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 ...

For the price of $159.99, this jack is meant to be welded directly to your trailer tongue and has an easily detachable side-crank handle. It can support up to 12,000 pounds and lift 10,000 pounds ...

Place a jack stand under the frame with a 2-inch-thick piece of solid wood underneath for support and lower the floor jack. Then move the floor jack to a spot about 4 feet ahead of the front axle and ...

As such, many trailers have a screw jack at the front to help raise the tongue up to the height of the ball. Particularly with heavier trailer loads, scales should be used to determine these ...

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 ...