Tongue jack just stopped working
Barker VIP Tongue Jack. Only 2 years old. Went camping a few weeks ago and it worked just fine. Just went to pick up the trailer today from storage to bring it home for our trip this weekend and ...
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DE88ROX wrote:I keep mine covered as well. My Barker jack has been on three trailers, when I buy a new trailer I change out the manual jack for the Barker.DavidP wrote:
I also cover mine when stored/traveling. As far as I can tell it is not from moisture that the switch fails. IMO it appears it fails from to much of a current draw and eventually will not close the circuit and remains open. I was told by Barker the new switches are improved. We will see.
I keep mine covered as well. Friends daughter made us both custom/waterproof covers. they cover a lot more of the jack than what you could buy anywhere.
There was a tech tip in TRAILER LIFE about using a cleaned out bleach bottle with the top cut off and a split in the side to cover the jack. Have not tried it.
