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10/1/2014 at 12:54pm
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I also have a pneumatic jockey wheel but I also kept the original solid tyre wheel which I use when caravan is stored at home off season.

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10/1/2014 at 4:58pm
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it's jockey wheel down steadies down wheels chocked hand brake off if you dont want to turn the wheels you can buy plastic moulds that go under ths wheels to keep them from geting flat spots have a good season in 2014

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11/1/2014 at 11:41am
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Quote: if you dont want to turn the wheels you can buy plastic moulds that go under ths wheels to keep them from geting flat spots have a good season in 2014

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Any link to these? And how do you get them underneath the tyres in the first place?

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...These. You just tow caravan onto them.

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Quote: Originally posted by Jax365 on 10/1/2014
Quote: Originally posted by JG1971 on 09/1/2014I have a pneumatic jockey wheel too - guess I'll just have to check it regularly once I've lowered it.
I do turn the wheels a couple of times over the winter.
Thanks for the advice



When I had one I wound it up off the ground to store, the caravan is perfectly ok just on its four steadies and chocks. It was an absolute pain, always going flat, so in the end I just bought a chunky wide solid jockey wheel, which was just as good on ought my shale type drive.





I disagree with this. The jockey wheel should bear the noseweight of the van and the steady legs do just that, steady it. If you look beneath your van, the steadies are fastened to the plywood floor and can eventually damage the floor if used incorrectly. Either the jockey wheel should take the weight, or something else, solid along the chassis.


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13/1/2014 at 11:53am
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Thanks for the replies - i lowered the jockey wheel at the weekend and it's completely flat, tried to inflate it but the valve has gone so put the old solid one back on.
Also turned the wheels, chocked them, and put all the corner steadies back down.
As an extra note i got the heavy-duty pneumatic jockey wheel in the sale from Go-outdoors and it's been absolutely terrible, i should have returned it really. You get what you pay for i suppose!

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