Tech question for you trailer guys...

Jon B

This isn't a Hudson question per se, but it does affect the Hudson club!



As most of you know, we bring a small trailer to the flea market at the Hershey antique car show each year, which acts as our hospitality and recruitment booth.



I'd like to replace the jack on the tongue of the trailer, with one of these new ones with a wheel on the bottom. That will make it easier to move the trailer around in its space (it's rather dinky!).



Does anyone have any ideas for me, when I shop for one? The ones I've seen, clamp right to the tongue and some of them actually swivel up so the jack ends up parallel to the highway.



What should I watch out for when shopping? What should I expect to pay for a good jack?



I'm gonna have to rush out and buy this in the next week, and I'd like to be an intelligent consumer!



--jon b

Ol racer

Jack choices depend on your tongue weight. I suggest buying a jack with a large wheel. Might also help to bring a flat plate or pc of wood because the wheel wont roll well on dirt surfaces

nick s

Jon swing away is a big plus, anyone whos torn off a jack that cranked itself down or just wasn't high enough to handle a change in grade will tell you that.
Of course not knowing the area you have to work woith its tough to say what is best they make some with a tringular plate to mount inside the "v" of a trailer. As for the wheel, great for moving it around but it is also great at moving when and where you don't want as well (isn't the space at hershey on a slight grade?).

Tractor Supply usually has a pretty good selection and they many are designed for the wheel or plate to pin on making them interchangeable, also by pulling the attachment you can gain some extra ground clearence on the fixed mount or extra room to swing away the other.

Its been a few years since I bought a few at Tractor supply for a project but I think swingaways and a wheel cost about $30 at that time. so I'd guess 30 to 50 bucks by the time you get what you need. Of course you could spend much more but I doubt anything more elaborate excedes the budget.

My utility trailer has a swing away made from a fixed type, it has a piece of pipe welded to the side which is sized to fit over another pice of pipe welded to the trailer frame, they are drilled to be pinned vertical or horizontal.

Clutchguy

Jon B wrote:

This isn't a Hudson question per se, but it does affect the Hudson club!



As most of you know, we bring a small trailer to the flea market at the Hershey antique car show each year, which acts as our hospitality and recruitment booth.



I'd like to replace the jack on the tongue of the trailer, with one of these new ones with a wheel on the bottom. That will make it easier to move the trailer around in its space (it's rather dinky!).



Does anyone have any ideas for me, when I shop for one? The ones I've seen, clamp right to the tongue and some of them actually swivel up so the jack ends up parallel to the highway.



What should I watch out for when shopping? What should I expect to pay for a good jack?



I'm gonna have to rush out and buy this in the next week, and I'd like to be an intelligent consumer!



--jon b

Jon,would you like me to bring some Clutch fluid to sell at the trailer?. I will donate 20 Bottles?.