Equalizer Hitch and Tongue Jack
Hi all! After 3 years towing our 19' Jayco Hybrid using the Equalizer Hitch, our tongue jack finally gave in. First, it happened that I could not use the electric motor to lift the tongue anymore. B...
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f150camper wrote:
I am perfectly fine with a manual jack, for several reasons:
- it takes all of two minutes to raise/lower the tongue. I have that much time, I don't mind. Have done manual jacks all my life.
- Effort? I don't mind the "exercise". :)
- Manual is less expensive, lower tongue weight, and has fewer things to go wrong with.
- We dry camp probably 80% of the time, and now I don't need to worry about having power left for the jack. The manual jack is much easier to move than the electric one with no power.
All in all, I am very happy with the manual one. At the price of $42, it was an easy decision. Has an almost 50% higher capacity also. Easy to change back should I ever decide to do so, I left the cable as is (just took the fuse out).MY TW is north of 1400#s, and I often hitch up in 115 degree heat.... I will never use a manual jack again.
BTW, my jack is the Atwood 3500 heavy duty. It picks up my Truck, a 1 ton dually crewcab AND trailer, Often with over 3500#s of "stuff" in the truck bed.
I can't tell from the pick just what brand yours is, other than it is NOT an Atwood. It is one of the side motor mount ones.. Maybe a Lippert?
Not sure what brand it was.
