Well, I echo the safety concern... but if you're like me you're going to have go through the bottle jack experience a couple of times before you realize it's not the way you want to be lifting these rigs on a regular basis. Once you have the rig jacked up with jack fully extended and probably a couple of pieces of blocking underneath the jack to get the height you need, I think you're going to see what I mean. What's worse is that you're typically not engaging the vehicle at a perfectly flat surface (mean the axle end is round and slightly tapered, and square section each side of the pumpkin also tapers some). It's not as bad just changing a tire because you don't have to go nearly as high as you're going to have to get changing out the springs.
Besides, cranking the bottle jack is a PITA. Just my $0.02.
Good Luck.
Rookie2
Besides, cranking the bottle jack is a PITA. Just my $0.02.
Good Luck.
Rookie2
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