Electric trailer jack

[rrlund]

Do any of you guys have anything like this for a gooseneck trailer? https://www.walmart.com/ip/Electric...k0yo1aItlApeV_c6ZtLi9c4oLc8YfA3UaApZyEALw_wcB

Do they just go in where the crank is? My flatbed trailer isn't bad, the threads must be fairly coarse, but on the livestock trailer, I have to crank forever to get it above or below the flatbed on the truck. At 70, I'm getting too old to be doing that much cranking to hook on and unhook.

 

[john in la]

So we can assume your livestock trailer doesn’t have a two speed or drop leg feature.
Usually jacks with a very slow speed have one or the other.

 

[rrlund]

So we can assume your livestock trailer doesn’t have a two speed or drop leg feature.
Usually jacks with a very slow speed have one or the other.

It has the drop leg, but with a flatbed truck, it has to be jacked up a good six to eight inches before it gets above the bed. The darned thing doesn't turn all that easy either. You can't stand beside of it and turn it with one hand, you have to use both hands and put your whole body in to it. It turns the same whether the weather is hot of cold. Let's stay on subject with the electric outfit though and not get sidetracked with other suggestions.

 

[Richard G.]

Do any of you guys have anything like this for a gooseneck trailer? https://www.walmart.com/ip/Electric...k0yo1aItlApeV_c6ZtLi9c4oLc8YfA3UaApZyEALw_wcB

Do they just go in where the crank is? My flatbed trailer isn't bad, the threads must be fairly coarse, but on the livestock trailer, I have to crank forever to get it above or below the flatbed on the truck. At 70, I'm getting too old to be doing that much cranking to hook on and unhook.

At 73, I am looking for something like that also.

 

[joeysmith]

Somewhat on the subject buddy converted his factory electric jack to use cordless tool batteries instead of the on board battery system.
May or may not work in your circumstances if you do find something for your trailer

 

[Sprint 6]

Don't know how old your truck is, but a word of warning. On a lot of late model trucks (18ish-up), the trailer positive supply is run through a module. That module can only handle a few amps to maintain a battery. Any power consuming devices with motors can cause an over-draw that will damage that module. So, to use these types of devices or winches, shut the truck off and/or disconnect the trailer wiring from the truck and use an on board battery in the trailer. Fords are the worst about this. The other option is to direct wire the power supply circuit through a fuse and bypass the module.

 

[Ole blue]

Friend of mine took handle off and welded a nut to the shaft. Impact would just jump but Milwaukee cordless drill will lift off truck with 10k tractor setting on it in seconds.

 

[Buckhammer]

You may not find the answer you are looking for on here. I would call USA trailer sales in Edmore. 989 427 2715. Tell them what you are looking to do and see what they have to offer.

 

[THinAl.]

E-trailer has several options for trailer jacks. I’m also 70 with several different trailers I’m looking to change.

 

[rrman61]

E-trailer has several options for trailer jacks. I’m also 70 with several different trailers I’m looking to change.

 

[rrman61]

Get an electric one off an old camper

 

[rrlund]

You may not find the answer you are looking for on here. I would call USA trailer sales in Edmore. 989 427 2715. Tell them what you are looking to do and see what they have to offer.

Ya, I guess I could stop in when I'm up that way. When I went up there needing an axle one time though, they sent me down to White Pigeon.

 

[Gambles]

Don't know how old your truck is, but a word of warning. On a lot of late model trucks (18ish-up), the trailer positive supply is run through a module. That module can only handle a few amps to maintain a battery. Any power consuming devices with motors can cause an over-draw that will damage that module.

I watch a few very informative videos from Hereford Ford. The dealership spokesman did a video on that very subject.
That module replacement is about $1k, IIRC.
He also recommended a hot wire.

 

[super99]

Your pretty handy, I've seen goosenecks that they take the crank off and fasten on a sprocket and a roller chain to an old starter with a gear on it and a spare battery to run it. Flip the switch and it goes up. Nor sure how they get it to run backwards to go down.

 

[Fixingfarmer]

I like the cordless drill plan. If I was the only operator that would be the plan.

The jack in the picture appears to be mounted in the center where the trailer hitch is like a lot of the smaller trailers there’s like a triangle mount for the jack usually through a round hole I’m not sure if yours has that when you say gooseneck I’m thinking you have more like ours with the landing gear style probably on the livestock trailer only one jack in the center.

The tilt trailer we have with the electric tip and jack has onboard battery. It is the hydraulic pump with cylinder type so a bit different I wonder if that would work better on your livestock trailer however the setup is only as good as remembering to plug it it. The overhead compartment would have a bunch of room for a battery.

I take the other older gooseneck trailer much more frequently than that tilt trailer.

My flatbed is also a long way to crank. Dads newer truck is taller though so it works out needs to be up anyway that fancy tailgate they put on them now cost more than my pickup. It does beats crawling in the back of the pickup to hook and unhook overall the flatbed is a win since I can hook everything up standing next to it since there’s no bed in the way.

 

[JoeM(GA)]

Your pretty handy, I've seen goosenecks that they take the crank off and fasten on a sprocket and a roller chain to an old starter with a gear on it and a spare battery to run it. Flip the switch and it goes up. Nor sure how they get it to run backwards to go down.

I saw one at a show last summer that had done the sprocket and chain with a small reversible winch from Harbor Freight, it was so well done that I meant to get a picture but never did.

 

[Mcrafty1]

It has the drop leg, but with a flatbed truck, it has to be jacked up a good six to eight inches before it gets above the bed. The darned thing doesn't turn all that easy either. You can't stand beside of it and turn it with one hand, you have to use both hands and put your whole body in to it. It turns the same whether the weather is hot of cold. Let's stay on subject with the electric outfit though and not get sidetracked with other suggestions.

I say go for it, it looks like it'll do what you want, however with the existing hard crank situation you may have something going bad in the lifting legs themselves and that could overload the new cranking motor, IDK

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

It has the drop leg, but with a flatbed truck, it has to be jacked up a good six to eight inches before it gets above the bed. The darned thing doesn't turn all that easy either. You can't stand beside of it and turn it with one hand, you have to use both hands and put your whole body in to it. It turns the same whether the weather is hot of cold. Let's stay on subject with the electric outfit though and not get sidetracked with other suggestions.

If it cranks that hard, it is unlikely that the electric add-on doodad is going to work well, or for very long before it strips or burns out. You need to get the jack freed up and working better first. That or replace the jack with a dedicated electric unit.

 

[Tx Jim]

Here is a an idea to use a battery powered drill/impact wrench to raise/lower trailer hitch.

 

[Mcrafty1]

Here is a an idea to use a battery powered drill/impact wrench to raise/lower trailer hitch.

Perfectly named. 'Lazy Cranker' Lol