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H. John Kohl · 04-03-2010, 05:48 AM

I use the scissor jacks in front of the tires to take the spring bounce out. When I had to replace a tire the tire shop did not have a jack tall enough to raise Monty. I lowered the scissor jack for extended reach. When they jacked with a 3ton jack it busted the scissor jack at the screw post and cross section. I called Ball about it and their first words were is is not for jacking a trailer. I told them I did not put 7500 lbs on it and they finally replaced it since too many parts needed to be swapped out.
So, NO DO NOT USE SCISSOR JACK TO RAISE MONTY.

04-03-2010, 05:48 AM	#5
H. John Kohl Montana Master Join Date: May 2003 Location: New Bern Posts: 4,294 M.O.C. #311	I use the scissor jacks in front of the tires to take the spring bounce out. When I had to replace a tire the tire shop did not have a jack tall enough to raise Monty. I lowered the scissor jack for extended reach. When they jacked with a 3ton jack it busted the scissor jack at the screw post and cross section. I called Ball about it and their first words were is is not for jacking a trailer. I told them I did not put 7500 lbs on it and they finally replaced it since too many parts needed to be swapped out. So, NO DO NOT USE SCISSOR JACK TO RAISE MONTY.