Do you carry a jack?

[jockaneezer]

I bought a (5 ton?) bottle jack from Machine Mart which does the job admirably, but the 3 piece slot together handle, combined with the built in "lost motion" in the pump linkage makes the job a lot harder than it should be. The handle hit the ground, then the skirt and hardly applied any decent lift to the ram until you get a bit of height going. A length of 3/8" BSP steam pipe with the end diameter reduced slightly to fit the jack was a big improvement .

 

[Stagman]

I got 2x5ton bottle jacks, socket and wrecker bar, spare wheel and goo-pack
I've never been a scout

 

[busby]

Been motor homing 17 years, four different motorhomes - none of them came with a spare, they all came with a jack.

Never had a puncture (now I have tempted fate)

You are really pushing your luck,,BUSBY

 

[LesW]

Not only do I carry a jack, a three ton bottle item, but I also use it whenever any maintainace is required on the moho..

 

[Minxy]

But if you do not have a spare tyre what’s the point

If you have a puncture it's not unknown for locals to offer to help and take your wheel to be repaired or have a new tyre put on at garage, but obviously they may not have a jack capable of lifting your MH, so you'd be stuffed.

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[Coolcats]

If you have a puncture it's not unknown for locals to offer to help and take your wheel to be repaired or have a new tyre put on at garage, but obviously they may not have a jack capable of lifting your MH, so you'd be stuffed.

My experience of no spare.....I don't need a Jack I just call a magic number and a man or woman turns up and changes the wheel/tyre and I still have clean hands.

As in a case of one of my low slung cars with a rare tyre the car was returned to the factory to have a new tyre fitted...

Cant see the point of paying for emergency/recovery breakdown and doing the job oneself ! But each to thier own eh

 

[Minxy]

My experience of no spare.....I don't need a Jack I just call a magic number and a man or woman turns up and changes the wheel/tyre and I still have clean hands.

As in a case of one of my low slung cars with a rare tyre the car was returned to the factory to have a new tyre fitted...

Cant see the point of paying for emergency/recovery breakdown and doing the job oneself ! But each to thier own eh

.... and I can't see the point of being totally reliant on another party ... even if I don't do it myself I'd rather have the option if the need arises.

 

[Coolcats]

.... and I can't see the point of being totally reliant on another party ... even if I don't do it myself I'd rather have the option if the need arises.

Fair enough

 

[SMB]

I had a flat tyre on a ferry, found it when it was time to disembark. The valve had been snapped off (probably when they put the safety chains on as I was at the head of a line of HGV's). No amount of the injection sealant would have helped, fortunately I had a spare tyre and it was the fns so the Fiat jack was sufficient. After this experience I bought an extendable wheel brace, a 5 ton bottle jack and promised myself I would always have a spare tyre.

 

[Ian Bosman]

I have a monstrous tower jack bought by my father long ago ex army rated at 2.5 tons so will lift the van no problem. Requires a 3/4inch to 1/2 inch converter to fit the hole for the handle and has a massive thrust bearing under it the bottom cover. Must be at least 70 years old as I think my father bought it when the army cleared out of the local army camp when they closed it in the mid 50's. The issue with such jacks is getting under a safe lifting point especially if you have a flat so my trolley jack has to lift the van enough to get clearance but is not really up to lifting 2 tons on the back axle.

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[Carado]

I've had a coachbuilt MH for the past 5years and during that time the jack and tools have remained firmly in their storage compartment under the passenger seat. Think I opened the hatch twice once when I took delivery and again before I sold it.

I got my new A-Class on Wednesday and the jack and tools come nicely wrapped up in a bag rattling loose on the garage floor. I'm thinking of leaving them in the shed at home especially as the van doesn't have a spare wheel only an inflation kit and in all probabilty if I got a flat I'd call the experts out. As far as I can see there is no legal requirement to carry a jack.

I'm interested to know, Does any other A-Class owners bother to carry the jack?

I own a A class and like you I was handed a compressor with foam strapped to it with a jack in the garage so the first job when I got it home was to track down a wheel and tyre on eBay which I did and now have a spare wheel in the garage ,first thing to consider is if you use the foam then the wheel is completely finished and even a small puncture can not be repaired second thing to consider your breakdown cover may state you should carry a servisable spare wheel in the event of a puncture I know mine does

 

[rick brind]

Never go anywhere without a spare have used supplied jack with no problems, luckily not due to a puncture but to remove wheels to get new tyres fitted and for servicing. Always use an axle stand and make sure jack is level. Remember you are only lifting and fraction of the weight not 3.5 kg . If really worried invest in a 2 ton bottle jack.