Using a Jack on trailer

[RDP]

When using a jack to raise the trailer on a tandem axle to change or rotate a tire, where can you put the jack? Under the frame? Under the axle? I cannot move the trailer so unable to pull one wheel on a block of wood/cement to raise the other wheel off the ground. Thanks

[creativepart]

We used a 2000lb bottle jack and put up it under a leaf spring shackle mount. This worked great for us.

[GaryS]

JACK ONLY ON THE FRAME. The torsion axles on TTs will bend if you use them to jack up your trailer.

[creativepart]

Yes, frame only. The leaf spring shackle mount is part of the frame. I used this for jacking because it’s the lowest frame member. Don’t use the axle or obviously the leaf spring.

[DavidM]

As others have said, only jack on the frame. For our aluminum framed Livin Lite, I put a foot long 2x4 in back of the second wheel to distribute the load as I jack it up with a bottle jack.

David