Power stabilizing jacks

We had the non electric jacks on 2 of our Jayco units and now we have electric jacks on our 2014 Jayco Eagle. I favor the electric over the mechanical jacks. Many times my wife can lower the jacks while I am doing something else to set up the trailer. Also I find these jacks to give the trailer more stability than the mechanical jacks. The attachment to the trailer frame of the electrical jacks provides much more mounting area to the frame and this helps stabilizer the trailer more. Look at a trailer with and w/o electrical jacks and you will see the frame mounting difference. I would not hesitate to order them again. If you have any electrical issue they provide a crank with the electrical jacks.
Reedga 2014 Jayco Eagle

Do yourself a favor and skip that option.I absolutely hate them. The traditional manual jacks do a far better job, are quicker if you use a drill, and like mentioned are one less thing to go wrong. when mine break there is no way I will replace them. Back to manual

Don't expect them to actually "stabilize". You may end up experiencing what is often called "bounce", "shimmy" or simply "movement" when set up at a site. Bounce does not bother some and some don't like it at all. The degree of bounce will depend on a few factors like the TT GVW, it's length and strength of the frame. Lippert elec. stab. jack (the most common out there) has significant inherent flex in it's various components and it's just the way they are.

You may very well find yourself wanting to add stabilizing braces like the Bal Lock Arm in the photo. (There are a few other manufacturers of a similar product) A screw or bottle jack at each of the 4 corners of the TT plus ahead of the wheels may be desirable also and will minimize the vertical component of movememnt. X-chocks work very well in minimizing fore/aft movement as opposed to ones under the tires.

While not very exotic or sexy looking, the basic scissor jacks work very well in conjunction with Bal Lock Arm (or other) cross bracing.

The electric stab. jacks are not intended for levelling a TT. You should level it first before extending the legs down.

We still like our elec. stab. jacks though and wouldn't be without them. I have one set of the BAL braces to install at the rear of the TT once the weather improves enough.

IMO, just another thing to go wrong. I like my 18v Dewalt drill to power the stabilizers.

TheGreatWaz00 wrote:
I am thinking of adding the option of power stabilizing jacks to our trailer we are ordering. I like the idea of simply pressing a button to lower and raise them.

Any thoughts, pros or cons, on them???

If I was buying a new unit I would definitely get that option especially if it also levels the unit. It is a real time saver both insetting up and getting ready for the road.

I like to take an additional 1/2 turn on the stabilizers after lowering them. I wonder how the power feature would handle that?