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 Big Gun
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Location: Texas | Do you leave the trailer hooked to the truck or does it depend on the load of the trailer? |
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| I call Triple A. The standard jack that comes with the truck is meant for the truck and not all the extra weight. Once we changed it with the standard jack and an empty trailer and that worked. I wouldn't trust the factory one with the trailer, horses, and truck on it. |
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I just read the headlines
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| we buy the heavy duty jacks an change with the trailer still hooked up. We haul cattle in 32. 36 and larger trailers. Never had a problem doing it that way. We do the same when hauling horses. |
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Expert
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Location: Bandera, TX | I'm aware of a fatal accident that occured two weeks ago. The trailer was still on the truck, the jack failed and as the guy was pulling out the spare. It crushed his chest. I'm going to change one thing in my already packed rigs-add some cribbing. |
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Big Gun
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Location: Texas | Although I've been fortunate not having a flat on the truck but I have had some on the trailer. Just wasn't sure if you gave one on the truck in the city, with no safe place to unload the horse. Can you unhook the trailer with the horse still in it or will it pop up? I have us rider but sometimes you could get people that don't know about what to do about loaded trailers |
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Location: mi | I had a flat on the front and just changed it with no thought to the trailer. Had it been a rear truck tire I would leave the trailer hooked but use the trailer jack and crank it up so that the weight was mostly off the truck then jack the truck up. Not sure if that is the right thing to do but that is what I would do. |
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Location: SE Louisiana | Short of blocking the wheels to prevent movement, I'd not change a tire with a live horse moving around in the trailer. I'd unhook even it you don't move the truck away from the hitch. |
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Elite Veteran
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| rowdy256 - 2014-11-05 10:23 AM I call Triple A. The standard jack that comes with the truck is meant for the truck and not all the extra weight. Once we changed it with the standard jack and an empty trailer and that worked. I wouldn't trust the factory one with the trailer, horses, and truck on it.
I had a flat on my truck with the trailer on (only one horse in it, thankfully), and when I called AAA about changing the tire, they said that they wouldn't change the truck tire with it hooked up, so I had to unhook the trailer with the horse inside. Didn't even move the truck forward or anything. |
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  You just got to get mean and mean it.
Location: Arkansas | Call US Rider and let them handle it!  |
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Location: Okla | Lobo - 2014-11-05 3:15 PM Call US Rider and let them handle it!
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