Help raising 5th wheel landing jacks
I want to add something to my landing jack pads to help me raise them without having to bend to much or get on the ground. This is to raise them into the travel position after I am hooked to my truck....
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fj12ryder wrote:laknox wrote:Sounds good for the retraction, but how the heck do you get them down?SoCalDesertRider wrote:
Some of the landing gear jacks for gooseneck trailers have spring loaded legs. As soon as the pin is pulled, the leg goes up by itself, pulled up by an internal spring.
My dad's new 30' gooseneck flatbed trailer has those; 12k jacks and you d@mn-sure don't want any body parts in the way when those buggers go up! :E
Lyle
Pull the 1/2" diameter "snap pin", 1/4 turn right or left to lock it in the out position, step on the footpad to push it to the ground (yes, it does take some weight to do so), turn the pin back to center then slowly release the weight to allow it to retract to the next hole. Bad@ass trailer, made by PJ Trailers out of TX. 21k GVW, triple single 7k axles with G tires, but best of all we got it with a 10' 4k capacity hydraulic tail. No more schlepping ramps! :-)
Lyle
