Emergency Jack for Tongue?

[earlyretirement]

This weekend was the first time I used my new Jayco Jayflight. The manual tongue jack malfunctioned. The gears in it broke and I couldn’t remove my car from the hitch.

This got me thinking. What is the best emergency jack to have in your RV in the event you need to raise your RV and your tongue jack isn’t working?

What jacks do you all have or recommend ? Thanks in advance.

[Jagiven]

My htt has a manual jack.

I carry a bottle jack for tire changes. It would lift the tongue if needed.

[freetime58]

I carry a small bottle jack in my truck, always in the storage tray under the back seat in case I need it for anything.

[Destrtman]

NEVER USE A HIGH LIFT TYPE OF JACK!!!! Thay are way to unstable to use to lift a trailer while unhitching it will be trying to fall over in every direction. These jacks are very dangerous and in my opinion all should be recycled for use only as a "T" post puller. Thay could KILL YOU OR YOUR LOVE ONE or any bystanders!!

I learned this the hard way 32 years ago.

Use a well supported bottle jack, make sure ALL tires are well chocked and have a jackstand or lots of wood blocks for cribbing.

And above all else be safe there's only one of you!

DESERTMAN

[Les7h]

We use a bottle jack for many things - very handy to have around Les

[GL243]

FWIW, a set of the plastic "leggo" style leveling blocks is handy to use for elevating the bottle jack. I use the top one from the stack on top of the bottle jack - it has a nice little hole in the center just about the right size to fit on the jack to stabilize the contact with the trailer frame. Haven't used it to jack up the tongue, but typically use it to jack up the frame for tire changing, bearing maintenance, etc.

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Cacmo-445...?selected=true

[DonaandDon]

I carry a 8ton and a 20ton bottle jacks.

[dennis b]

bottle jack and blocks of wood

[RogerR]

Always! leave the chains on when taking off the hitch. I learned the hard way when my trailer happily jumped the chocks and set off on it's own 25 years ago.


I carry a bottle jack but my electric has a manual crank.


But I am lazy and I could also use the built in air lift shocks on my Jeep to get it off the ball.

[earlyretirement]

Thanks everyone for the great advice! I really appreciate it. Especially the safety advice as well. All great stuff. Thanks.

Sounds like a good bottle jack is a good idea. Any suggestions as to brands/types for a 30 foot traveler trailer? About 7,500 pounds.

[GL243]

Bigger may be better, but I use a 6 ton Black that has a lifting range of about 8 to 16 inches and it's enough for getting a tire high enough to change it when I use it on the frame of my 267BHSW (grosses out at 7500 lbs) with the stack of leveling blocks. There are some that go up to 18", which is probably a bit more flexible and certain to meet the need. Walmart, Harbor Freight are handy sources.

[SUP]

I have a bottle jack that came with my truck and also carry a 3ton floor jack with a small piece of 6x6 wood beam.

[Chet & Marie]

Originally Posted by Les7h

We use a bottle jack for many things - very handy to have around Les

I always carry a bottle jack and extra blocking as well.

[bluegill1]

Originally Posted by Destrtman

NEVER USE A HIGH LIFT TYPE OF JACK!!!! Thay are way to unstable to use to lift a trailer while unhitching it will be trying to fall over in every direction. These jacks are very dangerous and in my opinion all should be recycled for use only as a "T" post puller. Thay could KILL YOU OR YOUR LOVE ONE or any bystanders!!

I learned this the hard way 32 years ago.

Use a well supported bottle jack, make sure ALL tires are well chocked and have a jackstand or lots of wood blocks for cribbing.

And above all else be safe there's only one of you!

DESERTMAN

Sorry for my ignorance but what is a “High lift” jack?

[JFlightRisk]

It's also known as a farm jack. It looks like this.

https://www.harborfreight.com/42-inc...jack-6530.html