Anybody using anything special for an onboard jack in case of a flat? It happened a couple times this year, and the little scissor jacks are sketchy (even if they haven’t had a section of the handle vanish). Even with the water emptied it’s heavy.
My initial thought is a cheap bottle jack that stays in a case so the parts don’t go missing, and maybe a base to put it on, Thinking There’d need to be something to gain some elevation as well, but no real space anywhere but under the seat to add all that stuff. (it would be awesome if someone had designed one where the case would function as a riser/base, but that is probably not even feasible given the weight.
I know you guys had to have come up with a unique idea or two in all those years…
I had one like this in an explorer I once had. I liked it, and thought about either welding a nut or using an large screedriver bit to make quick work of setting it up or down. who doesn’t carry a n impact nowadays?!
Then theres also the electric air jack.
Personal preference, scissor, bottle, or floor. They can all come in a case. Personally I would buy one that can fit under the vehicle and the trailer and lift both. Not all jacks have the same lift capacity or lift height.
This Jack can do it all, well, make you feel like you can do it all
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I keep a bottle jack on the truck I drive but I took the jacks out of the other trucks. Of they get a flat they can call me and I’ll call a wrecker or mobile your service for them. To much chance for injury changing a tire on the side of the road on a heavy truck.
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Yep, just always seems to happen 2 hours away…and the last time there was a major accident in the area and AAA blew them off (not our membership,so I can’t threaten to cancel over it…). It took me 2+ hours to get to them, after they had been yanked around by AAA for like 3 hours. It’s even worse doing it in the mud they made draining the water tank before you got there, at 7pm, in November… 
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