on the Air bottle jacks' "acme treads" since he works so hard. Thanks for keeping us safe.
I have a 28’ bumper pull travel trailer. The shackles have bolt holes 2” above the ones being used. Can I lower the trailer by raising the tandem axles? Any help would be appreciated.
Can you do a video on servicing oil bath hubs, new seals being installed etc..
Great question & video suggestion! The answer is yes! We already have an axle mocked up we can do that on. Look for that video soon! Thanks for the input.
Thanks.
Thank you for watching!
Great video. Very comprehensive and informative.
The feedback is much appreciated! Thanks for watching!
How would you lift a fifth wheel RV if there is plastic covering the underbelly and attached to the frame?
But on a tandem axle trailer (especially a heavy one) you can quickly get one tire off of the ground with the Trailer-Aid device and then replace broken springs a couple months later (after looking at the broken springs with a dumb look on your face that asks "how could that have happened"?).
My triple axle box tv toy hauler is heating the tires on on side and not the other ;I just correctly replaced the grease on all six axles and it’s still doing it .
Have you checked that the tires are inflated to the proper psi? Too low of psi will cause the tire walls to heat up.
How do you jack up a tv with torsion axles?
Great vid. I just put an empty 7k 7x16 1,800 lb curb weight twin axle trailer on 4 brand new 6 ton jack stands. I removed all 4 tires to prevent it from getting stolen. I don't like how wobbly it feels on these jack stands. Any suggestions to removing the wobble? I might put cinder blocks or large dimensional lumber with 1x / 2x shims as secondary support in case any jack stands fail, etc..
Hi! Thank you for watching! First, I would just make sure that the jack stands are on a hard surface. The cinder block and/or dimensional lumber would be a good back up. I would definitely just take a look at everything and just make sure each jack stand is on a hard surface, that the jack stands are all at equal heights, and that the trailer is making good contact with each jack stand. I hope this helps!
@@TheTrailerSmith Umm lol the jacks stands are currently on slightly uneven hard gravel. But all the stands have good contact with the trailer frame on all 4 corners. However, I'm going to improve upon this. I appreciate your help!
@@iraseierstad6684 I would suggest you use some lumber pieces- 2x6 is good for this (or something similar, just make sure it's wide enough to fit all the feet of the jack stand) to place under the jack stands to create the hard surface. You may have to place more than one 2x6 stacked on top of each other to level out the trailer from side to side and front to back.
@@TheTrailerSmith Thanks. These jacks have miniature flat steel feet on the corners of them. However, I noticed they're still sinking into the gravel. So yeah, 2x lumber as the foundation is very important. Stay well!
I have a 2021 Micro Minnie 2108TB I have torsion axles and can't seem to find a video to show me where I should put my jack to remove tires . Can you help please.
If it has torsion axles, you can jack right on the axle. Hope this helps! Thanks for watching!
Where do you put the jack on a lightweight travel trailer, so as not to damage the frame itself?
You would need to look up your jack points based on your manufacturers specification. It varies by manufacturer and even by model and years of the travel trailer.
Can I lift the entire trailer using 4 12 ton jack stands? I’d like to remove all four wheels at once. 20 ft travel trailer.
You’ll probably be fine doing that with a 20 ft travel trailer. I prefer to do one side at a time on travel trailers b/c frame and structure are built at a bare minimum and I don’t want to warp or crack the frame. This is what I recommend doing if it’s at all possible.
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