Trailer jacking

[KXCam22]

Just learned not to jack up one side of the trailer unless you are hooked up to the truck. If you are supported by the trailer jack it can't handle the side load and it bends. I just bent the shiny new electric jack on my TT, but the same principle applies to our boat trailers. The jack lived but it does a little hula on the way up or down. Cam

 

[Seadeals]

I read that about the travel trailers needing to be hitched and definitely decided to do so when lifting both axles on one side to adjust brakes on my travel trailer. I like the tow vehicle keeping it in place versus just chocks. I use a 3 ton jack stand (only for the size, not the load) on the frame at the front of my boat trailer when storing and relieve the load from the jack wheel. I have jacked the boat/trailer without being hitched but only with the jack stand, not the wheel jack.