tire changing
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Topic: tire changing
Posted By: dougstieber@gmail.co
Subject: tire changing
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2019 at 4:41pm
| I am planning on doing a longer trip and thinking about emergency situations. I have a spare tire and can use my car's jack if I have a flat, but cannot figure out where to place a jack to change a tire. I have been searching the forum but haven't seen anything to address this. Anyone who can help? |
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Posted By: jato
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2019 at 7:50pm
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I carry a 1/2 ton floor jack and when I do wheel bearing maintenance place it as close as possible to the wheel. Use the flat plate near the wheel for the jack, not the axle tube.
------------- God's pod '11 model 177 '17 Ford F-150 4WD 3.5 Ecoboost Jim and Diane by beautiful Torch Lake "...and you will know the Truth and the Truth will set you free." |
Posted By: offgrid
Date Posted: 06 Apr 2019 at 9:03pm
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Sure. Look at where the trailer axle is bolted to the rPod frame. See the bracket welded to the axle that in turn bolts to the frame? See thevertical parts of that bracket that extend front and back of the axle? lift on those vertical steel bracket flanges, that's the safest place. Do NOT lift on the trailer fram ralls, they are really thin steel, and its best not to lift on the axle itself either. Always chock the oppostise wheel and leave the trailer hitched to the toe vehicle with its emergency brake engages, nothing like to roll areound as easily as a loose trailer. ------------- 1994 Chinook Concourse 1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
Posted By: jantam5
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 6:07am
| Please look for jamtam5 on the March 12th date. I also left a message on how to change a tire. Great responses and pictures on exactly how to place the jack. |
Posted By: dougstieber@gmail.co
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 9:45am
| Thanks for the help. Really appreciated! |
Posted By: Jholler
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 9:54am
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On a similar note, I need to remove BOTH tires and place the pod on jack stands to get new tires installed on the wheels, as Sam's club won't work on trailers here. Is this a good balance point? ------------- 2015 rpod 179 2014 Ram ecoDiesel HFE 2009-ish Chihuahua https://ibb.co/S3qvZKG"> 
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Posted By: lostagain
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 10:06am
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Might it be more simple to do one side at a time? That's what I did when I switched from load rage C to D tires. It went seamlessly. Why take the risk of bending the frame? ------------- Never leave footprints behind. Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost |
Posted By: offgrid
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 11:06am
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If you don't want to make two trips to Sam's Club you can lift the pod using the vertical flange located in front of the axle and place the jack stand under the flange beind the axle, or vice versa. Then repeat on the other side. ------------- 1994 Chinook Concourse 1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
Posted By: lostagain
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 11:23am
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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. ------------- Never leave footprints behind. Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost |
Posted By: Tars Tarkas
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 11:42am
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As reported here a few months ago, I had a blow out on a trip. Short story, I put the spare on and continued to my destination, near Pensacola, FL. Not wanting to drive more than necessary without a spare, and because the road tire that didn't blow out had noticeable wear, once I was set up at our destination campground, I left the spare on one side, jacked up the other side and took both old (non-spare) tire into town for replacements. So I never had the trailer totally up on blocks. At least one tire was on one side all the time. I've used the same method to replace both tires before too. Not much trouble. TT ------------- 2010 176 FJ Cruiser |
Posted By: offgrid
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 1:25pm
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. ------------- 1994 Chinook Concourse 1995 RV6A Experimental Aircraft 2015 Rpod 179 - sold |
Posted By: Jholler
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 3:59pm
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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. ------------- 2015 rpod 179 2014 Ram ecoDiesel HFE 2009-ish Chihuahua https://ibb.co/S3qvZKG">
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Posted By: DavMar
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 4:15pm
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. ------------- Dave & Marlene J with Zoey the wonder dog. 2017 Rpod 180 2016 Toyota Tacoma SR5 4x4 Lexington, NC |
Posted By: Jholler
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 4:32pm
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I hear you. I'm pretty stout, I've bent a lug wrench or two. 😂 ------------- 2015 rpod 179 2014 Ram ecoDiesel HFE 2009-ish Chihuahua https://ibb.co/S3qvZKG">
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Posted By: dougstieber@gmail.co
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 7:17pm
| 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. |
Posted By: lostagain
Date Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 7:22pm
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.  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. ------------- Never leave footprints behind. Fred & Maria Kearney Sonoma 167RB Our Pod 172 2019 Ford F-150 4x4 2.7 EcoBoost |