Small jack for trailer

[Bigmuz7]

My car uses run flat tyres which you can still drive on once punctured so I have no jack in the boot. I carry a spare wheel on the trailer though but was wanting to come up with a simple 'rocker' jack I could fold and fix to the trailer. I imagined a triangular style unit when unfolded, which you would fit under the axle, then drive forward a little to lift up the axle in order to get the wheel off .. any ideas , or should I just get me coat ? .....

[Downhilldai]

How about a small scissor jack from a car breakers yard?

[C2 RIBS]

Is it a single or double axle trailer?

[Nos4r2]

Why not get a small bottle jack? They take up very little room.

[Avocet]

I'd be wary of keeping a jack on the trailer: easy to steal and easy for others to use to steal wheels.

How about this to keep in the car: http://www.halfords.com/webapp/wcs/s...egoryId_165727

A bottle jack for £12.99.

1.5 tons should lift your size boat ('cos the need to change the tyre is sure to occur when the boat is loaded) but there's a 4 ton one also available for £4.00 more.

[C2 RIBS]

if you have a double axle trailer use a trailer-aid, you drive the other wheel up onto the lift and then change the other wheel, works a treat
Item 23 on this site http://www.iwt.co.uk/spares/wheelequipment.pdf

[davetpk]

http://www.overtons.com/modperl/prod...ID=1009&r=view

....never tried one though !

[Nasher]

Originally Posted by davetpk

http://www.overtons.com/modperl/prod...ID=1009&r=view

....never tried one though !

Looks interesting, but read the reviews.
Looks like starting it off is the problem, and of course knowing when to stop

I carry what Downhilldai suggested, a scissor jack.
But when doing bearings etc at home, it's a 3tn Trolley jack.

Nasher

[Bigmuz7]

Sorry Guys I should have said .. its a single axle

Originally Posted by davetpk

http://www.overtons.com/modperl/prod...ID=1009&r=view

Now thats the idea few/no moving parts, and have it bolted to the trailer for immediate deployment,.. with nowt to go wrong when and if it gets dunked !

Originally Posted by Nasher

Looks interesting, but read the reviews.
Looks like starting it off is the problem,

Yeah I see where that would be a problem depending on what surface you were on, in which case the contact feet could be made a bit more agressive to enhance the grip .. but its the sort of thing I was thinking about It was an old Massey Ferguson jack lift from the 30/40's that got me thinking about this

[Hightower]

I have a small 2.5 tonne trolley jack with a detatchable handle and sits in it's own little case. It is heavy but very compact and cost about £15inc from Macro's