Travel Trailer Winter Storage

[CampUSA]

When you store your trailer for the winter do you jack your wheels up off the ground and put it on jack stands to save the tires?

[dmax_83]

Never have and don't plan to start. I ensure the tires are aired up to the correct PSI and also park on boards instead of directly on the ground. I store indoors so I don't cover my tires, but if I was storing outdoors I would definitely look into tire protection. My Eagle is a '98 and I have never had a single tire problem since new.

[Salsa03]

I used to jack my TT a little.... My Kodiak had torsion suspension so I was sticking a jack between the wheels and lifting it about 2", just to relieve some pressure on the suspension...had the tires fully inflated...


But last Spring, when I got to the TT after the snow had melted, it wasn't at level, strongly leaning towards the door side... I looked under and one jack had laying on its side.

I suspect that the frost was severe and it pushed the ground up and the jack sideways.... and then the angle got too severe and the jack flipped.

No big issue I thought a 2" "fall",,,,,but the results were more severe than I thought

I'll need to find pictures, but the fall actually crushed the floor inwards... and my cabinets/stove and fridge shifted....


So with my new Jayco, I will not jack it up at all....even if the suspension is different and the construction better! I prefer changing tires or replacing suspension components over having some structural damages!!!!

[CampUSA]

Thanks for your replies. I never have either just wondering.