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Location: MO in woods | We're looking for trailer-aid for our 2 trailers is used to change tires in case of flats.Thanks much for help. |
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Location: Southern New Mexico | You can get them frome catalogs like Valley vet, Jeffers, country supply sometimes e-bay has them and I think I saw them at the local Tractors supply store. |
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Location: Baldwin City, KS 66006 | I ALWAYS carry blocks of wood in my truck when I haul.....used for dollying the trailer down, chocking the tires, blacking the horses feet (put the feet on to keep grass off of hoof black) etc..... Why spend the money for a trailer aid when you can ramp the trailer onto 1 X4's and use another one as a ramp.....?Much cheaper and the wood can be multi used. "Build it and they will come" ????
Edited by ISHOM 2006-04-25 11:08 AM
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Extreme Veteran
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Location: Grapeland, Texas | A friend made a deal for me made out of 3 pieces of wood, each longer than the other, stacked. The ends are cut at an angel to drive up on. I use it to level the trailer, but could be used to change a flat also. Even have a little handle to carry it with. It's pretty handy |
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Location: washington | That is exactly what I did... I took a 16" long 2x6, a 10" long 2x6 and then a 6" long 2x6, glued them together and covered with composition rolled roofing, so there was no slipping. In the end it looked like a little set of steps you could walk up one side and back down the other. I have changed flat tires on the trailer without having to unload; just drive onto it. Very handy and cheap too! |
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| I was lucky enough to score several LVL off-cuts about 14 inches wide, FULL 2 inches thick and as much as 4 ft long. With a triangular rubber wheel chock I can improvise a wheel changing ramp that is a LOT steadier than the little plastic things, MUCH less likely to sink in a soft shoulder, etc.
They are great for landing gear pads and packing up one corner of a ramp if I have to load/unload on very uneven ground.
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Location: novinger, mo | I have a cut off from a 6" x 6" (about 2 1/2' long)that I beveled on both ends. Can drive up right on it and raises the other tire enough to change it.
Cost = $0.
Edited by j&j 2006-05-02 2:41 PM
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