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rerod

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Posted: 07/04/12 11:35am

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After installing a 4" lift kit, my electric tongue jack wont jack the tongue up high enough to get on the truck ball and be level. I can use heavy concrete blocks on the ground to extend higher but was trying to come up with a lighter method than hauling concrete blocks around.

Can I slide some heavy wall tubing with a stop inside over the electric tongue jack tube? Maybe 6" of insertion. Then just pulls off when not needed?

* This post was edited 07/04/12 01:13pm by rerod *

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Posted: 07/04/12 11:41am

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a piece of railroad tie or build a box the correct size or a set of 10 lynx blocks

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Posted: 07/04/12 12:36pm

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After the lift kit, did you install bigger wheels and tires? That also will add to your height. With that much a lift, I would imagine your old drawbar would not be at the correct height anymore. Seems like you need to drop it down.

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Posted: 07/04/12 01:00pm

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Yes, I made a caster for my cargo trailer and the jack leg goes into a piece of black pipe about 2 and 1/2" welded on top of the caster.

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Posted: 07/04/12 01:03pm

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I use the orange, 1" high, stacking lifts available in the RV section at Wal-Mart..........they are strong, light, durable...I use them for leveling as well..they stack and lock like lego's..

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Posted: 07/04/12 01:08pm

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Dick_B wrote:

a piece of railroad tie or build a box the correct size or a set of 10 lynx blocks

Those lynx blocks look like a possibility. I assume they are light weight..

wbwood wrote:

After the lift kit, did you install bigger wheels and tires? With that much a lift, I would imagine your old drawbar would not be at the correct height anymore. Seems like you need to drop it down.

Only thing which doesn't work out is the jack height.. Same wheels, just 4" It will come back down after my trip to Colorado. Im going to test it's limits.

johntank wrote:

Yes, I made a caster for my cargo trailer and the jack leg goes into a piece of black pipe about 2 and 1/2" welded on top of the caster.

Exactly.. It would need to fit tight or set screws and add maybe 8" with a foot. It would be weaker on side load fully extended if the trailer wasn't level though.