There's a way if you're willin' The trailer connector for the lights and brake can't carry the jack's load. So you'll have to have a separate connector. Figurin' the jack pulls 50 amps at 12 volts, want less than 2% voltage drop... Run no more than 15 feet of #2 copper wire from your truck battery to the back of the truck. Install a connector capable of 50 amps: at the truck rear AND another connector on the trailer (wired to the trailer battery). Install a matching connector on the jack wire. Ground the negative wires to the respective frames. Connect the jack to which ever source you want to use... If you run more than 15 feet of wire, you'll need to increase the wire size for the length. If the jack pulls more than 50 amps you'll need to increase the wire size too. Use an internet wire calculator to find the new wire size.
Edited by hosspuller 2010-12-11 10:58 AM
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