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07-11-2021, 09:59 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: Cloyne
Posts: 5
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Tongue Jack Recommendation
Hi . We are totally Newbies ...
We have a 2016 Bullet 251 RBS. We need to buy an electric jack and we are looking for recommendation .
Thanks
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07-11-2021, 10:06 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Modesto
Posts: 20,319
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Lots of choices out there. Lippert makes a “smart jack” that will remember the height you unhitched and tell you how much charge your battery has. What features are you looking for?
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2012 Copper Canyon 273FWRET being towed by a 1994 Ford F350 CC,LB,Dually diesel.
Airlift 5000 bags, Prodigy brake control, 5 gauges on the pillar.Used to tow a '97 Jayco 323RKS.
Now an RVIA registered tech. Retired from Law enforcement in 2008 after 25+ yrs.
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07-11-2021, 10:15 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: Cloyne
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Looking for something easy to set up and use
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07-11-2021, 10:27 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jul 2014
Location: Modesto
Posts: 20,319
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Husky makes a basic tongue jack. They are basically all the same. Ground is the bolts holding it on the frame and the positive lead hooks to the battery.
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2012 Copper Canyon 273FWRET being towed by a 1994 Ford F350 CC,LB,Dually diesel.
Airlift 5000 bags, Prodigy brake control, 5 gauges on the pillar.Used to tow a '97 Jayco 323RKS.
Now an RVIA registered tech. Retired from Law enforcement in 2008 after 25+ yrs.
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07-11-2021, 10:39 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Oct 2020
Location: Cloyne
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Thank you.
Respectfully Sheldrake
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07-11-2021, 12:34 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jul 2021
Location: USA
Posts: 48
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This is the electric tongue jack I installed on my trailer (Springdale 240BHWE). Super easy to install and I haven’t had one single issue with it since it was installed 2 1/2 years ago.
Granted it was $179 when I bought it and $275 now.
Husky 82084 Super Brute Electric Jack - 4000 lb. Capacity https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00XOIZPY6...ing=UTF8&psc=1
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07-11-2021, 02:24 PM
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Site Team
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: W. Texas
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OP the installation of one is easy once you block up the A frame. You will have to splice a wire and possibly install an inline fuse.
As far as what/which kind I'll give you my latest observations from my last one; The LCI units with the rubber grommet in the top can leak and destroy the control board under it (btdt). I replaced with a Stromberg Carlson 5k jack (trailer gvw 10k). Probably too much jack and the SC was slower than frozen molasses...but reliable. The one Jimmy240 posted above might be the ticket. I've heard/read good things about the Husky tongue jacks but have no personal experience. As in everything else, you get what you pay for. In the case of the jack, you don't want it failing on the morning of departure day (btdt) so get a good one first go round.
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Danny and Susan, wife of 56 years
2019 Ram 3500 Laramie CC SWB SB 6.4 4x4 4.10
2020 Montana High Country 331RL
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07-11-2021, 04:55 PM
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Member
Join Date: Jul 2020
Location: Wallace
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I installed a Barker 3500 lbs on my last trailer and it was on there for 7 years. I installed one on my current trailer when I bought it a year and a half ago to clear the tailgate. The LCI Jacks travel so slow compared to Barker.
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2019 Ford F250 Lariate, 6.7 Diesel
2020 Cougar 22RBSWE
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07-12-2021, 06:51 AM
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Member
Join Date: Mar 2014
Location: Toledo, OH
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jimmy240
This is the electric tongue jack I installed on my trailer (Springdale 240BHWE).
Husky 82084 Super Brute Electric Jack - 4000 lb. Capacity
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I have had the same jack since my trailer was new. Works good!
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Chris
2014 Keystone Outback 210TRS
2020 F150, 3.5l, 4x4, 3.55:1, Supercrew
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07-12-2021, 07:47 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2018
Location: San Antonio
Posts: 335
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I installed a Stomberg Carlson 3500 almost 3 years ago and is working great. Cam with an inline fuse and wired directly to the battery. The mounting bolts are the ground. Just make sure you have good bare metal on the base when installing and paint touch up when done.
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Steve & Patti
2018 Grand Design Reflection 315 RLTS
2019 Chevy 2500 HD Diesel Z71
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09-24-2021, 08:24 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jul 2021
Location: San Diego
Posts: 6
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Stromberg Carlson JET-3755 Black 3500 lb. Put this on my Springdale 220BHWE. $186.
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