Fulton XLT Powered Drive Trailer Jack - Drop Leg - Side Mount - 22" Lift - 2,500 lbs

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Speaker 1: Today we're taking a look at the Fulton XLT Powered Drive Trailer Jack. This jack is ideal for marine applications and lets you lift and lower your trailer quickly and easily. It is designed for 12-volt systems and it features a capacity of 2500 pounds. It features a sealed, maintenance free motor, and on the exterior surfaces, we have what's called self-healing shark skin. It's just a specific type of finishing on the unit which does a great job at protecting it from scratches and abrasions. Also keeps it safe from rust and corrosion, and that shark skin finish offers a 1200-hour salt spray rating on the exterior jack surfaces, so it's ideal for use on a boat or inaudible 00:00:40 trailers and it is durable enough for saltwater applications.The unit also features clear ZMAX finishing, which offers a 600-hour salt spray rating on the internal components.

We have weather proof switches that are very easy to access, so right here, this one controls the on and off functions of the LED lighting. This one controls the retracting and extending functions of the actual trailer jack.The Powered Drive design provides quiet operation and efficient use of electrical power. The unit also features an automatic reset circuit breaker to prevent overextension, which is always great to have, so it shuts off when it's on the verge of overextending so it protects the internal components as well as the motor.Right here we're looking at a black housing with a nice, sleek design, and it protects the motor really well. This is a UV and impact resistant thermo plastic construction.Also we have three LED units, one on this side, one right here, and one on this side, so the LED lights make it easy to set up at night. They shine light at a downward angle towards the trailer frame and the coupler area.

That way it makes it easier to see what you're doing in low light conditions.Internally, we have a four to six inch overlap of the tubing at full extension, which provides additional support for side loading. Also, this unit down here is a spring loaded pull pin. That way you can pull that and it quickly releases the drop leg into position. So it offers easy operation and ensures that you don't lose the pin, but it does come with a standard pin and clip if you would rather use that option, so that's included as well. But all you have to do is pull that.

It's much easier to do once it's mounted on a trailer frame. It's kind of hard to do when it's not installed. But you pull this and then it allows the drop leg to extend all the way out. The drop leg offers eight inches of additional travel, and then the spring loaded design allows the pin to engage as soon as it lines up with one of the preset pinholes in that drop leg.Now, located here on top, you'll notice this rubber plug. You can remove this rubber plug and gain access to the manual operation of the jack.

It does come with this ratchet style crank socket, so this is included. So for instance, if electric power is lost, remove the cap on top of the plastic cover and place this inside there, and then you'll need to use a 9/16th inch socket with a ratchet wrench to operate the manual override.So that is included. Really nice, easy to use, has the same finishing as the jack, so again, you don't have to worry about rust or corrosion on that socket that's included.It's a simple bolt-on installation on the side of your trailer. It comes with zinc coated mounting brackets and hardware, so all that's included. It comes with three sets of mounting hardware to best fit your trailer, so you don't have to worry about this not working and going out and getting a new set of hardware. It comes with three sets of hardware. That way it will fit your trailer.It's designed to fit three inch wide trailer frames from three inches to five inches tall. So we've got the bracket right here. Place it up against your trailer frame, use whatever set of holes works for you, use whatever set of hardware works for you, install the brackets, install the lock nuts, and get it all tight and secure. But it does come with everything you need for your installation.Also, again, it is designed for 12-volt systems. It's a two-wire design. White wires are ground wire, black wires are power wire.Now, I did take a measurement from the top of the bracket to the very top of the jack and got a clearance measurement of 21 1/2 inches. The bracket height . so that's from the bottom of the footplate to the top of the bracket with it in the fully retracted position . is about 9 3/4 inches. With it fully extended that increases to about 31 3/4 inches, so it gives us a total lift of 22 inches. So internally, that screw allows the jack to travel 14 inches and then the drop leg provides an additional 8 inches of travel, giving us the total lift of 22 inches.Now, the inner tube has a diameter of two inches, outer tube has a diameter of 2 1/4 inches, and then the footplate diameter is five inches.Now I'm going to hook it up to power and then we'll kind of just operate the jack. I want you to be able to hear how it sounds, and also I want you to be able to see how bright those LED lights are. It also has really fast operation as well, which is a really neat feature of the jack.So we're going to go ahead and hook it up to power. And then I can run it up and down for you real quick. Okay, first I'll show you those lights. So you can see here we have the lighting. It does a great job at illuminating down towards the trailer frame, down towards your coupler area. You have a light right here, a light right here, and one right here on the other side, and then that toggle switch provides easy operation of the LED lighting.And then you have your extend and retract button. So if we want to extend it, really nice, quiet operation for an electric trailer jack, and it moves pretty fast as well, which is always a great feature or benefit to have.And then we're ready to retract it. Now, I am going to hold it down. That way you can see that it does prevent itself from over and under extending. Overextending and over, I guess, retracting.So it definitely lets you know when to let off the button, which is great. Protects the motor, protects the internal components, and ensures that you get a nice life out of this jack. But that's going to do it for today's look at the Fulton XLT Powered Drive Trailer Jack.