Re: Access to spare wheel when camper is on board.
Posted: March 4th, 2017, 10:58 am
It's another option
Best wishes
Gary
It's another option
Best wishes
Gary
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Access to spare wheel when camper is on board.
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It's another option
Best wishes
Gary
Re: Access to spare wheel when camper is on board.
Posted: March 4th, 2017, 9:40 pm
I think that the highest rated bottle jack that I have at the moment is 2 ton, assuming that you are only lifting one corner of the vehicle at a time, even with a camper on board, surely that should be more than adequate?sabconsulting wrote:Yes. I don't ever use the pressed steel OEM jack. I carry a 12 ton bottle jack instead.TrueDink wrote:And make sure your jack is capable of lifting the truck and camper to actually change the wheel.
Steve.
To be honest I would have thought that the steel one supplied would have been rated/tested with the bed loaded to it's full weight capacity, otherwise injury lawyers etc would have a strong case against them.
Re: Access to spare wheel when camper is on board.
Posted: March 4th, 2017, 10:05 pm
I'm not really implying that everyone needs a 12-ton jack. It just happened to be the old jack from my 6x6 GMC duece-and-a-halfearthman wrote:I think that the highest rated bottle jack that I have at the moment is 2 ton, assuming that you are only lifting one corner of the vehicle at a time, even with a camper on board, surely that should be more than adequate?sabconsulting wrote:Yes. I don't ever use the pressed steel OEM jack. I carry a 12 ton bottle jack instead.TrueDink wrote:And make sure your jack is capable of lifting the truck and camper to actually change the wheel.
Steve.
To be honest I would have thought that the steel one supplied would have been rated/tested with the bed loaded to it's full weight capacity, otherwise injury lawyers etc would have a strong case against them.
Having said that, a higher-rated and larger jack will be more stable and easier to lift the truck with.
Steve.
Re: Access to spare wheel when camper is on board.
Posted: March 5th, 2017, 2:48 pm
I've just discovered that my 2 ton bottle jack won't extended far enough anyhow,....this is my first vehicle with serious ground clearance. Lol
Re: Access to spare wheel when camper is on board.
Posted: March 5th, 2017, 2:52 pm
let tyres down first (all four)
change wheel
summon AA with compressor
change wheel
summon AA with compressor
Re: Access to spare wheel when camper is on board.
Posted: March 5th, 2017, 4:07 pm
Lol, that's an option I hadn't thought of, carrying blocks of wood is one but not something I really want to do.zildjian wrote:let tyres down first (all four)
change wheel
summon AA with compressor