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Jacks

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Morganic

I may have asked this before but what is the best type of jack to lift an 850 kg caravan with no jacking points.

Has anyone got a 12 volt electric scissor jack? if so how do they perform?
 
I've got jacking points and an Al-ko jack, but I also bought an electric scissors jack about 18 mths. ago, which I used once a month over last winter to rotate the wheels, to avoid flat-spotting.My 'vans all of 1500Kg. When I first used it, the gearing was too high, and the drive sheared. I rang the supplier up, and received another one within a few days, and this one is lower gearing, and works a treat.However, if I was ever using it to remove/change a wheel, I would feel happier using an axle stand as well.
 
We use a trolley jack too - and would suggest that buyers think about the lowest profile jack they can get hold of. We had a puncture on the 'kerb' side of our caravan, and when the tyre fails completely on this side there is only a relatively small amount of clearance to get the jack under at the axle area. We were very lucky in having the trolley jack, which is lowish-profile and could be 'wheeled' into position from slightly further up the van where there was more clearance.
 
We use a trolley jack too - and would suggest that buyers think about the lowest profile jack they can get hold of. We had a puncture on the 'kerb' side of our caravan, and when the tyre fails completely on this side there is only a relatively small amount of clearance to get the jack under at the axle area. We were very lucky in having the trolley jack, which is lowish-profile and could be 'wheeled' into position from slightly further up the van where there was more clearance.
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Val, Do you carry leveling ramps? pull the van onto these to get the height back. J.Lo
 
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