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Old 07-04-2015, 07:32 AM   #1
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Electric tongue jack, cover or not?

Recently upgraded to an electric tongue jack. I have seen that they sell covers for them. Really, do they need to have a cover over them. I would think they would be fine out in the weather. Thoughts?
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Old 07-04-2015, 08:16 AM   #2
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There was one spot on mine that could have seeped moisture into the inner workings. I just covered it with a 5 quart bucket......
when the RV was not in use..
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Old 07-04-2015, 09:38 AM   #3
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I have never covered mine, looks pretty weather tight.
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Old 07-04-2015, 07:02 PM   #4
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I've never covered mine and never had a problem. And they are the cheapy knock offs from Ebay.
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Old 07-04-2015, 07:56 PM   #5
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I have a 2015 Cougar 33RBI .. tonight when I came home the LED light on the jack was lit. Thought maybe wife flipped the switch ON... but is was in the OFF position. Cycled the switch on and off a few times, the LED'S turned on but in the OFF position they only dimmed. So the LED'S don't turn off - kinda weird.... Maybe this has something to do with the hard hard rain we got today? I'll take it apart tomorrow. Anyone else have this happen?
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Old 07-05-2015, 07:42 AM   #6
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I've had 2 electric jacks and I covered both with the heavy duty vinyl cover from Ultra Fab. They seem to last longer, and the eBay knock-offs I've seen at campgrounds were very thin. For the price of the cover I don't see any reason to not use one.
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Old 07-06-2015, 05:23 AM   #7
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I cover mine, worth the $8 investment to maybe / possibly protect the $200+ investment
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Old 07-06-2015, 06:31 AM   #8
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I leave a 5 gal. bucket over my jack. I also use that bucket to hold the wood and chocks that are used when I am traveling with the trailer.
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Old 07-06-2015, 07:29 AM   #9
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I cover mine with a Ultra Fab cover from Amazon. For the costs, it doesn't make sense not too. I use a small bungee cord to keep it on when I'm driving. I was afraid water would get inside while driving in the rain, not so much while sitting. Water seems to find its way into places at highway speeds.
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Old 07-07-2015, 02:36 PM   #10
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When we tagged, I used to use a small hefty garbage bag, and bungee.
Cheap, easy to come by, and replicable/reusable/recyclable, and the bungee usually found a "job" on site.
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Old 07-10-2015, 11:16 AM   #11
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Cover seems like a safe investment to protect my Husky 4500. 303 makes it shine
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Old 07-10-2015, 11:21 AM   #12
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Old 07-10-2015, 12:00 PM   #13
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If you call Ultra Fab, they will send you one at no cost, trust me my first one had a small leak on the seal and it froze up on me. I had to remove the jack in order to go home after camping.
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Old 07-11-2015, 11:21 AM   #14
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I leave a 5 gal. bucket over my jack. I also use that bucket to hold the wood and chocks that are used when I am traveling with the trailer.
-mike
X2^ Love it when simple things do double duty.
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