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    Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 1:25pm
Originally posted by lostagain

Some how changing both tires at the same time makes me think of a 2500 lb. teeter toter.  That may not end well for body parts.

Its not going to be a teeter totter any more than it is sitting on the wheels themselves, because you're supporting the trailer at the same place. Either way, if you have a low tongue weight, its going to be tippy. Safest is to always leave the trailer attached to your tow vehicle, set its parking brake, and chock its wheels. 
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Be easier if Sam's would just work on the trailer...maybe I'll pick my tires up there and take the whole rig somewhere else for mounting.
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Originally posted by Jholler

Be easier if Sam's would just work on the trailer...maybe I'll pick my tires up there and take the whole rig somewhere else for mounting.


Any independent tire shop should be able to change your tires for you because face it there in it for the $ money!

Hint, I believe it is wise to carry a spare bottle jack and at least cross lug wrench or better breaker bar, and long socket to fit your lug nuts. Trying to break a lug nut torqued at 100 ft. pounds with a simple car lug wrench is something you don't want to try.
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I hear you. I'm pretty stout, I've bent a lug wrench or two. 😂
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I am not a fan of run flat tires, but it seems that for trailering they may be the answer to not having to change a tire in an emergency situation. 
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My teeter toter point is that the wheels are bolted on, thus not relying on gravity alone to maintain their position.  The small amount of surface area that is touching the jack head is tiny and inherently unstable.  Plus, the issue was going to Sam's and changing all tires at once, presumably not attached to the TV, but likely with the tongue jack down, but not affixed to Mother Earth.  And if the tire guy at Sams takes off both wheels, there's nothing to chock.  If the trailer is attached to the TV and its parking brake is set and wheels chocked, then it's a horse of a different color and the instability risk is vastly reduced, except maybe in an earthquake.  Wink

As for dealing with tire changes on the road, we carry an inexpensive torque wrench and socket so we can regularly check the lug nuts and it is easy to use to change a tire.  
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