DO NOT USE

Think I'll continue to use my "stack o' wood".................

Old-Biscuit wrote:


Sounds like trailer wheels weren't properly chocked and trailer moved forward

Just what I was thinking. I have the Fastway Flip foot on mine and I can see the potential issue if the trailer can move forward. I'm very careful to chock the wheels with BOTH the wedge style chocks and between the tire chocks before lowering the jack. And the Flip isn't offset so it sits directly below the jack tube.

Gdetrailer wrote:

Old-Biscuit wrote:
According to the website it's rated for 6500#...can't see how it was overloaded.

Was the locking pin fully inserted?
Did the Super Foot collapse?

Sounds like trailer wheels weren't properly chocked and trailer moved forward

OP stated the ELECTRIC JACK BENT so I don't think that the Super foot was overloaded. However the JACK tube was overloaded by the OFFSET that the Super foot CREATES.

Stupid design.

The proper way to do that extension would be a TUBE that FITS over the existing jack tube and STAYS UNDER THE CENTER of the jack tube.

Anything offset like the Super foot will create a huge amount of STRESS on the jack tube ABOVE the point where the Super foot clamp stops.

Think of it like putting a 2ft long pipe over a 1/2 ratchet wrench to gain more leverage.

The super foot extension acts like a LEVER and the jack tubes are made from very THIN WALL TUBING and are not designed for high side loads. The strength in the jack tubing is mainly straight up and down not side to side.

Most likely can not use the Super foot for ANY terrain which is NOT totally flat which completely DEFEATS it's purpose in life.

OP stated "trailer fell forward bending my electric tongue jack"
So sounds like it moved and bent.....not bent from using.

:H

Old-Biscuit wrote:
According to the website it's rated for 6500#...can't see how it was overloaded.

Was the locking pin fully inserted?
Did the Super Foot collapse?

Sounds like trailer wheels weren't properly chocked and trailer moved forward

OP stated the ELECTRIC JACK BENT so I don't think that the Super foot was overloaded. However the JACK tube was overloaded by the OFFSET that the Super foot CREATES.

Stupid design.

The proper way to do that extension would be a TUBE that FITS over the existing jack tube and STAYS UNDER THE CENTER of the jack tube.

Anything offset like the Super foot will create a huge amount of STRESS on the jack tube ABOVE the point where the Super foot clamp stops.

Think of it like putting a 2ft long pipe over a 1/2 ratchet wrench to gain more leverage.

The super foot extension acts like a LEVER and the jack tubes are made from very THIN WALL TUBING and are not designed for high side loads. The strength in the jack tubing is mainly straight up and down not side to side.

Most likely can not use the Super foot for ANY terrain which is NOT totally flat which completely DEFEATS it's purpose in life.

According to the website it's rated for 6500#...can't see how it was overloaded.

Was the locking pin fully inserted?
Did the Super Foot collapse?

Sounds like trailer wheels weren't properly chocked and trailer moved forward

Pictures would have been helpful.

Understanding the conditions during the use may have shed some light on why it failed.

Did the Loaded trailer weight exceed the manufacturers rating?

I used scrap lumber to build a load distributing block to provide the same service, but then it was also something that needed a place to be stowed for travel.

Made it a clicky link...

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One SHOULD have seen that coming from the start, bad idea to use an OFFSET "adapter" to ANYTHING carrying a heavy load like a tongue jack. Has failure written all over it, the load has to go somewhere typically to the weakest part in the whole chain.

For what it is worth, you could have simply made your own by drilling a hole into the bottom of your jack and used a piece of pipe of a larger diameter which would slide over the tongue jack tube. Then a long bolt through both pieces.

However, EXTENDING the jack tube length more than a few inches will put more strain on the jack than what it was designed for so I would not recommend extending the length.