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    Posted: 13 Oct 2020 at 7:41pm
Originally posted by john in idaho

Get a Save - A - Jack and you won't have to saw off your jack post.
Save-A-Jack would not have been practical in my case, and it would not have been practical in a case where someone forgets to lower the jack before taking off. It is good if someone wants to get the jack out of the way of a truck tailgate or SUV lift gate. Otherwise, it is more trouble than it is worth in my opinion. It means that I would have to find a place to stow the jack I removed from the tongue instead of it just riding there.
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Get a Save - A - Jack and you won't have to saw off your jack post.
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I had to saw about 3" off of my jack because of my driveway grade. This has not presented any problems. My wife and I both do checks before trailer is moved. I also have a routine and list.
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Yes, I should make a pre-tow checklist.
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We use a written list and verify each item on it.
Never leave footprints behind.
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My wife and I split duties at the trailer door, she does the inside and I do the outside, and we don't bother each other. Works pretty well. 
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Good suggestions. I was saying that I do the hookup, and then my wife take a visual afterward to see if I missed anything, not that we work on it together.
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Posts: 5290 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 03 Jul 2020 at 6:59am
Just a suggestion from aviation:

Insist on a sterile environment while doing your "preflight" walkaround. That's what pilots do, and it works. No chitter chat or doing things out of sequence. If two people are performing the checks, one needs to be responsible for each task, otherwise you can end up with the "I thought you were checking that" scenario. 

In pilot training I got that drilled into me, my flight instructor would deliberately try to distract me and then point out anything I missed because of the distraction. Annoying but that's how you learn. Embarrassed
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I asked my wife to start coming behind me and double checking to make sure this does not happen again. The problem was that I got distracted by something. Hopefully, she will help me not to miss things like this again.
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I actually attempted to take off with the jack down once. I was on my way to Niagra Falls, and I did a one night lay over, so I could arrive there early A.M.. So when I pulled into the over night spot, I didn't unhitch, but I did lower the jack to take some of the weight off the truck. In the morning, I plum forgot it was down. I realized it within a couple feet, Luckily, it was dirt. Nothing like getting that first stupid mistake out of the way nice and early in the morning. 
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