Bottle Jack

[Skins44]

Looking to purchase a bottle jack so that i can stop lugging around my heavy arse floor jack. My trailer weighs 5600 dry, max 6500 loaded up. I rarely travel with a full water tank.

Will a 3 ton jack be enough to lift one side at the wheels (dual axle TT)?

[notanlines]

Don’t bother with that. Jump to a 6 ton. Little more money and a safer, more versatile tool.
On edit: Make that 10 ton. Easier to jack it up.

[travelin texans]

Been using Harbor Freight bottle jacks for years & agree go bigger, the jack won't be that much larger, but more versatile.
With any jack lifting a RV at the frame to get both wheels off the ground will take a good pile of blocks. You can raise one axle at a time by placing the jack between the u bolts at the springs, NEVER jack from the middle got the axle.

[flybouy]

I bought a 12 ton HF bottle Jack when it was on sale several years ago. Taller profile and less effort to pump up. Works great for the truck as well.

[JRTJH]

I lost a wheel/tire/hub last year in a campground. I always carry a HF 6 ton bottle jack. It worked, but I'll tell you the very first thing I bought when we got the trailer parked (on 3 wheels) in the camp site was a 12 ton "shorty" bottle jack.

The force required to jack a 10,000 GVW (lightweight fifth wheel) wore blisters in my palm even with gloves on. I had to use two jacks because of the low spindle height (no wheel, tire or hub on the spindle) so I had to jack the other axle, get the bad one high enough to put a jack under it to jack it high enough to tie it up to tow to the campsite. With multiple "alternating jacks to add blocks under the jack" was frustrating.

Now, I have a 12 ton "shorty" jack, it's significantly easier to pump the handle to lift the trailer axle, the extension is longer than the 6 ton jacks and it doesn't weigh that much more....

If you're going to buy a bottle jack, I'd suggest a 12 ton "shorty".