Yet another jacking question

[Barry C]

It's surprising just how easily a single axle caravan can do that, my drive is completely flat but the caravan starts to slew round very easily. I now have a driveway security post which I attach the caravan to before jacking.

Only needs a breath of wind.

 

[Sam Vimes]

So I had a cunning plan.

For convenience it was desirable for me to take one wheel at a time to the local garage. I didn't want to couple up the car because that involves a lot of 'faffing' around. The caravan is parked in the car port nose first and the battery removed. So I would have to insert battery: back caravan out with motor mover; rotate 180deg; move caravan back into car port; couple up car; remove wheel and replace with spare. And so on when the next one needs doing although the caravan would already be in place. Then put it back nose first.

My cunning plan was to avoid moving the caravan out, which meant I wouldn't have to couple up the car. As various members have pointed out this could be a problem due to the jockey wheel possibly moving.

Plan D therefore was to raise the jockey wheel up and get the forks into the slots on the post. This would stop it rotating. Then I placed a sandbag under the jockey wheel and rammed it down into that. Jacked up caravan and it never moved an inch - except upwards 🙂 . Exchange wheels and that was it.

 

[otherclive]

So I had a cunning plan.

For convenience it was desirable for me to take one wheel at a time to the local garage. I didn't want to couple up the car because that involves a lot of 'faffing' around. The caravan is parked in the car port nose first and the battery removed. So I would have to insert battery: back caravan out with motor mover; rotate 180deg; move caravan back into car port; couple up car; remove wheel and replace with spare. And so on when the next one needs doing although the caravan would already be in place. Then put it back nose first.

My cunning plan was to avoid moving the caravan out, which meant I wouldn't have to couple up the car. As various members have pointed out this could be a problem due to the jockey wheel possibly moving.

Plan D therefore was to raise the jockey wheel up and get the forks into the slots on the post. This would stop it rotating. Then I placed a sandbag under the jockey wheel and rammed it down into that. Jacked up caravan and it never moved an inch - except upwards 🙂 . Exchange wheels and that was it.View attachment 10229View attachment 10231View attachment 10232

Good solution. I did similar by putting wheel into slot and large breeze blocks either side while wheel rested on length of timber.

 

[Jcloughie]

So I had a cunning plan.

For convenience it was desirable for me to take one wheel at a time to the local garage. I didn't want to couple up the car because that involves a lot of 'faffing' around. The caravan is parked in the car port nose first and the battery removed. So I would have to insert battery: back caravan out with motor mover; rotate 180deg; move caravan back into car port; couple up car; remove wheel and replace with spare. And so on when the next one needs doing although the caravan would already be in place. Then put it back nose first.

My cunning plan was to avoid moving the caravan out, which meant I wouldn't have to couple up the car. As various members have pointed out this could be a problem due to the jockey wheel possibly moving.

Plan D therefore was to raise the jockey wheel up and get the forks into the slots on the post. This would stop it rotating. Then I placed a sandbag under the jockey wheel and rammed it down into that. Jacked up caravan and it never moved an inch - except upwards 🙂 . Exchange wheels and that was it.View attachment 10229View attachment 10231View attachment 10232

The sandbag makes great sense.

John

 

[Hutch]

That's a really aggressive tread pattern,

 

[borderbilly]

That's a really aggressive tread pattern,

He's gan aff roading

 

[otherclive]

He's gan aff roading

Naw, just to deal with Skye’s potholes.

 

[Hutch]

What brand of tyres did you get in the end. ?

 

[otherclive]

What brand of tyres did you get in the end. ?

Powertrac. They look almost AT.

 

[Sam Vimes]

Yes, Powertrac. Also they were 2025 vintage.