Dorado 2 Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 Hi fellow fishraiders While doing some maintenance on my trailer my setup of jacking the trailer up is very inadequate and I have to do something about it unless I want to take with me 3 bricks to give the jack enough height to lift the tyres off the ground, the jack itself came from one of my boys cars, traingular ones and that near buckled under the load. I also needed some wood where the jack meets the trailer to prevent slippage, so really it's a pain in the ass!! So what jack do you use and how do you do the whole procedure in a safe manner??? offcoarse making allowances that you are not in the confort of your garage with level concrete to boot!! Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aron Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 I use my jockey wheel as a jack wind in all the way in - place car stands and the back corners and then wind the jockey wheel out till i have clearance Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pjbink Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 I found out the hard way that one jack is not enough when my tyre blew out on the M5. 2 jacks will do the job along with a couple of blocks of wood. Hydrualic jacks make the job easier too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bashir Posted October 7, 2006 Share Posted October 7, 2006 replace the jack in your car with a bottle jack, they are compact and jack up much higher. Landcruisers come with them, dunno about other cars. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorado 2 Posted October 9, 2006 Author Share Posted October 9, 2006 Well I take it that the bottle jack (hydrualic) are the go but I might just make an attachment out of channel to meet the RHS to minimise any slippage. Do those hydrualic jacks go up far enough though?? or there are different types?? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest rzep Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 Dorado 2 You can get bottle jacks that have adjustable heights via a threaded section on the internal part of the Hydraulic ram. If you can understand that. It is a much better idea to have one of these to use. Another option is to get a little trolley jack as you will find these very stable. Always use some sort of support when you jack something up ie. Axle stands. I have seen too many people crushed under something that has fallen of jacks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
squizzytaylor Posted October 9, 2006 Share Posted October 9, 2006 I use an Armstrong trolley jack $160.00 rated to 2500kg has about 600mm lift. GT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dorado 2 Posted October 10, 2006 Author Share Posted October 10, 2006 Hi guys I think the trolly jack is the safest way to go as it would be more stable, actually had a look at my Ford jack and it looks pretty shithouse to be honest, so might kill to birds with one stone. I just wanted something less cumbursome to take with me along with the other shit I carry in the boot when going out with the boat, the car boot always seems to stacked. I think I'll invest in a proper tool box and take only bare minimum preferebly a heavy duty plastic one. Thankyou fellowraiders for your help and I hope some other raiders might follow the same advise, and make a simple job like changing a tyre or bearings a safe one Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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