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06-26-2014, 07:35 AM
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Location: Quebec, Canada
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Desperate to raise my trailer
We moved to a new site that already had a deck. My trailer is too low to allow me to deploy the awning and install my screen room. I need to raise my trailer 16 inches to have it level with the deck. I want it sitting on the wheels again and i don't think I can drive it up a ramp.
It has a square tube frame, I have access to 4 hydraulic jacks. Do I put them at the corners(easiest) or besides the wheels(PITA). Where is it safe to lift it?
Thanks for the help
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06-26-2014, 07:41 AM
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Having a seasonal trailer designed for multiple point load ours is supported in 8 spots on the frame. I would suggest you jack up the trailer near the axles and block up the wheels. Then just stabilize otherwise the frame might be bent. Is it possible the park owner might have a tractor you could have the trailer rolled up on ramps to blocks?
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06-26-2014, 07:50 AM
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I'd recommend backing it up on ramps.
I definitely would not use jacks at four corners.
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06-26-2014, 08:18 AM
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Jack it up at the spring mounting points, then place eight screw jacks under and lift the trailer's ends until it is all level. Like a mobile home...
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06-26-2014, 08:23 AM
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I'd just cut down the legs of the deck.
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06-26-2014, 10:46 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Kaadk
I'd just cut down the legs of the deck.
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It is in/on a hillside and I would have to excavate to lower the deck.
Thanks for the tips so far.
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06-30-2014, 11:41 AM
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OK. I have come around making a ramp and backing the trailer up the ramp. The big question now is what is the maximum rise, inches per foot/degrees of angle, I can have on the ramp and not snag anything.
Thanks.
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06-30-2014, 06:22 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Palomino_G210
OK. I have come around making a ramp and backing the trailer up the ramp. The big question now is what is the maximum rise, inches per foot/degrees of angle, I can have on the ramp and not snag anything.
Thanks.
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Measure your trailer on flat ground at the tail's lowpoint, then measure the distance to the rear wheel. Now figure in the hill side. One side of the ramp will be super long!
It sounds like so much fun... 
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I don't know when we'll be able to go camping again...
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