How do you park yours????

[swampdonkey]

Hi, I recently got a trailer and was told by my dad to turn the jockey wheel as high as I can when parking, so that most of the weight is on the back wheels.

That was all fine until tonight a lady from the yard told me that she was told to lower her jockey wheel so that the weight is evenly distributed.

A bit confused now? (easily done!)

How do you all park yours?

 

[AmyMay]

Jockey wheel up.

 

[L&M]

We parked ours with the wheel down - have no idea why but never caused any issues!

 

[Jesstickle]

Weight should be on all four wheels evenly or you'll end up wrecking your tyres! Then chock it and take the hand brake off!

 

[AmyMay]

Are we all assuming different things here?

Jockey wheel up for manouvering whilst attached to a vehicle. Jockey wheel down and secured when parked and off vehicle.

 

[galaxy]

When the trailer is parked up and left then the trailer weight needs to be even on all 4 tyres and should be left with the hand brake off as another poster said.

 

[swampdonkey]

Are we all assuming different things here?

Sorry, probably didn't explain it very well,

when its parked up and left, without car.

I wind the jockey wheel as high as I can so weight is more on back wheels than lowered so distributes weight evenly.

 

[clippi]

Jockey wheel wound down until the handle 'spins' loosely, that way you know the pressure is even on the tyres

 

[galaxy]

Are we all assuming different things here?

Jockey wheel up for manouvering whilst attached to a vehicle. Jockey wheel down and secured when parked and off vehicle.

Think most people have assumed the op means what to do with jockey wheel height when parkED not parkING.

 

[AmyMay]

In that case, op. Ignore me

 

[Honey08]

We park ours with the jockey wheel down, wheels level and handbrake up. The only time we park it "nose up" is if we have soaked the floor with the hose to swill the wee out (to let it all drain out..).

 

[swampdonkey]

thank you all, will have words with Father!!! lol!
Will rectify tomorrow

 

[weebarney]

Maybe the person was a bit muddled, it's better if you are trying to push the trailer by hand to have the weight on the back wheels but when parked the weight should be evenly distributed on 4 wheels as other posters have said.

 

[FfionWinnie]

Level. And I never put the handbrake on trailers as they just seize, chock the wheels (but try and remove before driving off )

 

[Jesstickle]

Level. And I never put the handbrake on trailers as they just seize, chock the wheels (but try and remove before driving off )

I never remember. Tried to drive off with the chuffing wheel clamp on a couple of months ao!

 

[9tails]

I've never thought about it but I leave mine so it's the right height for the tow ball to slide under when I want to move it. But it's high anyway, on 15" wheels rather than the smaller wheels that newer trailers have. All tyres are on the ground.

 

[babymare]

Mmmmm just asked my fella and he said should be left with weight on all tyres as flat spots will appear on back tyres. think 50p piece ie mis shaped