Changing Out a Trailer Tongue Jack Tim Barker. I go through a heavy-duty trailer tongue jack every three to four years. Corrosion, frequent use, and a hefty boat and trailer take a toll on these jacks ...

The tongue jack must be rated to handle the tongue weight of your trailer. This is typically somewhere between 10 and 15 percent of the weight of the boat and trailer. ­Except for very light, little ...

Checking the tongue weight of your trailer is important for trailer stability. It's easy to do with a bathroom scale and a ...

How to load a trailer makes is crucial to towing safety. Keep 10-15% of the total weight on the tongue and arrange cargo with ...

One of the best tongue jacks around tight now is the Brute Power Jack from Husky Towing Products: It sells for less than $200 and takes less than a 1/2-hour to install on most equipment trailers.

Fiddling around with the manual trailer tongue jack is a waste of good time and energy. So is dealing with slow, finicky or worn-out electric jacks. When it comes time to put an end to wasted ...

Gross trailer weight: 5,389 lbs (Supra + trailer) Target tongue weight (10-15%): 539 to 808 lbs Payload used: 739 lbs (including Fredric's 200 lbs and 539 lbs tongue weight) ...