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07-21-2019, 05:02 PM
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Full Time Camper
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: WI
Posts: 563
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Lifting the 5th wheel
How do you raise your trailer to repack the bearings?? Multiple Jacks or 2 Ramps?
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07-21-2019, 07:34 PM
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Weekend Camper
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Ontario Ca
Posts: 14
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I use my hydraulic Jack's but the ramps work just as well.
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07-21-2019, 08:42 PM
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Family Vacation Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: michigan
Posts: 103
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I made a ramp with all my extra wood I have in my garage. Stacked it just hi enough to raise the other wheel. I keep it in the camper in case I get a flat tire on the road.
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07-21-2019, 11:18 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jan 2014
Location: VA
Posts: 1,715
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I have Rhino Ramps that I bought for changing the oil in my truck. They are tall enough that I can raise one of my camper's axles off the ground.
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07-22-2019, 06:34 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: mo
Posts: 2,097
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WARNING! THIS IS WHAT I DO. YOUR OPINION MAY VARY!
I do one at a time using a 12 ton bottle jack under the u bolt. I have done this for many years with no problems. Not saying its correct or wrong but its how I do it.
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07-22-2019, 07:17 AM
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Seasonal Camper
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: MA
Posts: 315
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dagst1
WARNING! THIS IS WHAT I DO. YOUR OPINION MAY VARY!
I do one at a time using a 12 ton bottle jack under the u bolt. I have done this for many years with no problems. Not saying its correct or wrong but its how I do it.
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Same here, many years. That is the best way. Nothing wrong with that. All of the shops do it that way too.
Not actually on the bolts, but between them.
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07-22-2019, 07:11 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Sep 2012
Location: PA
Posts: 5,715
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Drop the front of the 5th wheel, jack up frame behind rear wheel and then raise the front of the 5th wheel so tires are off the ground. On the road: I call my road service. I'm not changing a tire on side of the road. That's why I pay the yearly road service fee.
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07-22-2019, 07:29 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Dec 2007
Location: WI.
Posts: 9,154
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20 ton jack--placed just inside the u bolts enough to give me room to adjust the brakes when I'm done with the bearings.
The angle iron cradles the axle.
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07-28-2019, 05:47 PM
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Weekend Camper
Join Date: May 2016
Location: Alberta
Posts: 24
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Floor jack on heavy plywood if not on solid ground then axle stands
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07-28-2019, 07:28 PM
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Full Time Camper
Join Date: May 2012
Location: N.C. Mountains
Posts: 2,410
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Quote:
Originally Posted by dagst1
WARNING! THIS IS WHAT I DO. YOUR OPINION MAY VARY!
I do one at a time using a 12 ton bottle jack under the u bolt. I have done this for many years with no problems. Not saying its correct or wrong but its how I do it.
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Same here for past 20 years.
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08-01-2019, 10:23 AM
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Full Time Camper
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Pennsylvania
Posts: 2,766
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Bottle jack on frame just before front tires, lifts whole side of camper up, then jack stands under frame in front of tires and also in back of tires...
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Coatesville Pa.
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10-01-2019, 07:39 AM
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Full Time Camper
Join Date: Apr 2009
Location: WI
Posts: 563
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Thanks
Thank you all for your input.
I used the ramps this year. They were just high enough to free the other tire. I re-packed the bearings, checked and adjusted the brakes, inspected the alloy wheels, replaced the tires with Tow Max weight rated E, reprogrammed the Tire Minders and then put on 4,700 miles to test things out. No problems.
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10-01-2019, 09:44 AM
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Gone Traveling
Join Date: Feb 2016
Location: Texas
Posts: 1,392
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If you have the hydraulic level up system you just put it manual mode & press right or left button then place a jack stand or two under the axles, DONE!
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