Trailer Jack "Flip Foot" ??

[grhodes50]

Originally Posted by leencharlotte

....... I did not purchase to due the weight rating being really close to my tongue weight. ........

What is the weight rating?

[Coops1]

It's 1400lbs, here's the rest of the warnings from the install manual.


Read entire instruction manual before using this product. Failure to
do so can result in serious injury or death.

• Never exceed max 1,400 lb. tongue weight rating.

• Do not use to support trailer parked on grade greater than 3% (1.72°).

• Chock tires on both sides while supporting trailer with jack foot.

• Do not support trailer with jack foot placed on un-level ground or
debris. Jack foot base plate must be in complete contact with ground.

• Support tongue weight with jack foot in vertical position only when
attachment bolt is resting at bottom of guide slot.

• Replace worn or faded safety label immediately.

• Install only on a 2-1/4” jack with a 2” outside dimension inner jack
tube.

[leencharlotte]

My tongue is about 1100 when towing. By the time I put our clothes up front and add our weight to the bed we would prob be closer than I would have felt safe. But I only wanted so I didn't have to crank so much. The electric jack fixed that well!!!

[thebrakeman]

I just got one of the red cones. Seems like it has 1200 lbs capacity. I like this because it's plastic, not wood. Wet dirty wood does not go in my camper if I can help it. Same reason I never used wood for leveling, even with the popup. I've used the same set of Lynx levelers for 9 seasons now. None have cracked.

[thebrakeman]

I do recommend the Fastway ZIP Breakaway Cable:
4' ZIP Breakaway Cable (Universal Replacement) [80-01-2140] - $12.49 : Fastway Trailer Products Store

No more straight cable getting tangled in the chains. It self-coils and clips to the breakaway switch when not in use.

[leencharlotte]

Originally Posted by thebrakeman

I just got one of the red cones. Seems like it has 1200 lbs capacity. I like this because it's plastic, not wood. Wet dirty wood does not go in my camper if I can help it. Same reason I never used wood for leveling, even with the popup. I've used the same set of Lynx levelers for 9 seasons now. None have cracked.

I got one of these as well and loved it. Lot less cranking. But stopped using after i got the elec jack as it has a wide foot

[thebrakeman]

Electric jack would be awesome, mostly to eliminate the up/down exercise when installing the WDH bars. Just not enough financial priority (yet).

[TheSasks]

My BIL just put one on their Spree this weekend. Pretty neat but I'll stick with my pads I made out of 2x8's as I have to throw the stablizer blocks out of the truck box anyway for DW to put under the stabilizers so I see no gain other than the larger hole in my wallet. But he likes gizmos so more power to him. Also with my homemade pads they can be any thickness I need as I have 3 different ones depending on where we are parked.

[LFugate]

I bought one of these last week in Jacksonville. I went to put it on yesterday and it doesn't fit. My powerjack leg is about 3/8th of an inch to large I'm bummed, I was really looking forward to using this flip jack. Now I have to go back and fight the RV dealer to keep them from charging me a 20% restocking fee.

I also bought the breakaway cable and it works great.

[LFugate]

Well, I got to thinking about this when I got home and decided to look at this again. When I went into the RV dealer and saw these on sale I got to looking at them and asked the counter guy if it would fit and he said the 2 1/4" should fit my TT. So I bought that and the breakaway cable. Out of habit, and since I live over 2 hours away from the dealer, when I went out to the truck I decided to check the contents of the box and sure enough it was missing some parts. So I went back in and the counter guy gave me a new box. With my tunnel vision now of making sure there were no missing parts in the new box I didn't notice he gave me a 2" version So good news is I will exchange it for the larger version, bad news is I have to drive over 2 hours to get it Live and learn!