Flat Tire, Take the camper off to change flat?
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| Two Ton Lizzie |
 Oct 29 2009, 09:27 PM
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Another inexperienced truck camper here, just wondering for future reference...If we incur a flat on the road, do you have to take the camper off of the truck to change the tire? Can you get a tire jack that will safely lift the truck with the camper still on it?
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| garbinator |
Oct 30 2009, 01:35 AM
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QUOTE(Two Ton Lizzie @ Oct 29 2009, 07:27 PM) Another inexperienced truck camper here, just wondering for future reference...If we incur a flat on the road, do you have to take the camper off of the truck to change the tire? Can you get a tire jack that will safely lift the truck with the camper still on it?  How good of shape are your back muscles? Do you have those fancy aluminum wheels instead of factory steel wheels? Very few places you end up having a flat tire are level enough to even think of removing the camper. "safely" A bottle neck house jack will lift darn near anything. Especially if you have a few small boards to go underneath. Depends on the size of the entire wheel. |
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| mh45472 |
Oct 30 2009, 08:45 AM
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My lift for the spare is in the bumper next to the license plate & my camper extends beyond & lower than the bumper so I have no way to lower the spare unless U raise the camper & pull ahead a foot or so. That alone might be a reason for you to unload the camper.
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