Posted 2010-06-18 6:30 AM (#121292) Subject: Installing an Electric Jack
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How big of a jog is installing an electric jack? It's the time of year when we have a lot going on with horses and cattle and it seems like several times a week I am hooking up or unhooking our livestock trailer and horse trailer and I am am starting to feel my age in my shoulders.
Posted 2010-06-18 10:36 AM (#121302 - in reply to #121292) Subject: RE: Installing an Electric Jack
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Originally written by blackcows on 2010-06-18 6:30 AM
How big of a jog is installing an electric jack? It's the time of year when we have a lot going on with horses and cattle and it seems like several times a week I am hooking up or unhooking our livestock trailer and horse trailer and I am am starting to feel my age in my shoulders.
Posted 2010-06-18 9:23 PM (#121320 - in reply to #121292) Subject: RE: Installing an Electric Jack
Location: KY
We added an electric motor onto an existing manual jack. Batteries were already there 'cause trailer has an lq. It was not a big deal but the switch that came with the motor was way too light for the motor. It would have been even a smaller deal if the gas bottles had not been in the way. It is of course slower than the hydralics but the motor only cost 249.99. The bigger switch was donated by a buddy.
Posted 2010-06-19 5:17 AM (#121322 - in reply to #121320) Subject: RE: Installing an Electric Jack
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Originally written by rose on 2010-06-18 9:23 PM
We added an electric motor onto an existing manual jack. Batteries were already there 'cause trailer has an lq. It was not a big deal but the switch that came with the motor was way too light for the motor. It would have been even a smaller deal if the gas bottles had not been in the way. It is of course slower than the hydralics but the motor only cost 249.99. The bigger switch was donated by a buddy.
Was it a motor designed for a jack or did you just add a motor?
Installing an Electric Jack
