Electric tongue jack...Dead battery????
My new trailer has an electric tongue jack. I just went over to drop something off. The battery is dead. What does that mean for the tongue jack? Will I have to use a manual crank? Or, will it run if ...
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I am mystified as to why some TTs still come with manual jacks.
Just about any TT should be using a WD hitch. Most all of these hitches are much easier to hook up when using a power jack to take the pressure off the bars by raising the rear of the TV.... In my case, with a 1 ton CrewCab dually and about 1400# of TW, there are not to many popeyes out there with the kahuanas to use a manual jack for that load.
But even for the lighter units, it is a substantial amount of weight, and with more women that ever involved in RVing, it just seems that PJs should be standard equipment.
As for reliability. Good jacks simply don't fail. I have been using Atwoods since 2000, with no problems. Batteries can go dead, but that is a problem whether using a PJ or not.
Just about any TT should be using a WD hitch. Most all of these hitches are much easier to hook up when using a power jack to take the pressure off the bars by raising the rear of the TV.... In my case, with a 1 ton CrewCab dually and about 1400# of TW, there are not to many popeyes out there with the kahuanas to use a manual jack for that load.
But even for the lighter units, it is a substantial amount of weight, and with more women that ever involved in RVing, it just seems that PJs should be standard equipment.
As for reliability. Good jacks simply don't fail. I have been using Atwoods since 2000, with no problems. Batteries can go dead, but that is a problem whether using a PJ or not.
