I agree. The design isn't as polished as it could be, but it works well for what I need. When I finally saw it in person my first thought was "I could have made this in the garage".
4X4Dodger wrote:
I have had one for almost a year and it is very good.
But there is one shortcoming in the design. The "receiver" part that you bolt down to the trailer needs more bolt-hole choices.
This would allow you to position the handle of the jack itself in more orientations than is possible now.
The reason for this is that in some cases, like on my trailer, the mounting point for the jack was too close to the propane tanks and with the Jack E UP installed correctly there were only two usable orientations for the jack handle both of which hit the propane tanks.
Trust me. I took it apart and re-oriented it and the jack in as many positions as possible. but there was no way to avoid this.
My only solution was to move the propane tank holder rearward about three inches. Which was not a big job but would have been unnecessary if there had been some cleverly spaced holes added to the Jack e Up receiver.
But it's a great product and if your tailgate hits your jack and you want to make it easier to just step over the hitch it;s a great addition.
