Safety Advice
When Jacking a Caravan: Always ensure the caravan is connected to the tow vehicle, or to some other immovable object. The tow vehicle is prevented from movement, and the caravan wheels have their park brake/s on, and chocked either way.
Jacking Using the Jockey Wheel for Support: Never repeat Never attempt to jack one side of the caravan, whose only drawbar support is a jockey wheel. The likelihood of the front of the caravan moving off sideways on the jockey wheel is extremely high, especially if the caravan is on any sort of sideways slope.
Recommendation: I think the cost of incorporating a “Trail-A Mate” type of jacking system to your caravan is money wisely spent. Let’s face it nobody enjoys changing a flat tyre, especially when you have to firstly put the jack under the caravan, in generally the worst of environments. Not to mention your legs out the side of the caravan waiting to be run over by another passing vehicle.
© John Seeley November 2007
