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11-18-2022, 02:45 PM #1
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Jack for truck with 5er attached
Need the best way to jack up the truck with the 5th wheel attached. Cut a tire last trip dodging a ladder and needed to change a rear truck tire. Luckily the DOT assistance guys pulled up while I was breaking the lugs loose and we used their floor jack to lift the truck for the change. I have 6 and 12 ton bottle jacks already but wondering if I would be better off with a floor jack. Jack point is too low on the front of the truck for the 12 ton otherwise I would just get the 12 ton safe jack adapters. I've removed the trailer tires plenty of times but this was my first rear truck tire change while hooked up.
I found a lightweight 3.5 ton floor jack but not sure about the weight rating requirements adding 1/2 my pin weight.
Thanks in advance for the advice.2019 F250 FX4 gas with puck system
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11-18-2022, 02:47 PM #2
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They have very short bottle jacks. Personally I'd be looking at something in the 8-10 ton range, then you could also use it on the trailer. And it will store in a much small space than a floor jack.
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11-18-2022, 07:28 PM #3
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Why not just lower the front landing gear on the 5th wheel to take the load off the truck, provide a bit more stability and use the truck jack?
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11-19-2022, 05:25 AM #4
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11-19-2022, 06:40 AM #5
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Thanks for all the suggestions.
I'd have no problem using the landing gear but that ford jack is cumbersome to use. The flat I had was about the worst case scenario flat I could face. In a construction zone with barriers on both sides of the white line. No where to get to safely for a change. The wife saw where the workers were entering the interstate so we clogged that up. I was able to get the rig totally over the white line about 2 inches. I'm ever thankful that it was the best case of a worst case scenario but it definitely showed me I need to improve some things.Last edited by Bwood BBQ; 11-19-2022 at 06:46 AM.
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11-19-2022, 09:16 AM #6
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I had a similar situation on a hwy up here. No construction, but the gravel shoulder was only about 2 or 3 feet wide...so I couldn't get my truck and trailers off the road. I was B-training two trailers at the time.
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11-19-2022, 06:16 PM #7
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12-02-2022, 01:23 PM #8
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Last edited by Bwood BBQ; 12-02-2022 at 01:25 PM.
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