docdialtone
San Antonio, Texas
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I'm going to get a electric tounge jack for our TT. Question is....can I let the front stabilizers hold the weight while I'm changing it?
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o2bpadln
Richlands, NC
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Hook TT up to tow vehicle, raise old tongue jack and tack off A-frame. Then you will not run risk of putting to much weight on stabilizers.
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rbtglove
Beavercreek OH
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Just finished putting one on today. Drop dead easy. Since stabilizers are designed to bear full weight of TT you should use jack stands or a jack to hold it while you do the install.
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TUCQUALA
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Boy are you asking for a visit from the "Safety Police"!!!
Yes, you could do it, but common sense says not to stick any part of your body underneath the TT. Best to use the TV hitch ball to support. Usually you don't have to go under the tongue to do the job, so it's not so bad an idea. The stabilizers would hold the weight, but hooked to the TV would be better.
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wayne_tw
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NO, do not use the stabilizers to hold the weight of the trailer. If the tongue weight exceeds the design capacity of the stabilizers, you could do very serious damage to the trailer's frame, possibly damaging it so much that it is a total loss. Hitch the trailer to your truck, then remove install the jack. You will like that electric jack!
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ChopperbobII
Austin, Tx
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I just installed mine yesterday. I used a jackstand under the
front of frame but I could have used a few wood blocks.
I had to use my Dremel to grind away some of the lower hole. I dont know why, maby I tweaked it somehow. These things are the neatest
things going for TT's.
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wayne_tw
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TUCQUALA wrote: The stabilizers would hold the weight, .
Since you do not know the trailer's tongue weight, the brand and model of the stabilizers, you have no way of knowing this to be factual, and, in fact, the stabilizers could be designed to carry much less than the trailer's tongue weight. Your statement is incorrect and offered the original poster encouragement to do a very dangerous thing.
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pete42
Jamestown, Ohio
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Please don't use stablizing jacks to do the changing.
there has people on this site that tried and her trailer bent the jacks.
she had to replace both jacks plus get tow truck to raise trailer.
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docdialtone
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God I love this site, 7 replies in 13 minutes!  I guess I'll leave it hooked to the truck then!
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lovourTT
Campbellsport, wi
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I raised the trailer with the manual jack and slid 6x6 wood beams under the a-frame, lowered it down and did the work.
You will like the electric jack.
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