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i have a tt but i got no jack with it what is the best way to change tyre

thanks

Use your car jack if it fits, but make sure it's on a metal bit of the chassis rather than the ply.If it doesn't fit then get a basic jack from Halfords. A TT only weighs about 500Kg fully laden which is one heck of a lot less than the average car so you don't need a very butch one.

Actually we carry a second jack and appropriate wheelbrace within the TT itself now when travelling, in a place we can get to them easily. We started doing this after we had a TT blowout on the motorway and realised we were going to have to unpack a full load of camping gear from the boot to reach the car jack. (At which point we decided to call the RAC, being wimps.)

We checked our car jack today as we are going off mid week for a few nights away.  But whilst doing that my husband realised that he could just raise the legs on the folding camper a bit higher than normal and change the wheel that way, not sure if would be the same on all tt/fc's though.

Jane

Quote: Originally posted by I Love Holidays on 25/10/2008

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We checked our car jack today as we are going off mid week for a few nights away.  But whilst doing that my husband realised that he could just raise the legs on the folding camper a bit higher than normal and change the wheel that way, not sure if would be the same on all tt/fc's though.

 

Jane

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Jacking up a (presumably) fully loaded TT or FC on the steadies is a sure fire way to damage the chassis. Same as for caravans. The steadies are for steadying the trailer bed, not for weight bearing. It is a good idea to put them down as normal though, and to drop the jockey wheel just in case the trailer pops off the jack. And leave the trailer still hitched to the car, as a brake.

Good points about using the legs, I must say that we do use a jack (hence we checked if the car one worked before we go away), but my OH just mentioned that he had been able to 'check' the wear on the tyres yesterday by using the corner steadies, I thought that in an emergency they could be used for changing the tyre, but we will continue to use a jack like most others, and like you say suggest that others do the same as it is far more safer and less damaging to the tt/fc. 

Jane