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Getting a trailer positioned perfectly in a tight garage or campsite can be frustrating, but the Ark Xtreme Off-Road Ratcheting Jack makes it simple. The built-in ratcheting handle lets you push down and pull up in small, controlled increments so you can inch your trailer exactly where you want it. Gear knobs at the base switch between forward, reverse, neutral, or lock—so you control every move. When both knobs are in neutral, the trailer rolls freely; flip one to reverse and you’ve got a built-in brake. It’s the easiest way to fine-tune placement without pushing or shoving the trailer by hand.
Soft ground, gravel, or uneven terrain won’t stop this jack. The twin 10" diameter x 2-3/4" wide steel wheels spread the load and keep the trailer steady while the flat-free rubber tires grip and roll smoothly over rocks and mud. Sealed bearings keep the wheels aligned on the cross shaft so they don’t wobble or drag like typical plastic caster wheels. Even in wet conditions or light sand, the treaded tires keep traction and stability so you can move confidently wherever you need to go.
Setting up takes hardly any effort thanks to the spring-loaded handle and drop tube design. Just pull the handle to drop the inner tube into one of four positions, then crank the sidewind handle to fine-tune the height. With a total lift of 15-1/2", including 10" of screw travel and 5-1/2" of drop leg travel, you get plenty of adjustment without stacking blocks or over-cranking. The jack supports up to 1,100 lbs and fits trailer frames 3" to 6" tall.
This jack is built from heavy-duty steel inside and out. The square body keeps everything aligned under side load, and the corrosion-resistant zinc finish holds up to weather with a 600-hour salt spray rating. A built-in grease zerk makes it easy to keep the internal screw lubricated for smooth turning through time and travel. It’s the kind of rugged construction you expect when something’s designed to handle the Outback and beyond.
When it’s time to roll out, the Ark Xtreme folds up neatly alongside the tongue. The side-mounted swivel pin and handle make it quick to swing the jack up for towing, and the wheels lock in place to prevent rattling or wear. The magnetic hand crank detaches for storage but locks firmly when in use—no slipping, no lost tools. Strong, simple, and secure, it’s ready for every trip.
Customer Satisfaction Score:
86% were satisfied with this product
14% of customers were not satisfied
Ratings & Reviews
WOW I’m sooooo impressed with this tongue jack, very solid!!! Beyond my expectations, great product!!!
I'm using it to move my Casita and it's working well on an asphalt driveway. It allows me to utilize space I couldn't otherwise get the trailer into, saving me from parking it on the street or at a storage lot. Definitely recommend having the battery connected and being ready to pull the emergency brake switch if it starts rolling away on you. Then chock and reset the brake switch, you don't want to leave it on long term. I wouldn't rely on this to move a trailer downhill.
Excellent concept with some quirks:
1) you must remove magnetic crank handle because it will fall off if you drive with it in place; Id prefer a permanently installed handle
2) when changing directions the selectors will sometimes jam so you have to rock it to & fro to get it to change directions
3) when using the large handle to move the trailer the jack is supposed to be in its lowest position; this should be clearly marked on the jack itself
4) the jack can go down low enough to hit the plastic knobs that change direction and damage them, this is an oversight I think & for the price they should be metal!
I like it but there’s a few things that could be done better. Very nice to have and it’s great for moving the trailer even with a fairly heavy boat (mine has 420 lbs of tongue weight and the whole rig weighs 5050 lbs).
Obvious quality
Heavy duty and works for tall trailers. I have an over landing trailer that I need lifted on to a higher clearance vehicle. This is by far the easiest and best one for this scenario. Very easy to use.
I don't even have the trailer yet.
I haven’t had to use it yet, it will be a life saver if I get on a road that is to narrow to turn around, you could un hook trailer then turn truck and trailer separately then hook together again. That is what I had in mind when I purchased it. Thanks
This saves my back, time and boat when i use it. works better than i could have ever imagined. My brother in-law bought one the same day he saw this one work and loves it.
Some issues with shipping but Quinn with etrailer made it right. I am a very satisfied customer. I have been a customer with etrailer for years and will continue to be. Great products, great price, and great service.
There is a learning curve associated with the jack. Once you figure it out the jack will perform well. To be able to fine adjust trailer during trailer hook up is nice.
If your trying to move a camper or trailer through tight RV gate this product makes it incredible easy with just one person. The ratchet makes moving your trailer up an incline worry free. The quality of the product is great, this is the most extreme tongue jack I have ever seen. Can’t say enough good things about it.
This jack is military tough. What a machine. Works well. Great features. While the other jacks appear flimsy and ready to snap, this one is tough.
Only issue is that the wheel trolly gizmo won't stay up when rolling trailer around in neutral key position. I can have a tendency of jamming into the ground and messing the gizmo up...hasn't happened yet, using small bungee.
Moving my 27 foot boat trailer had become nearly impossible. It is on grass and dirt squeezed between the house and a fence. The ratcheting trailer jack grips about 98% of the surfaces I have reducing my extreme efforts to almost nothing. Little effort is required to move the empty trailer but the lever only moves the trailer a few inches for each thrust. I'll take slow over pain anytime. My extreme struggles without the ratcheting jack were no faster anyway.
With the 4000 boat on the tandem trailer, the ratchet worked very well too. I was looking for something to act as a lever. This thing is perfect.
I admit this thing is overkill for my 16" enclosed trailer, but I am glad I bought it. It is stout and very well made. I moved to a mountainous area with lots of slopes and narrow roads. This allowed me do detach my trailer and move it to where I wanted it parked as I could not get the truck in there with the trailer attached. The jack moved the trailer when loaded almost as seamlessly as it did when it was unloaded. It is a good investment if you need to move a trailer into tight or specific spaces while unhitched.
Great communication. arrived when promised. Can't wait to use it this next season. thanks again.
Shipping times were excellent. Box was almost destroyed but the unit is 10X heavier than I thought, so that is probably the culprit. Need sturdier boxes to ship items that heavy.
Installation instructions are weak. I took my old broken jack off and put this one in same spot, on port side of trailer. Turns out this thing has a F and R (which are backwards in my opinion, but that's immaterial) and it needs to go on right side to make that jack handle work. At least I think that's right. The instructions didn't say.
It is unbelievably sturdy. I wore myself out putting it on, but I tried the ratchet function a few inches and it seems to be what I need. Getting too old to pull/push this boat into the slot in garage. This should help a lot.
I do think it's a bit big for my boat. I am not sure I can get it down low enough. However, the nice part is that it has about 4-5 manual settings for up/down, so I think I can find the right spot.
I'll need to use it to hook up and unhook a few times to have a true feeling for it. But I think it's the answer.
Sierra K.
5/2/2022
The forward and reverse are the directional way to point the nose of the trailer. It talks about this at the 4 minute mark on the attached video:
I haul double trailers and thought this would help when hooking up the second one by myself when I was just a tiny bit off well... The handle attaches using a magnet if you forget it the magnet is not strong enough to prevent it from wiggling loose I do not actually know this but it sure looks like a problem. Because the handle is not attached to the crank, nothing prevents vibration from allowing the wheel to creep down and allow the wheel to hit the road and destroy the unit. This I do know for a fact happens so if you want a good handle because you lost yours You can have mine as it is the only part I have that still works as mine was destroyed in the above scenario. In addition you are supposed to be able to use the other handle to rotate and ratchet the wheel so you can then ratchet the wheels in the direction you desire, good idea but bad engineering. When you attempt to turn the wheels (change direction, not roll the wheel) the flimsy piece of metal used down very close by the wheel just bends like rubber because it is too thin for the job (see 3:26 in the second video for the flimsy part I am talking about). If this was attempted on anything except a paved or solid surface it would not rotate or move at all and you can see where in the second video it is a boat on a concrete floor and minimal movement displayed
Sierra K.
6/7/2022
I contacted the manufacturer and they said that the vibrations on the road should not cause the trailer jack to move from the stow position to deploy because the spring tension is too high to allow this. A possibility is that it was not locked into the stow position properly causing it to fall into deploy. It is recommended to give it a tug to ensure that it is properly locked.
Bit of a learning curve but it does what it’s supposed to. If the ground is level it is way smoother if the stopping safety gear is in neutral.
Scott
6/6/2025
Still working well after a year. Solidly built.
This is not the Ark Xtreme Off-road Ratcheting Jack w/ 2 wheels I have seen online in many videos. There is no offset to swivel the wheel for clearance from the tongue. Anything else mounted on the tongue, and you can not stow this in the upright position. This must be an older model, and from the looks of the box and contents when it arrived, I’d wager it had been returned a time or two, which is what I am going to do. The newer model has the double wheels offset to one side so they can be swiveled and not protrude above the height of the tongue. This jack protrudes above the tongue an amount equal to the radius of the wheels. Which is likely the reason for the redesign.
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Christian
8/24/2024
Frankly, I dont like it. Even on hard, level ground the rolling resistance of a loaded tandem axle trailer does not move the trailer. It simply rolls back to where you started from. If you try to rathchet more quickly, the operating rod permanently bends instead. A better alternative would be to install tandem wheels on the bottom of the standard tongue jack that comes with the trailer and then push the trailer from the top of the trailer tires themselves. More leverage.