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    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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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.
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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. 
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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.
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Thanks for the help.  Really appreciated!
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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?
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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?
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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. 
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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.
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Posts: 1446 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 07 Apr 2019 at 11:42am
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.

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