How to Jack Up a Travel Trailer to Change a Tire
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- Опубліковано 7 сер 2024
- In this video we show you 3 ways on how to jack up a travel trailer to change a tire. We show you how to jack up a travel trailer with a bottle jack and a scissor jack. We replaced all of our tires and jacked up each side. We also discuss what to look for when replacing your tires. Plus I share a couple of mistakes we made last year when we replaced just one tire when our axle got bent. It's pretty easy replacing rv tires when you have the rights tools!
A really good overview on ST versus LT is done by David @FateUnbound
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CHAPTERS:
00:00 Start
00:31 Using a Spare Tire - Safety Tip
01:02 Method #1 - How to Change RV Tires with a Bottle Jack
03:28 Putting New Balanced Tires on a RV
04:44 How to Torque Tires & Torque Wrench Tip
05:40 Method #2 - How to Change RV Tires with a Scissor Jack
06:55 Method #3 - How to Change a Tire with a Trailer Aid Ramp
07:43 Opinion - Which Method is Best?
08:50 Two Mistakes We Made in Changing a Tire
10:10 Calculating Your RV Load Requirement - What Tire Load Type Do We Need?
10:30 What are ST Tires?
11:30 What is GVWR?
11:37 What is a Tire's Load Rating
12:03 How Do You Find the Age/Date of Tire Manufacture
12:18 Mounting and Balancing Tires
12:44 Ho Do You Determine Tire Max Speed and Load
13:19 How Do You Determine Tire Inflation or Max PSI
15:09 Bonus for Laughs
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One of the most informational and safety oriented vids I've ever seen. Great job. Wishing you both miles of good memories.
Thanks, you too!
Good idea to put that spare on with the bottle jack while waiting for your new tires to be mounted. I lower my fifth wheel off the bottle jack onto jack stands in that situation, which is another good way to do it.
You are so darn good. I know you were a mechanic, but it's so nice to see a true professional mechanic sharing all the right info. Thank you! Everyone here can rely on you and on the info and techniques and tools you share. Speaking of tools, when the video started showing the tightening of the lug nuts on the new wheels/tires ... and then the sound of an air wrench came on the video ... I almost dropped my fork full of dinner back onto my plate ... NOOOOO! But then, I realized it was just a sound effect. You are so mean. :-) For other readers/watchers out there, never let anyone use an air wrench to install lug nuts or they will most assuredly warp the metal wheel and/or the brake rotor. Always install/tighten lug nuts by hand, and then use a torque wrench exactly as shown in this video.
And, that being said, as a long-term diesel/gas truck mechanic, I've known personally of three scissor jacks failing, and relatively new ones at that. If you use a scissor jack, please please please also put a positive support under the rig (such as a jack stand ... jack the rig up higher than needed, then lower the rig onto the jack stand, NOT with the weight on the scissor jack) in case the scissor jack fails. Especially if you're going to be under the rig ... please don't squash yourself.
Also, I've found that using the tongue jack will usually give me enough room to remove either the front or rear tire on a trailer dual axle, especially if the trailer is parked on a bit of a slant, but even if on the level, you should be able to get either a front or rear tire off by simply jacking up or lowering the tongue jack. On the other hand, I love that ramp and carry two of them.
Oh, boy, a 4x4 block on top of that bottle jack is a great idea, thank you ... I'll be changing out my 2x4s for 4x4s. That's a great idea.
Aargh, sorry about the tire problems. When I got my brand new Escape trailer in 2018, it had THREE different load rating tires and THREE different PSI rating tires! And one of the tires was over three years old ... on a brand new trailer. Besides problems with different load ratings and PSI ratings (and it had two different speed ratings on some tires), it's illegal, VERY illegal in the USA (and maybe Canada too) to run a rig/vehicle with tires of different ratings on any one axle. The tires can be different brands, that's ok, but not different ratings. Reece eventually drove down to Tacoma, WA, with enough brand new tires already mounted on wheels (and, yes, already balanced) to swap out all FIVE tires (including the spare) so that I had five tires the same ... all Rainiers, excellent tires, though Goodyears are better. Reece recommended 35 PSI ... way too low ... I set them at 55 PSI. And, again, super great info from you about load/weight rating etc. Obviously, you know that you know what you're talking about ... your followers on the blog can rest assured you do too!
Only problem with running tires at a lower PSI might be damage to the sidewalls with a lower inflation than recommended.
I know this is a long comment! :-) But I couldn't help myself. Everything you say is super duper, just wanted to add a bit that might help. You, both of you, are the BEST!
Hey Ann, I can't tell you how much we appreciate your comments!!! We should hire you as our quality control person! We actually took down our ViAir video so that I could re do the battery connection the right way. Thank you for catching my mistake and letting me know!!!!!!! Since I made the video private I was unable to respond to your comment that you made about it.
Great advice to always torque the lugnuts by hand! I couldn't agree with you more about having a support when using a jack, any kind of jack. We put the spare tire on in case of a jack failure.
Hard to believe you had all those different tires on your trailer!! Glad to hear Reece made it right though. Thanks again, you ROCK!!!!!!!!!!!
@@AdventuresInNoMadness You are the BEST!
That ViAir video was important. I learned a lot from it! I really did. Re-do that battery connection thing and then get it back online. We all need each other! :-)
Yes, we already re filmed that section and it’s been uploaded to UA-cam. We’ll re release it on Thursday! Thanks Ann!!
Watched t least 10 videos about jacking up the RV. This by far was the best!!! Thanks a bunch..
Woohooo, that's quite a compliment!! Thank you!
Wonderful tutorial and great to see your steps. I haven’t changed the tires in our RV myself as I have been fortunate to have the tire shop do it. Glad you stressed balancing as 2 tire shops have told me that they generally aren’t balanced. This hasn’t ever felt good to me & I had them do it. An aside. We traveled all summer, yay, and my husband asked me to chill on the YT videos as it was killing our data plan … so I am binge watching now I am home.
Rhonda, great add on at the end … I never knew those details! 🤠
Hey Jim! We're finally getting caught up on comments after our trip down from Alaska! Thanks for watching as always and glad you can have a tire shop do the work! Awww, thanks for bingeing us!!
Thank You! I was trying to figure out the appropriate jack for my 5.0 TA. Safe and happy travels Ladies.
Glad it helped! Thanks for watching!
Excellent video! Old tires are also good for splitting firewood. Stack firewood ends inside the center hole and to to town without having to pick up pieces that didn't split the first time.
I was debating wether a bottle jack would work. I like your system.
Thanks!
This is such a great video for anyone and EVERYONE!
Thanks Ladies!
Vie 🇨🇦💚
Thanks for watching Vie!
Excellent and full discussion on this important topic - well done !
Wow, what an amazing video. It's extremely informative, and so well put together. Thank you.
Another great informative video! I'm glad the scissor jack worked, as I have been counting on using my Tacoma jack with my 17B. I had thought about getting a bottle jack, but will give that a miss now. Cheers
Glad it helped!
Love using the spare as a safety and recommended PSI per RV manufacturer. Subscribed
Thanks for putting this video out. We have a 2022 Escape 19. Looking at repacking the wheel bearings before our next trip in OCT. Was happy to see my truck jack should fit to jack up the trailer. Also ... loved the sound effects.
Very well thought out presentation on a VERY important topic!!
Keep 'er between the ditches and God speed!!
You are so informative. I learned a few things from you. Thanks for the how to videos.
Thanks so much for watching!
You answered questions I didn’t know I had. So cool.
That's an awesome compliment!! Thanks JoAnne, we miss you!
Helpful video; We did a Denali glacier landing using Talkeetna Taxi. Perfect weather and more importantly landing too. I should have got the sweatshirt.
Awesome, glad to hear it was helpful!! The Denali glacier landing is definitely an amazing experience!!!
Thanks for the informative video.
Glad it was helpful!
Great video. Good info.
Glad it was helpful!
Very helpful video. Thanx
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!!
Great advice
Thanks for watching Frank!
Thanks, great job!
Thanks Rick!
This is a great video as one of my biggest concerns is what to do if I get a flat? This video makes a solution appear relatively easy and certainly doable.
Thanks for the comment Mary! Yes, it is easy to do!
This video is super informative! I would like to add to your tire knowledge the psi is like you said for the tire to not be as stiff while if the psi is too low it will feel like it is dragging. The add to that is the wear of the the tire, if the psi is too high the middle of the tread will wear out more quickly, too low of a psi will cause the outer edge tread to wear uneven.
Now here is a question for those of us just getting started in the Camper life! Can the four corner leveling jacks be used too raise one side of the trailer for tire changes?
Thank you Christina! Thanks for the informative comment. No, you can't use the jacks to raise the rv. They are only meant to stabilize the trailer and not for leveling or jacking
Very helpful video, thank you! Would you recommend leaving the bottle jack on while adjusting the brakes? Also, have you repacked the grease in the wheel bearings?
Hi Daniel, thanks for watching! I prefer to use the trailer aid ramp when doing most work. For adjusting brakes I would drive up on that. I haven't had to fully repack the bearings yet. Next year I will!
Would still like step by step details on torquing tires.
Wait...Didn't I do that in this video?! 😀
What is the scissor jack you used?
fantastic video! even in the rain?
thanks and ha ha EVEN in the rain!!! Sometimes you don't have a choice on what day you do your tires!
Hi. Love this video. Very informative. Where did you find the torque requirement for the tire lug nuts? Thanks for the help.
Check pages 59-60 of this document. However, this is based on the 2017 Owners Manual. Check your own manual if you have one: escapetrailer.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/10/2017OwnersManual1.pdf
Hi Joan! It's in the manual but also posted on a sticker near one of the tires
Thanks for the reply to Joan's question John!!
Often the trailer tires are smaller diameter than the tow vehicle. When tow vehicle is moving 60mph, the smaller diameter trailer tires are in effect traveling faster
Very good point!
Do you take your stabilizers off when you are changing your tires or do you just lift the RV enough to pull the tires off
Hi Nia, yes you definitely want to have the stabilizers up.
Thank you!
I have a tight squeeze into my camping spot which makes it hard to go onto boards to level. Is it safe to jack up the camper as if to change a tire, place the boards underneath the tires and set it back down?
Hi Porter, I don't see why that wouldn't work. It would be safest if your trailer was attached to the tow vehicle while doing that and the wheels are chocked
You bored out the board. Clever. ;) 1:17
LOL...it worked pretty good!