Black powder coated A-frame jack has a retracted height of 8-1/4" and an extended height of 22-1/2". The zinc-finished topwind handle arm has a bolt-head fastener to keep it secure during operation.
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A trailer jack is designed to lift the tongue of your trailer so you can connect the trailer coupler to your hitch ball. To do this, you'll need a jack with a lift capacity high enough to handle your trailer's tongue weight.
Tongue weight is the amount of weight that your trailer applies to the back of your tow vehicle. Typically, your tongue weight should be 10-15% of your total trailer weight (trailer + cargo). In other words, a 10,000-lb trailer would have a tongue weight between 1,000 lbs and 1,500 lbs. For a trailer this size, you would need a jack with a lift capacity of at least 1,500 lbs.
It's okay to have a jack with a weight rating that is higher than your trailer's tongue weight. In fact, a jack with a higher lift capacity should operate more efficiently, allowing you to spend less time cranking and more time camping.
Every jack offers a certain amount of lift or travel. Screw travel is the distance the jack extends when you crank it (or toggle it to "extend" on an electric model). Some jacks include a drop leg for extra adjustability. On these jacks, you'll see the maximum extension of the drop leg listed in the specs as well. Adding the screw travel and drop leg travel together will give you the total lift. The total lift listed above can help you determine how high this jack will be able to raise your trailer.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Today we're going to be taking a look at a round A-frame jack. This utility jack is going to let you raise and lower your trailer. It's going to have a lift capacity of 2,000 lbs. The outer tube of the jack is going to measure 2 1/4 of an inch, and then the inner tube is going to have a diameter of 2 inches. You can see here that it does have a top wind handle, allows for easy operation when it comes to raising and lowering the jack. Really nice design, very simple to use. The grip on the unit is textured, so it's got an easy-grip design.
That will swivel 360 degrees, so it will go all the way around. This is going to give us a handle radius, if we take a measurement from the center of where it mounts to the outermost edge of the handle, that's going to give a measurement of about 6 3/8 of an inch. That's going to be our handle radius. The jack is going to be made from a steel construction. The outer tube and the inner tube are both going to feature a black powder coat finish. It's going to do a great job at resisting rust and corrosion.
The inner tube does feature a hole located on each side, one right here, one right there straight across from another. That way you can insert an accessory or an attachment, like a foot plate or a caster assembly, like a wheel. That's what that hole is designed for at the bottom of the inner tube. Those items are sold separately, so if you're interested in one, you can check out some options here at etrailer.com. This is a bolt-on installation onto your A-frame trailer. It's going to feature the 3 pre-drilled, elongated mount holes.
That way you can easily match it up to the mounting pattern on your trailer and get it installed by a bolt-on installation. When it comes to the bracket height, taking a measurement from the very bottom to the bottom of the bracket with the jack in the retracted position, it's going to give us a bracket height of about 8 1/4 of an inch. Now, with it fully extended, doing that same measurement, it measured about 22 1/2 inches. That's going to give this jack a total lift, or a total travel of 14 1/4 of an inch. The clearance that we have from the bottom of the mounting bracket to the top of this point right here, I will call this the handle mount. If we take that measurement, that's going to measure pretty close to 13 inches.
If we do that measurement to the top of the handle, you can see how that sticks up, it's going to be probably about 3 or so inches taller. From the bottom of the bracket to the top of the actual handle, that grip area, that's going to measure 16 1/8 of an inch. That's going to be the clearance that we have regarding the jack. One last thing I want to show you, is I do want to mention that the handle, when it's not in use, it can actually be rotated over to a stowed position. That's going to do it for today's look at the round A-frame jack. Again, it's going to have a lift capacity of 2,000 lbs.
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Black powder coated A-frame jack has a retracted height of 8-1/4" and an extended height of 22-1/2". The zinc-finished topwind handle arm has a bolt-head fastener to keep it secure during operation.
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