Question on jacking up 5.0 for changing tires.

[hitectoys]

From what I could find with google the preferred jacking method for a 5.0 is for it to be hitched up with landing gears up and place jack under axle or frame near wheels. Any other advice? Do you see a problem with jacking up both sides to remove all four wheels at the same time?

[Brian B-P]

Originally Posted by hitectoys

From what I could find with google the preferred jacking method for a 5.0 is for it to be hitched up with landing gears up and place jack under axle or frame near wheels.

Yes, except be careful with what "under the axle" means: it means under the axle bracket (not the square tube that runs across the trailer or any moving part of the axle assembly), and it means under the bracket of the trailing (more rearward) axle, not the leading (forward) one. You want to keep load on the hitch so if lifting on the frame do it between the axles or behind them, not ahead of the leading (forward) axle.

Originally Posted by hitectoys

Do you see a problem with jacking up both sides to remove all four wheels at the same time?

Most jacks are not very stable, so I would not do that. I would jack up one side, support it on a proper jackstand, then jack up the other side... if for some reason I needed both sides up at the same time.