I'm going to be looking for a jack for my truck.
If I had had a good one, that day, I could have changed that tire myself, and been back on the road in less than 20 minutes.
I need to find a good used aluminum floor jack.
My only options are a bottle jack, or a high lift jack.
Sitting there beside the road, I could see the truck being blown violently enough by traffic racing by at 70, only about 5 feet away... That if I had put it on a bottle jack or high lift jack, it would have blown sideways off of them.
Either of those can only be used at some point higher on the truck than the axle.
The aluminum floor jack that the rescue guy had was light enough for me to handle even beside the highway. And could be maneuvered to under the axle, right at the wheel. Plus, was wide enough to be stable.
With it sitting on that, the truck was as stable as if the tire were sitting on the ground.
Guess I'll be looking for a used one. Or even one that needs repairs.
If I had had a good one, that day, I could have changed that tire myself, and been back on the road in less than 20 minutes.
I need to find a good used aluminum floor jack.
My only options are a bottle jack, or a high lift jack.
Sitting there beside the road, I could see the truck being blown violently enough by traffic racing by at 70, only about 5 feet away... That if I had put it on a bottle jack or high lift jack, it would have blown sideways off of them.
Either of those can only be used at some point higher on the truck than the axle.
The aluminum floor jack that the rescue guy had was light enough for me to handle even beside the highway. And could be maneuvered to under the axle, right at the wheel. Plus, was wide enough to be stable.
With it sitting on that, the truck was as stable as if the tire were sitting on the ground.
Guess I'll be looking for a used one. Or even one that needs repairs.