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Tennessee_Nomad
Explorer
Jan 03, 2014

Question about electric tongue jack installation

My new tongue jack came today and I have a question. I gather that I have to prop up the camper at the a-frame in order to get the old manual jack off and get the new electric one installed. I have so...
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Terryallan
Explorer II
Jan 04, 2014
michers wrote:
Just put the stabilizer jacks down. Since you mentioned a TT, most are scissor jacks and rated at around 5000 lbs. I've had to do this myself once for an emergency CG repair and I've also used them to support the entire TT when I repack wheel bearings.


Correct answer. Jus raise the tongue to where you want it. Drop both front stabilizers. Install the jack, and raise the stabs back up.

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