TrailerTech: Measuring for Lift

Welcome back to TrailerTech! The automotive blog from Trailer Blocks with focus on the towed vehicle.

Our on-going goal with the TrailerTech articles is to provide a number of guides and tutorials for assisting any trailer suspension tuning endeavours. Today we are talking about lifting.

Unlike automobile suspension, where it is fairly easy to purchase an aftermarket "lift kit", trailer suspension requires some custom tuning and evaluation when making changes. Trailer Blocks aims to help reduce potential complications and help anyone looking to lift a trailer do it quickly, easily and safely.

While this might seem like a simple step, it is important to start with the basics: We’ve heard from a few customers, wanting to know how much they should raise their trailers. This is something that should be evaluated on a case-by-case basis. Adjustments in your trailer ride height should be made with the consideration that your trailer should be riding level with the ground behind the towing vehicle.

A quick practical tip to help envision your planned adjustment in ride height is to find 1”/2”/3” boards to use and back your trailer onto them to see how the overall height would be changed after a Trailer Blocks installation. Depending on your situation and desired lift, you may choose to use ramps, jacks or a combination of boards to achieve the desired result. Staggering boards, as shown in the picture below can make it easier to move the trailer on and off.

Trailer Blocks are sold in 1”, 1-1/2", 2”, 2-1/2", and 3” height variants. We hope this quick tip can help you, please strike up a conversation if you have any questions or comments. We're eager to bring more automotive content to Steemit!