Grit dog
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I’ve got a joke….
How many RV.netters does it take to change a tire?
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Grit dog
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GrandpaKip wrote:I bought another set of wheels. Took them to the tire store, had new tires and tire beads installed, brought ‘em home and put on one at a time. I store the extra set until I need to do it again.
I’ll presume, or hope, this post is tongue in cheek…and what is a new tire bead?
Or do you mean balancing beads?
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Gdetrailer
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There are three different jacking points that you can use..
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I prefer to use a jack between the axles under the equalizer link (point #1 in above pix).
I use a low profile 12 ton jack which has a wide base and top, I also add a couple of jackstands while doing this.. This point will raise both wheels fairly evenly but you do need to be careful that you do not force the equalizer to flip one way or the other.
Point #2 is another good go to lift point, you will need some extra cribbing and a jack with more lift than a low profile jack.. This one can get unstable if you do not have enough cribbing and have to extend jack full lift but it can lift both wheels off the ground as long as you have enough jack height to work with.
Point #3 is a good medium compromise between points #1 and #2, you want to place jack under the spring and not the axle tube. depending on style of axle (mine is a drop style) you may need a low profile jack like I do or you may need to place additional jack at point #2 to lift slightly until you can get your jack in place.
Point #3 is where my tire shop lifts, but they have low profile garage jacks with long handles for that reach.
I would not recommend trying to lift both wheels from the front axle or in front of the front axle as that can take enough weight off of the tongue to lift it off the ground.
In all cases, use jack stands for those oops moments and try to do this on as level of ground you can get..
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time2roll
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My tire store uses 4 floor jacks in position #3 shown above. Trailer connected to the truck for stability.
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If you have a tire shop remove wheels be sure you watch them do it. Most places, that know what they're doing, use four jacks under the spring shackles. I watched a guy try to jack my trailer by putting a jack under the middle of the axle. I corrected him before the jack touched the axle. That would have bent the axle.
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Huntindog
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MarkTwain wrote:traildog wrote:I need to take the tires off of my TT (preferably 2 at a time) to take them to the tire store for replacement.
The store won’t remove them (an quite frankly, I’m ok with that). So, how can I lift one side at a time safely, to remove the tires?
2021 Coachmen Freedom Express with a wide gap between the tires.
Avoid the hassle ![[emoticon]](https://forums.goodsamclub.com/sharedcontent/cfb/images/smile.gif "smile") just take the trailer into the tire shop and buy tires and let them remove and install tires. Make sure to watch them so they don't bend your axles. On several occasions I have had to intervene when they were going to put the jack under the middle of the axle! That WILL bend it, but you probably won't notice it until the tires wear poorly. Then they will claim that you must have hit something to cause it.
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Edd505
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traildog wrote:I need to take the tires off of my TT (preferably 2 at a time) to take them to the tire store for replacement.
The store won’t remove them (an quite frankly, I’m ok with that). So, how can I lift one side at a time safely, to remove the tires?
2021 Coachmen Freedom Express with a wide gap between the tires.
Frankly I wouldn't deal with a tire shop that won't R&R the tires, that's part of their job in MHO.
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Lantley
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Edd505 wrote:traildog wrote:I need to take the tires off of my TT (preferably 2 at a time) to take them to the tire store for replacement.
The store won’t remove them (an quite frankly, I’m ok with that). So, how can I lift one side at a time safely, to remove the tires?
2021 Coachmen Freedom Express with a wide gap between the tires.
Frankly I wouldn't deal with a tire shop that won't R&R the tires, that's part of their job in MHO.
I agree with you in theory but there are quite a few tire shops that don't have the room to accomodate a 50'+ RV combo.
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rhagfo
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Lantley wrote:Edd505 wrote:traildog wrote:I need to take the tires off of my TT (preferably 2 at a time) to take them to the tire store for replacement.
The store won’t remove them (an quite frankly, I’m ok with that). So, how can I lift one side at a time safely, to remove the tires?
2021 Coachmen Freedom Express with a wide gap between the tires.
Frankly I wouldn't deal with a tire shop that won't R&R the tires, that's part of their job in MHO.
I agree with you in theory but there are quite a few tire shops that don't have the room to accomodate a 50'+ RV combo.
While that may be true, there are many that can easily handle a long combination. DD bought a new horse trailer before she had a truck, so Dad took his truck to pick it up. Tires were questionable, so first stop was Discount tire.
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Sjm9911
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I jack up one side and use jack stands under the axels. You can just buy tire already 9n the rims also. Depending on what your getting the price may be the same.
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