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Stupid! Stupid! Stupid! Broken Tongue Jack

LaunchnRetrieve
Explorer
Explorer
So I'm up early.
I hitch the trailer to the truck.
And as I leave the storage facility, a big scrape.
I know I need new shocks, so maybe the rear end is lower than usual.
Nope. This idiot forgot to raise the tongue jack all the way.:M
So I have a bent lower half.
It's Sunday. Of course it's Sunday. Why would I do this on a day when parts and help are available.
OK, enough sniveling.
What are my options?
I'm in Santa Rosa right now trying to get to Marysville.
Do I leave the jack as far up as it will go and watch out for driveway dips and fix the jack another day?
Or do I cancel my Sunday/Monday weekend and fix it Monday?
Is it as simple as it looks? 3 bolts? Or does this turn into an internal parts assembly required nightmare for the mechanically inexperienced? It's a standard sidewind tongue jack.
2003 Prowler 25J
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seaeagle2
Explorer
Explorer
Tongue jack should be at Walmart, West Marine, usually open on sundays....
2014 F 250 Gasser
2019 Outdoors RV 21RD
"one life, don't blow it", Kona Brewing
"If people concentrated on the really important things in life there'd be a shortage of fishing poles" Doug Larson

mbutts
Explorer
Explorer
I just had something VERY similar happen (chocks slipped out, trailer moved enough to bend the jack) while at a campground. Got a replacement Harbor Freight jack, hitched up with help from my bottle jack, then swapped jacks. Really not a bad job at all.
Mike Butts
DW+DD+DS+Poodles
2017 Forest River Forester 3011DS (first MH!)
Previously 1999 Coleman Santa Fe pop-up, 2007 Kodiak 23SS hybrid, 2013 Sunset Trail 29SS travel trailer

azrving
Explorer
Explorer
3 Bolts then look for a TSC or maybe Menards or some other farm ranch hardware type place.

2oldman
Explorer II
Explorer II
3 bolts.. yeah, I'd try removing it.
"If I'm wearing long pants, I'm too far north" - 2oldman