Hi anyone else out there having a problem with lowering their pickup tail gate and it hitting the power tongue jack and therefore can't lower it all the way. In order for me to put my two German Shepherds in their kennel's in the back of the pickup I have to be unhitched. If my hitch shank even extended out another inch or so I am sure that would do it, it is so close to clearing the tongue jack.Can I drill another hole about 1" away and use that or is that too dangerous and compromising the safety of my equalizer hitch setup.A quick search on the Internet shows you can get 18" long shanks as aopposed to my 12" one I have now. But that seems excessive I don't need 6" extra and worried that will potentially be proned to sway more ? Any help or advice would be much appreciated. Thank you. I could take a pic too if that would help explain my situation.