tomkaren13 wrote:
Barker! no other choice for us. Have no knowledge on Jack Quick,
LarryJM wrote:
Same here and I've had my current Barker for close to 20 years and it's been on two trailers. The one problem I had with it about 5 or 6 years ago I was able to fix it myself (switches and gears) for a very reasonable price and the Barker CS was outstanding and worth the cost if more than others IMO.
I too used my UltraFab tongue jack for many years on two trailers and although it did fail once when an threaded pin securing the lower shaft backed off, allowing the shaft to drop out of position, I easily fixed that by securing the pin with Locktite. As far as long term durability of any tongue jack is concerned I always keep the tongue jack head covered during the season to protect it from the effects of sun / rain and replace it with a spare manual tongue jack for winter storage in my workshop, using that as an opportunity to clean, inspect, and re-grease the power tongue jack in preparation for the next camping season.
