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    Posted: 09 Mar 2017 at 1:18pm
I need to change out the jack on my hitch with a new electric jack. Question: Can I use the front 2 stabilizers to hold the front of the trailer up while I change the jack?
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Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Mar 2017 at 1:37pm

I would refrain from it....they are stabilizers, not jacks.

When I last changed a tongue jack, I hitched to the tow vehicle and let it carry the weight. It is a pretty quick job.
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Posts: 440 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Mar 2017 at 1:43pm
That is what I was thinking since my dealer said the same thing you did. They are not used to lift the trailer. Just keep it steady. Thanks
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Posts: 4517 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 09 Mar 2017 at 3:54pm
When I did mine, I used a small floor jack. It is literally a 5 min job.
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I have, no problem.
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Posts: 3419 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Mar 2017 at 2:25pm
I have used my stabilizers to assist in changing jack. I used manual jack to raise trailer, lowered stabilizers to stabilize, then raised manual jack to allow removal, replaced with electric jack, then raised trailer with electric jack and raised stabilizers. Technically I was not using the stabilizers to raise trailer, I used them to stabilize trailer.
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Posts: 440 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Mar 2017 at 6:27pm
You read my mind. Harbor Freight had a floor jack on sale. I bought it and will use it to jack up my trailer. Use stabilizers to steady and do the 5 minute replacement.
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Posts: 451 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Mar 2017 at 6:34pm
 Use your tow vehicle. Your tow vehicle makes a great safety chock!! It's what I did to install my electric jack.  This is a very easy job. The hardest part, installing the electric connector if it isn't pre-assembled.

 I crimped a terminal ring onto the supplied positive wire so it could be bolted to the battery. A circuit breaker was provided on the positive wire, the negative is connected under one of the trailer jack bolts. It  took longer to get the crimps at Home Depot than it did to do all the rest.
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Posts: 440 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 10 Mar 2017 at 6:45pm
One thing about the jack I bought it looks really simple. Pump housing the ground and one cable to the battery. I was not sure about using the stabilizers holding the RPod up. Got the support solved with a 3 to jack.
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Use your tow ball, it's already there, and will hold things up, that's it's job.
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