Caravan jack

A few points to consider before spending any money - 

1) How often do caravan tyres get punctures?

2) If you did get an offside puncture whilst towing on a motorway or dual carriageway would you attempt to change it?

3) Are you a member of a breakdown service?

I actually do carry a small bottle jack for changing a caravan tyre but could only ever see me using in on a site or at our storage. Every other situation I would almost certainly ring the breakdown service.

My life is too important to take any risk.

I've got a small trolley jack and have been told to jack on the axle. My service engineer told me under no circumstances jack on the chassis as it will buckle it. The only exception is if you have the Alko or Kojak which have brackets fitted to the chassis.

Mike

Bearing in mind that a car is usually heavier than the caravan I use the car's scissor jack

Jack up on the chassis which, if ALCO, would likely have suitable jacking points built in, as it does in my case. Your handbook should advise on this if you have it.

You might find this thread useful, Armourer.

https://www.caravanclub.co.uk/club-together/discussions/information-technical-tips-advice/caravans/caravan-jack/

I never had to change a wheel on mine but when jacking it up I used a bottle jack and a block of wood against the clamping plate of the motor mover assembly. The wood block reduces the risk of anything sliding about.

We have the Alko jacking points and Jack has worked ok when trying it but has not so far been used in "anger!"

My car's jack is one of those 'half scissor' type & won't fit my caravan 

I have had an ALKO scissor jack for over twenty years never had to use it, I also use a tyrepal which is excellent. My idea of "Jack" is a bloke driving a breakdown truck who comes out to fix it for me!

I carry a light weight low entry 2 tonne trolley jack.

Have jacked up on the Alko open ended jack, scary and worrying that this is supplied. When I removed the jacking brackets one had started to fold, again worrying.

Tried the carajak, marked improvement on the ALKO but not as stable as I would like.

I use the Kojak jack , especially for jacking up the van in winter to spin the wheels. Much better than the Alko jack, where the chassis components bent.