Height to the lift point on a T@B 400 Boondock

Jay_and_Kat

I'm hoping someone with easy access to their camper can answer this and save me a trip to the storage lot.

I need to know two measurements, please:

1. Height from the ground to the jacking point on the axle
2. Approximate height of the tire from the ground to the rim

The reason I'm looking for this is I'm considering buying a Harbor Freight Off-road 3 ton floor jack to toss in my tow vehicle for camping trips, to use in case of a flat on the camper, but it if won't fit under the camper with a flat (maybe pulled up on a leveling block or two,) then I see no reason to spend the money on one.

Thank you all!

Maxcamp

I just bought the same Badlands 3-ton offroad jack for my Tacoma and construction trailers, overkill for the Tab.  Love it and easy to move around the yard without wheels and frame digging in.  At 78 pounds its not light to carry around.
The jack plate is about 6" high however the tall portion of frame (excluding pneumatics area) is just over 9" and will not clear under a low car (Corolla) from front to the jacking points without driving up on a ramp first.  

We do not have a 400 so your measurements will vary.  On a 2021 320s with 15" Boondock rims (bigger than non boondocks) we see:
10.25" ground to flat plate jacking point adjacent to flexible axle.  You cannot jack off axle itself.
6" ground to edge of rim.

However, I tried many jacks and jack stand combinations and found NONE usable on the tiny jacking plate as there's insufficient room for both.  Most jacks are too wide and jack wheels push off tire without centering or even reaching jack plate.  I suspect the Badlands is far too wide to be usable on the TAB for this reason.
Several people like the Torin or Red bottle jack with built-in jack stand.  The ones I bought leaked hydraulic fluid and got returned as unsafe.

To correct deficient Nucamp brake wiring and subsequent damage I built a jacking frame that picks up the entire axle at once and allows jacks and jack stands in varied locations.
https://tab-rv.vanillacommunity.com/discussion/comment/199326#Comment_199326

For TAB trips I carry a 2-ton auto "trolley" jack and two 48" 2x12's.  It just barely jacks high enough but fits into a 10 gallon Rubbermaid Tote bin with other trip tools.

Jay_and_Kat

I remember seeing your post about that frame.  If you were / are close-ish to me (SE Michigan) I'd be inclined to offer you green pieces of paper with dead Presidents on them to have you make another.  

Sounds like, too, from your description (and I'm willing to use your numbers as ballpark for my camper,) it'd be a tight squeeze getting the Badlands jack under the camper even without a flat tire.  With a flat, well...

I do have, for when I have to work with the camper jacked up, a Powerbuilt 3 ton bottle jack / jack stand, which I found I still have to pull the side I'm lifting up onto a section of 2x12 to get it under the jack point.  Guess, at least for on-the-road tire changes, I should see how tall the bottle jack I've got from HF is, it'd be all kinds of suckage to get a flat and have no way to get the wheel up in the air to swap it out...

RTWCTS

@Jay_and_Kat I tested a 2-ton Pro Lift brand bottle jack (Tractor Supply) on a pair of levelling blocks for on the road tire changes when I was lubing the bearings on our 400 this spring. It got the trailer off the ground okay. I think if I had a flat, I'd need to pull the wheel up on additional leveling blocks to get the ground clearance needed to use the setup though. We carry all that with us and hope to never try it on a rainy night...