Tombstone Jim
Tombstone Az
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I use a drive on like this.
2011 Big Country 3450
06 F250 4x4
91 Wrangler
2011 Jeep Liberty
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hallock5
Texas
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I equip myself with CoachNet's phone number.
2008 Jayco Eagle Superlite 28.5RLS
2002 Ford 4x4 SuperCab 7.3 (Jr International) Diesel
Sad to say, time to sell to a good home.
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Doughboy12
Minnesota
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hallock5 wrote:I equip myself with CoachNet's phone number.
Was waiting for that one...took longer than expected I must say.
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nayther
Burbank, CA
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And make sure you can loosen the lug nuts with whatever you carry. I had a real hard time with my star wrench due to the torque applied by the impacts at the tire store, even bent the star wrench.
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'12 Duramax CC short bed
'06 3005 Rage'n Falcon
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Chase_Fair
Anchorage, Alaska
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hallock5 wrote:I equip myself with CoachNet's phone number.
there are a lot of places in Alaska that you don't have phone service of anykind so I really try to stay self supported as much as possible.
About the trailer aidsDo these actually work well?
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2002 Ford F-150 7700 Payload Package B w/ Husky 16K hitch
2013 Work and Play 27UL 28ft
Anchorage, Alaska
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BobWanderer
Perris,Calif,USA
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hallock5 wrote:I equip myself with CoachNet's phone number.
Many places we travel DON'T have cell service and I am sure some road service's won't go to one of the places we camp, some of our friends won't even try it 
2008 GMC 2500HD 4X4 DMax CC LB
2004 Thor Wanderer Wagon 247WTB
2006 TE450 Husky
2007 Rhino Sport Edition
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BigDogF250
Ramona, CA
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Had 2 flats in the last 6 months. This worked well, I was back on the road inside 30 minutes both times:
Loosen the lug nuts.
Drove onto a triple stack of Lynx leveling blocks on the 2 axles not impacted. This gave me the clearance I needed to get the flat tire out of the wheel well and the fully inflated on back in.
Used the scissor jack from the truck to lift the axle with the flat tire about 3". This was really only for putting the fully inflated on back on.
Remove the flat, put on the spare. Tighten lugs best I could.
Remove jack, drive off of the Lynx leveling blocks. Tighten lugs for real.
Check lugs at the next available parking lot (20ish miles in both cases).
Only special tool required was a wrench that fits the trailer lug nuts, they are different than the truck. I have one of those 4 way ones from back in the day, worked perfectly. Everything else is normal trailer gear for me.
Don't take life too seriously, it's not permanent.
06 Weekend Warrior FSC3200 pulled by 05 Ford F250 PSD 4x4
07 Yamaha YZF450 White/Silver, 94 Husqvarna WXC610
2008 Polaris RZR 800, 2011 Honda CBR1000RR and one Goffin Cockatoo
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rockhillmanor
On the Road
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nayther wrote:And make sure you can loosen the lug nuts with whatever you carry. I had a real hard time with my star wrench due to the torque applied by the impacts at the tire store, even bent the star wrench.
2 foot piece of pipe over the wrench will give you the leverage to take off any lug nut that's been tightened by impact in a nano second. My pipe is stored under the drivers seat for taking off stubborn lug nuts and what ever else type of 'situation' that might come up.
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so as to have the life that is waiting for us".
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Bedlam
PNW
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The Trailer-Aid did not work on my Weekend Warrior because there was too much articulation between the axles (works fine with my enclosed trailer). I now carry jack stands, a large bottle jack and wooden blocks to raise the truck or trailers when I don't want to wait for ERS.
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BobWanderer
Perris,Calif,USA
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rockhillmanor wrote:nayther wrote:And make sure you can loosen the lug nuts with whatever you carry. I had a real hard time with my star wrench due to the torque applied by the impacts at the tire store, even bent the star wrench.
2 foot piece of pipe over the wrench will give you the leverage to take off any lug nut that's been tightened by impact in a nano second. My pipe is stored under the drivers seat for taking off stubborn lug nuts and what ever else type of 'situation' that might come up.
I always keep a 24" breaker bar complete with socket under the seat for those "situations", No way they can say I have a "weapon" when I can step outside and put the "tool" on a lugnut 
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