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Combination Jack
Well I was in COSTCO (In the USA Price Club?)the other day with the DW and noticed something I thought would make my life a bit easier. It is a 3 ton bottle jack married to a 3 ton jack stand. My current jacking arrangement to raise a wheel on the trailer is to use a hydraulic frame jack to raise the frame until the spring starts to sag and then to use a hydraulic floor jack to raise the axle against the spring. I also needed a jack stand for safety. With the bottle/jack stand combination I can raise just the axle for tire/wheel work or use it to raise the frame when I want to take off some of the spring load. In either case I don't need the separate jack stand.
The combination jack is distributed by a company called Crew Line and yes it is made in China. Since it is a three ton rating I have a good safety margin WRT raising one wheel on the trailer. Can't be too careful. My current frame and floor jacks are 8 and 4 ton respectively.
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