Posted 2010-01-20 7:15 AM (#115490) Subject: jacks
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Posts: 69 Location: NW Florida
What are the benefits of dual vs. single jacks? The dual ones certainly look more stable!! Also, what are pros and cons of electric vs. hydraulic? I have heard the hydraulic ones are faster, but that you can damage your truck bed with them. True?Thanks for your help!
Posted 2010-01-20 9:55 AM (#115498 - in reply to #115490) Subject: RE: jacks
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Posts: 69 Location: NW Florida
I have no idea how you'd damage your truck bed - that's why I was asking! Maybe it damaged the trailer?? It was a comment someone made to me when we were looking at a horse trailer. Maybe it was misinformation?Is yours a LQ? It's probably silly of me, but seems like it would be less stable (I am envisioning my bouncy children in the gooseneck bed rocking the whole horse trailer onto its side, lol!)
Posted 2010-01-20 10:56 AM (#115501 - in reply to #115498) Subject: RE: jacks
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Posts: 3802 Location: Rocky Mount N.C.
Originally written by sweetas on 2010-01-20 10:55 AM
I have no idea how you'd damage your truck bed - that's why I was asking! Maybe it damaged the trailer?? It was a comment someone made to me when we were looking at a horse trailer. Maybe it was misinformation?Is yours a LQ? It's probably silly of me, but seems like it would be less stable (I am envisioning my bouncy children in the gooseneck bed rocking the whole horse trailer onto its side, lol!)
Nope, no LQ here, just a DR that we stay in. If you got kids that will be doing Gymnastics in your LQ, the two jack system will make it more stable. Or, you can add a couple stabilizer legs to either side of the trailer. Let the single jack lift the trailer then lower the stabilizers and let some of the weight settle on to them. This make a real stable platform from which the kids can vault, swing, launch rockets, or what ever kids do these days..!!!!
Posted 2010-01-22 8:39 AM (#115581 - in reply to #115490) Subject: RE: jacks
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Posts: 383 Location: Texas
Dual jacks will spread the load out more on softer ground and do provide more stability. I have dual jacks (not electric or hydraulic) on my very heavy trailer, don't see why you would need them on most normal sized trailers.
Posted 2010-01-22 9:03 AM (#115585 - in reply to #115490) Subject: RE: jacks
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Posts: 123 Location: Indiana
Hydraulics are better and should be more reliable. They definately are faster. Dual legs are preferrable especially if you have kids running in and out of the lq. I personally don't know why anyone would choose a single leg other than saving money.
Posted 2010-01-22 9:49 AM (#115588 - in reply to #115585) Subject: RE: jacks
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Posts: 795 Location: Tenn/Ala.
Originally written by nobodyimportant on 2010-01-22 9:03 AM
Hydraulics are better and should be more reliable. They definately are faster. Dual legs are preferrable especially if you have kids running in and out of the lq. I personally don't know why anyone would choose a single leg other than saving money.
Dual leg jacks can stress a trailer if they are improperly used. It is not unusual to see conventional dual legs with 1 of them loose in the air on irregular ground. So then all of the weight on one side flexes the trailer greatly. This cannot happen with a single leg. High school geometry says a tripod always is balanced/level. Yes on a large LQ or slide out they reduce movement, but they need to be properly used.
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