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 ...

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

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 ...

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.

The Brute Power Jack took just 15 seconds to lift the 800-pound tongue weight off the pickup’s ball while the OE jack took nearly 35 seconds. Time saved is money earned.-Pro Related Stories ...