[AT] Neat jack idea

Dave Ernst shop at cccomm.net
Sat Jan 12 15:22:32 PST 2008


A handiman is much easier and alot more resourceful for other things.
Dave E
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> Another idea would be to weld on of the mounts on the rear of the trailer
> to keep it from lifting the front while loading. Some trailer
> manufacturers offer this with a reciever on the rear to do the same thing.
> Rob
>
>> My new issue of Successful Farming came today and I always look at the
>> helpful hints page first thing. One contributor had a great simple idea
>> about a trailer  hitch jack. His jack was one of those that slips on a
>> pipe
>> mount on the side of the hitch frame where you can pull the pin and 
>> swivel
>> the jack up to a horizontal position. You can also just pull the pin and
>> remove the jack. The contributor welded additional jack mounts to the
>> frame
>> of his trailer on both sides up close as possible to the trailer axle. If
>> he has a flat he can pull the pin and move the jack to the mount by the
>> flat tire and jack that side of the trailer up to change the tire.
>> A simple idea but could be most useful. I could also see using it if you
>> got into soft ground and a trailer wheel sunk in to the point that you
>> couldn't pull it out. You could use a plank or even a spare wheel as a 
>> pad
>> and lift the trailer up one side at a time to then put something (a 
>> plank,
>> some dirt or stone, your mother-in-law etc.) under the wheels to get out.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> "farmer"
>>
>>
>> Francis Robinson
>> Central Indiana, USA
>> Robinson at svs.net
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