The front wheel and my dumb move

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  • ChanW
    ChanW Member Posts: 3,165
    edited September 2016
    You should start driving backwards to even out that wear.  =)
    PXLated said:
    Ya - I'm 250 miles from picking them up - Still not quite to the wear bars though but uneven wear on back two - The fronts are better :-)

    Chan  -  near Buffalo NY
    2014 S Maxx
    2011 Tacoma 4cyl ... edit: 2022 Tacoma 6cyl - oh yeah! 

     A_Little_T@b'll_Do_Ya
  • Nomad
    Nomad Member Posts: 7,209
    They look worse in the photo than in real life :-)
  • mickietucs
    mickietucs Member Posts: 720
    Well that was easy- got out the truck's jack, placed it under the tongue and with a few turns, it was high enough to put the wheel back on. Now I wish I had thought of that (but kudos goes to the fine folks on this forum). 
    Michele, Tucson, AZ. TV - '13 F150 & '16 T@Bitha special order.


    You never really travel alone. The world is full of friends waiting to get to know you!

  • Dalehelman
    Dalehelman Member Posts: 2,414
    edited September 2016
    Simply lift the tongue with the tongue Jack high enough then lower your front stabilizers. They are more than able  to support the front indefinitely or while changing the dolly wheel. Stabilizers can not be used for lifting just for supporting. They can not lift because the foot pad moves in an arch and must move horizontaly as well as vertically when lowered.
    1. Hash  T@B Fun
  • Fergie
    Fergie Member Posts: 143
    "Dalehelman  Posts: 305Member
    September 19  edited September 19
    Simply lift the tongue with the tongue Jack high enough then lower your front stabilizers. They are more than able  to support the front indefinitely or while changing the dolly wheel. Stabilizers can not be used for lifting just for supporting. They can not lift because the foot pad moves in an arch and must move horizontaly as well as vertically when lowered."

    Best entry yet in this series! Physics and mechanics will always trump over all else! I too have a pad to replace the wheel as I have found many sites where the tongue needed to be low to get the rig level, especially on a sandy soil site where a wheel wouldn't work. This was the case when we parked the T@B at Shadock Island State Park in NY on the Hudson River for a week this past July on a trip east.
     
  • Nomad
    Nomad Member Posts: 7,209
    When on dirt, sand, or soft... A pad does the trick...


  • ericnliz
    ericnliz Member Posts: 4,437
    PXL, Is that your dual purpose cutting board?
    2016 T@B MAX S-aka: WolfT@B
    TV: 2006 Chevy Avalanche LT Z71 aka: WhiteWolf, or 1972 Chevy Custom10 P/U aka: SnarlingWolf
    Spokane, Wa.
    Eric aka: Lone Wolf  


  • Nomad
    Nomad Member Posts: 7,209
    Yep, saves space :-)
    Actually, I think it a stabilizer pad for a big rig - found it in the middle of the road when leaving a campground.
  • ericnliz
    ericnliz Member Posts: 4,437
    Somebody is chopping onions on a rock. But I will say, I like the "space saving" idea!
    2016 T@B MAX S-aka: WolfT@B
    TV: 2006 Chevy Avalanche LT Z71 aka: WhiteWolf, or 1972 Chevy Custom10 P/U aka: SnarlingWolf
    Spokane, Wa.
    Eric aka: Lone Wolf  


  • Photomom
    Photomom Member Posts: 2,217
    We haven't used the jack wheel since the first trip, more trouble than it is worth. A piece of board works great and doesn't make a divot in our driveway.
    John and Henrietta, Late 2016 T@B S Max in Western New York
  • Nomad
    Nomad Member Posts: 7,209
    Don't know what I'd do without the wheel and pad - Would certainly make hooking up a bigger hassel. And I hook and unhook a lot.
  • mash2
    mash2 Member Posts: 584
    I keep a piston jack in the back of a cabinet for emergency adjustments.  Block, raise with piston jack and fix whatever went wrong.  
  • AldebaranJill
    AldebaranJill Member Posts: 478
    edited November 2016
    mickietucs said:
    I've found a few places I can't get the front end low enough with the wheel on so I almost exclusively use the foot.
    @mickietucs - Also have this issue while camping and parking at my house. Just realized a foot would help both at home and when leveling.  Searched for "foot pad" and found this post. Looks like you have the surge brakes (not electric) - is there any issue with the foot being too low (can you retract it all the way and not have front of tongue touch ground?)
    2013 MAXX T@B towed by a 2015 Volvo S60 5 CYL AWD Sedan
    Seattle, WA -> Palm Springs, CA
  • Ratkity
    Ratkity Member Posts: 3,770
    This is where PXL says something about them Lego blocks lol
    2017 820R Retro Toy Hauler from 2015 Tabitha T@B from 2009 Reverse LG Teardrop (but a T@Bluver at heart)
  • Nomad
    Nomad Member Posts: 7,209
    Yep - A couple blocks under the T@B wheels (raising it) also raises the tongue height - Problem Solved :-)
  • mickietucs
    mickietucs Member Posts: 720
    AldebaranJill said:
    mickietucs said:
    I've found a few places I can't get the front end low enough with the wheel on so I almost exclusively use the foot.
    @mickietucs - Also have this issue while camping and parking at my house. Just realized a foot would help both at home and when leveling.  Searched for "foot pad" and found this post. Looks like you have the surge brakes (not electric) - is there any issue with the foot being too low (can you retract it all the way and not have front of tongue touch ground?)
    I have elec brakes. I do have a foot and use it 99% of the time. I like the wheel if I needed to move the trailer around by hand but I'm usually on dirt or gravel. PXL - I don't know how you do it as I know you're mostly on dirt too. 
    Michele, Tucson, AZ. TV - '13 F150 & '16 T@Bitha special order.


    You never really travel alone. The world is full of friends waiting to get to know you!

  • Nomad
    Nomad Member Posts: 7,209
    Don't know how I do what exactly.
    For the wheel, I have a leveling pad that's smooth on one side and it's about 18" square - found it on the road, think it's a big rig pad. Have seen them in RV supply places. Allows me to move the wheel around a bit when I'm on sand/gravel.


  • Dalehelman
    Dalehelman Member Posts: 2,414
    If you had 2 of those you could move it almost anywhere. I like the idea. I have had problems on soft terrain, and that's a good  solution. Flat and easy to store.
    1. Hash  T@B Fun
  • Nomad
    Nomad Member Posts: 7,209
    Allows me to shift the tongue 6" or so, easily - Even though after a thousand hooks / unhooks I'm pretty much dead on the hitch.
  • Sharon_is_SAM
    Sharon_is_SAM Member Posts: 10,035
    I commandeered an old gel type cutting board for this purpose.  
    Sharon / 2017 T@B CSS / 2015 Toyota Sienna Minivan / Westlake, Ohio
  • Nomad
    Nomad Member Posts: 7,209
    Ya, a good solid cutting board would work. The back side of my pad is honeycombed so grips the ground.

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