luvmydogs wrote:
So which is more apt to hit the tailgate, one straight up or on the side?
While there may be some tongue jacks on the market that will allow rotating the head only partially I'd want one that allows rotating the head a full 180 degrees. Here's a pic of my
UltraFab 3002 mounted normally on our TrailCruiser hybrid and as you can see the head is offset to the front of the jack. As soon as I mounted it I realized the forward mounted head would prevent my Silverado's tailgate from lowering fully but after a quick examination I discovered I could remove the four main head bolts and rotate the head a full 180 degrees so it would instead be sitting aft of the tongue jack shaft, as shown
in this pic. When we sold the hybrid I kept the UltraFab and mounted it on our much heavier KZ Spree 240BH-LX, again with the head facing aft as shown
in this pic. This proved particularly advantageous when I later began towing that same trailer with a Chevy Avalanche which has a much higher cargo box and therefore a much higher tailgate than the Silvy. I can't say whether it's even possible to rotate the head (whether partially or fully) on the two tongue jacks you're considering because I've not owned either but doing so with the UltraFab is particularly easy.
In this CW ad you can zoom in and see the four main head nuts ... simply undo the nuts, remove the bolts, rotate the head 180 degrees, put the bolts back in, tighten the nuts, and you're done. Doesn't take but a couple of minutes. :B Apparently for some this isn't a concern but having personally had this problem of tailgate interference but being able to easily solve it by rotating the tongue jack head my thinking is if you can have this advantage then why not? ... if you don't use it, nothing lost, but if you do ever run into this situation you'll have a ready solution to the problem.
