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countrygirl · 01-12-2008, 05:32 PM

One reason it went so fast was that I used my new aluminum 3 ton floor jack from Costco:

http://tinyurl.com/2fcs9y

This made it very easy for me to jack the camper up so that Tom set the jackstands in place.

We also used a 12volt impact wrench from harbor freight. The lug nuts were on really tight...it was as though the studs were coated with tar. We thought maybe they were stripped by whoever put them on but they were not stripped. We had the tires balanced and when we installed them we put white lithium grease on the studs and it was much easier to the the nuts back on. We finished up with our torque wrench at the required 90-95 lbs.

We were amazed at how out of balance the tires must have been...because of the size of the wheel weights that they had to install. We always thought the TM pulled very smoothly and look forward to seeing how it pulls now.

01-12-2008, 05:32 PM	#3
countrygirl TrailManor Master Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 1,346	One reason it went so fast was that I used my new aluminum 3 ton floor jack from Costco: http://tinyurl.com/2fcs9y This made it very easy for me to jack the camper up so that Tom set the jackstands in place. We also used a 12volt impact wrench from harbor freight. The lug nuts were on really tight...it was as though the studs were coated with tar. We thought maybe they were stripped by whoever put them on but they were not stripped. We had the tires balanced and when we installed them we put white lithium grease on the studs and it was much easier to the the nuts back on. We finished up with our torque wrench at the required 90-95 lbs. We were amazed at how out of balance the tires must have been...because of the size of the wheel weights that they had to install. We always thought the TM pulled very smoothly and look forward to seeing how it pulls now. __________________ 2019 FORD 150. 2007 Trailmanor 3124KS...still got it. Robin 1,000 Lb Weight Distributing Hitch ...still got it. We replaced the tires on the TM July 2017 I will update when I have time to get the specs What's new...we went to all LED lighting and love them. New 3/25/16 two new horizontal propane tanks.