delician
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Post by delician on Jun 2, 2018 11:13:39 GMT -8
Hi, I have a 1956 Dalton travel trailer and am getting it ready to take out for the first time since I bought it. My neighbor suggested I purchase an electronic tounge jack for the hitch, does it matter which one I get? Any suggestions? Thank you
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Post by datac on Jun 2, 2018 13:10:58 GMT -8
'56 Dalton is a lovely trailer. Most I've seen are under 16', and IMHO an electric tongue jack is extreme overkill for such a small and light trailer. A manual tongue jack will take very little effort at all, and be much simpler and lighter. Is your jack missing or broken?
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Post by vikx on Jun 3, 2018 21:48:09 GMT -8
Some vintage trailers do not have the space for a powered tongue jack. Measure carefully, especially if you want to add a battery.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 6, 2018 21:20:44 GMT -8
I LOVED my $100 Harbor Freight electric tongue jack on my Scotty. I wouldn't call it overkill on my 300lb tongue, just convenient. I used this tongue jack for 3 years without any problem and it has a manual bar you can install to use if needed. My Scotty had a small hole in the center of the tongue so it could not be mounted factory which was ok since like alot of tongue jacks, the mount was too high anyway and would have resulted in the jack dragging. I had my local shop cut off the mount and weld the jack to the side of my tongue. I never used leveling jacks in the front when camping just the tongue jack and it worked great. Remember you'll need a 7 pin trailer connector on your truck and the trailer and make sure the 12v AUX is hot.
My future plans were to add a switch to the wire since the jack is always powered when it is plugged into the truck and the lights stay on. Also I wanted to splice into the wire and run an extension to an inverter to run my fridge while driving. There would be no battery drain since I would be driving the whole time until I arrived at the campground and plugged into shore power.
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