Posted 2007-09-05 4:02 PM (#67254) Subject: New here..have questions! - Electric Jack?
Regular
Posts: 53 Location: Grand Rapids, OH
Hey all -
My husband and I have learned alot from these forums and obsessively look at this site for trailers!
We are interested in a 3H w' 10ft LQ. However, it does not have an electric jack. How simple is it to add one? What is the approx cost?
Also, from reading some other posts I think we may need a new truck! We currently have a 2005 F250 crew cab 4x4 diesel short bed. Will this pull the trailer? The ford website doesn't really give any good info on trucks other then 2008. The trailer is all aluminum and 8' wide.
Is a tapered nose flat of "V" shaped? Sorry to sound like an idiot, we just want to make the right choice. Thanks!
You should not have any trouble installing this. Hooking into the electric should be a little challenge, however the instructions should guide you. I had an electric jack on one trailer and did not have any problems with it. I have a hydraulic jack now and like it better.
Posted 2007-09-05 4:17 PM (#67256 - in reply to #67254) Subject: RE: New here..have questions! - Electric Jack?
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Posts: 644 Location: Odenville, Alabama
"Tapered" usually means "V" Shaped. I pulled an 8'wide 3 horse with 12' LQ for years with a 2500HD crew cab/short bed. It was fine, but I opted to buy a 3500 crew cab dually just so I'd have more stability in the rear end with the extra wheels. Makes a world of difference. No electric jack on a 10' LQ? Yeah, it would be worth it to install one. They'll run around $1K installed. My batteries went dead and I had to crank mine up and down by hand, it was really hard!
Posted 2007-09-05 4:55 PM (#67262 - in reply to #67254) Subject: RE: New here..have questions! - Electric Jack?
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Posts: 53 Location: Grand Rapids, OH
Thanks for the replies!Ok...another dumb ?; what is the difference between electric & hydraulic? How much to install the hydraulic? We had a crank w/ our 6' LQ and hubby said no more!
Posted 2007-09-06 8:20 AM (#67316 - in reply to #67254) Subject: RE: New here..have questions! - Electric Jack?
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Posts: 129 Location: Northwest Ohio
Welcome to the forum Reddun25!
I have a question too. We have 3H 12' LQ with power jack and stabilizers, but I don't know the difference between electric and hydraulic either. We don't have to be plugged in to work them. How do I know what ours are?
Posted 2007-09-06 11:55 AM (#67338 - in reply to #67254) Subject: RE: New here..have questions! - Electric Jack?
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Posts: 3802 Location: Rocky Mount N.C.
I'm still twisting and cranking all 33' of mine by hand......Ya want to wrestle, LOL!!! Next trailer will be hydraulic, don't care if it's a 10' long bumper pull.......It WILL be hydraulic!
Posted 2007-09-06 1:26 PM (#67343 - in reply to #67254) Subject: RE: New here..have questions! - Electric Jack?
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Posts: 781 Location: La Cygne, KS
Hydraulic is the way to go from an anti-theft perspective too. If you install the kind that takes a key before raising and lowering, it helps deter someone from quickly changing out the coupler(if you only have a coupler lock on) and lowering that trailer down fast on to their truck. I lowered my gravel drive to make the trailer sit lower, so it has to be raised a bunch to get under a truck and also use coupler bolt lock along with the coupler lock. Love our Hydraulic compared to the electric one we used to have. Much quieter and faster to use.
Posted 2007-09-06 4:45 PM (#67353 - in reply to #67254) Subject: RE: New here..have questions! - Electric Jack?
Member
Posts: 31 Location: Oz land
Reddun - I answered your question on the trailer post about Sidekick trailers too. This has an electric jack on it. My first one - so I really don't know any different. Now, the only is, when you batteries die, which mine did, you simply can't unhook, and no I wasn't going to hand crank it off - I went and bought new batteries for the trailer.
I just like not having to do physical labor of hooking on and off.
Posted 2007-09-07 11:50 AM (#67409 - in reply to #67254) Subject: RE: New here..have questions! - Electric Jack?
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Posts: 28 Location: Pennsylvania
Years ago I had a 2H bp with electric jack. I thought it was great (and it was) until the day I ran into a problem and it would not go up. Took 3 hours to locate the trouble and get it working again. Meanwhile, I could easily use the manual jack, however I did not have any way of getting the electric jack up - not until 3 hours passed and we found the trouble. This was the only electric jack I ever had, and apparently there was not a back up plan if it stopped working. I would love to have one on my 3H GN, but if I do I want to be sure that if it quits working for whatever reason I can somehow get it "out of the way" and use my manual until it is fixed.
Posted 2007-09-07 12:15 PM (#67411 - in reply to #67409) Subject: RE: New here..have questions! - Electric Jack?
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Posts: 53 Location: Grand Rapids, OH
Goodto know...I am thinking I will lean towards a hydraulic as long as it doesn't break the bank...that is what my horses are for! Wait....this IS for the horses!
Posted 2007-09-07 1:59 PM (#67417 - in reply to #67254) Subject: RE: New here..have questions! - Electric Jack?
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Posts: 1205 Location: Arkansas
the electric jack we have is connected through the 2 speed gearbox. When it had an issue, we were able to easily crank it up (lifting the 2 jacks) by hand. Many turns, but easy and it worked perfectly. BTW, got it fixed cheaply once diagnosed and never another problem, but nice to know we can get the jacks up and travel.
New here..have questions! - Electric Jack?
