Hi, like many others I think, I'm surprised Eriba doesn't either make the chassis suitable for the Kojak jack or they should produce a bespoke Eriba jack. I bought a 2 tonne Halfords scissor jack but was worried that it may slip whilst under the axel when jacking up. So I bought a rubber pad and made it fit the jacking plate on the jack. I then bolted the rubber pad to the top of the jack to protect the axel and also stop the jack slipping when being used. I can supply a piccy if anyone is interested or I'd be grateful to know what jacks other use? I did try transporting a trolley jack but the weight was ridiculous.
Colin

Mines up on axle stands at the moment as the wheels are getting powder coated.

I used a trolley jack and place an axle stand on each side of the main bar between the two wheels (not sure of the correct term!) I found that my trolley jack would not reach high enough to lift the chassis where the kojak jacking point is.

hopefully getting it back on it's wheels by Friday as we are off to Trimpley Vintage show this weekend.

Jez

Hi Jezzer, is powder coating the wheels expensive? My steel wheels look really naff and I wonder if powder coating them black or silver would be appropriate.
I'm guessing it must be cheaper than buying alloys.
TonyP

Hi Tony,

ours are steel wheels and from a 78 Triton. They were beginning to look shabby.

I rang around a few wheel repair specialists who quoted from £30 to £60 a wheel. Some of them took the tyre off and replaced it others didn't.

I found two powdercoaters near to where I work and and elected to go for cheaper of the two (£25 per wheel). A local tyre fitter took off the old tyres and will refit the new ones for £20 (all three wheels). So, all in for £95 (not including the cost of 3 new tyres - I used camskill who are an online business).

I'm to pick them up tonight, tyres fitted tomorrow and refitted to the van tomorrow evening. I'll take some images before the tyres go on and post up tomorrow.

I'm gambling on RAL3001 - (red) rather than Silver. Fingers crossed it works out.

cheers
Jez

Cheers Jez. Looking forward to seeing the red!
TonyP

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When I bought the Troll off (Agger) member of this forum it came with two really good tyre and wheel covers which I leave on all the time when not in use. Keeps the direct sun light off the tyres as well as the great British weather.

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testing the other method

Quote: Tomored wrote in post #9

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It's not really any of my business, but I'm interested why you want to take some of the weight off the wheels. Is it a concern over flat-spotting the tyres?

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Quote: Aaron Calder wrote in post #10

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A quick trawl of t'Internet brings up lots of conflicting advice about flat spots on caravan tyres. Some people claim that 21 days is the maximum that a caravan should stand without the tyres being rotated while others say that with modern tyres kept correctly inflated, the whole topic is a load of cobblers.

Who are we supposed to believe?

In the five years that we have been caravanning, I have never given it a thought but if I were concerned, I think I'd simply buy a pair of these tyre savers

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Quote: Pepé Le Pew wrote in post #28

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Anyway - one thing I would definitely do were our van stored outside in direct sunlight is cover the tyres

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Some years ago I acquired a inflatable jack the benefits being that it is flat and can easily slide under the caravan even if the tyre is flat. It inflates by pushing it on to the car exhurst. I have never as yet had to use it so I cannot vouch for its merits but it folds quite flat and is light in weight.


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