Manually Operating Landing Gear

[RobWNY]

I have a 2019 Forest River Salem Hemisphere 286RL. It has the Venture Electric landing gear. I can't figure out how to extend/retract the landing gear using the crank handle or any other manual method. There's no hole to put the crank handle through to connect to the motor shaft so am I missing something? What would I do if I had a wiring or battery issue and had to raise/lower the 5th wheel in order to hook up?

[Toolguy5]

On my new Jayco they are independently operated manually. Each motor has an access on the top or bottom to fit a socket wrench on. There is a rubber cap over the bolt. I believe the top is a 3/4 socket and the bottom is 3/8.

[RAS43]

Sounds like some of that "quality build" we are always discussing here.

[RobWNY]

Thanks sayoung and filrupmark. It wasn't where the propane tanks are but I found it on the opposite side in the battery compartment. The reason I didn't find it sooner was they decided that was a convenient hole to put battery cables through for a second battery so it never dawned on me that was the hole for the hand crank to go through. I think I'll drill out a new hole for the battery cables and leave the crank hole available for what it was intended to be there for.

[filrupmark]

Did your trailer come with a hand crank ? I Would think that you open the street side propane door to find the manual crank access point.

[sayoung]

On my Jayco the crank attach point is in the propane storage bin. No hole on the outside.