Jack stands under axle

hi everyone! This is my first post—discovered this site after this weekend’s double blowout on my trip. Lost both tires within about 20 miles of each other. Yay.

Figured I’ve done a few things wrong and trying to get smarter about my storage. Figure one of the contributing problems to my flats was that I probably had flat spots on my tires. And my tires were also about the age that needed replacing.

Anyway to prevent more flat spots in the future, I’ve jacked my single axle pop up and placed a jack stand just to the inside of each of my leaf springs. Is this a bad idea for some reason I haven’t considered?

 

The tires were 5 years old. I replaced both main tires and the spare. Hoped to get class D, but could only find class C.

I hoped to leave it on the jack stands under the axel for a few months while being stored. I had considered jacking under the frame, but was afraid that I would warp the frame with such a long timeframe.

Interested to hear what this community has for thoughts on this.

 

I’ll look in my manual.

 

I wasn’t keeping them inflated while stored in my garage. This seems to be a mistake. Apparently tires should ALWAYS be at the max psi regardless if in storage or in use.

 

So, digging into the random pamphlets that consist of my user’s manual.

The general rockwood manual states to keep the tires inflated during storage (which i was neglecting)

The axle, brake, hub and drum manual states that the pup should be jacked up and placed on auxiliary blocking under the frame so that all the weight is removed from the wheels. It also states that the axel should never be used to raise the trailer (oops).

So, i guess i should place the camper on blocks under the frame? Maybe I’ll get a few for each side to distribute the load.

 

That’s my plan. Figure that’s where the load is already being supported. Off to harbor freight in a bit to get a floor jack to make this process a little easier.