What to do within the week before 1st trip
Need tips on what we need to do within the week before our 1st trip. Husband just wants to get the trailer out of storage Friday, throw our bags in and leave--I know we'll need more time than that, an...
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Not to worry - if something is going to break or stop working, it'll be out on a trip, and more than likely a long way from home. Much less like to happen at home, but it can happen. :)
Day before we went out on our first trip this season in April, I go to hook up the TT to the truck. The Ultrafab jack would not work. No problem, I'll just use the backup/emergency method - a socket wrench on top and do it manually until I fix it. Then I find that the motor is frozen solid and not even a 2' breaker bar would budge it. Ended up spending the rest of the day taking it apart and rebuilding it with parts from old damaged one I still had in the shed. Always cover on the jack and a cover on the TT over the winter too. Would never get another UF jack ever again. :M
Day before we went out on our first trip this season in April, I go to hook up the TT to the truck. The Ultrafab jack would not work. No problem, I'll just use the backup/emergency method - a socket wrench on top and do it manually until I fix it. Then I find that the motor is frozen solid and not even a 2' breaker bar would budge it. Ended up spending the rest of the day taking it apart and rebuilding it with parts from old damaged one I still had in the shed. Always cover on the jack and a cover on the TT over the winter too. Would never get another UF jack ever again. :M
