Side-mount trailer jack features a manual hand crank, but can also be powered by any 18-volt to 24-volt compact drill when using the included attachment. 700-Hour salt spray rating on the powder coat finish is ideal for boat or cargo trailers.
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A trailer jack is designed to lift the tongue of your trailer so you can connect the trailer coupler to your hitch ball. To do this, you'll need a jack with a lift capacity high enough to handle your trailer's tongue weight.
Tongue weight is the amount of weight that your trailer applies to the back of your tow vehicle. Typically, your tongue weight should be 10-15% of your total trailer weight (trailer + cargo). In other words, a 10,000-lb trailer would have a tongue weight between 1,000 lbs and 1,500 lbs. For a trailer this size, you would need a jack with a lift capacity of at least 1,500 lbs.
It's okay to have a jack with a weight rating that is higher than your trailer's tongue weight. In fact, a jack with a higher lift capacity should operate more efficiently, allowing you to spend less time cranking and more time camping.
Every jack offers a certain amount of lift or travel. Screw travel is the distance the jack extends when you crank it (or toggle it to "extend" on an electric model). Some jacks include a drop leg for extra adjustability. On these jacks, you'll see the maximum extension of the drop leg listed in the specs as well. Adding the screw travel and drop leg travel together will give you the total lift. The total lift listed above can help you determine how high this jack will be able to raise your trailer.
Videos are provided as a guide only. Refer to manufacturer installation instructions and specs for complete information.
Hi, everybody. Andy here with etrailer.com. Let's take a look together at this Trailer Valet JXS side-wind trailer jack with drop leg. Now, this JXS side-mounted trailer jack features a manual hand crank, but it can also be powered by any 18 volt or 20 volt compact drill when using this included attachment. This is going to let you raise and lower your boat, your cargo or recreational trailer with ease, again by either using the hand crank or your drill with that attachment. And this jack does feature a lift capacity with the drill of 6,000 pounds, and then with the crank, of 7,000 pounds and it has a support capacity of 8,000 pounds.
Now, the overall height from the top of our jack all the way to the base that it's gonna be sitting on, we're sitting right at about 23.5 inches tall when this is fully retracted. But then when you have this fully extended, it's up to 50 and 13, 16 inches tall. Again, the overall height when this is fully extended. Now, this is going to give you a total lift of 26 and five-eighth inches. The screw travel is 13 and five-eighth inches and then the drop leg travel is 13 inches.
And I wanted to show you that it's gonna be very easy to drop the leg. You're just gonna remove this pin and then that's going to allow you to easily adjust that drop leg. And the adjustment hole spacing on the drop leg, lemme see if I can bring that there, is going to be three and seven-sixteenth inches from center of hole to center of hole. So it's gonna be very easy to adjust that leg. I'm gonna go ahead and replace the pin here.
It's gonna be just as simple as that. Now, the patented gear material composition is going to give you maximum efficiency while reducing heat retention. And the built-in sleeve fitting provides protection and a smooth glide. And this is a very smooth operation. There's no binding or anything like that.
This is just very smoothly ascending and then descending when I am cranking with this handle. This has a gear ratio of three to four and the maximum frame size fit is gonna be 6.5 inches tall and six inches deep. And the clearance is going to be 16.5 inches from mounting bracket to the top of the jack. And of course, as you know, the foot plate is going to minimize sinking into soft ground. And I measured our foot plate earlier before our time together and this is going to be seven and three-quarters inches long and six inches wide. The outer tube diameter is two and a quarter inches and the inner tube diameter is two inches. And this does feature a wrinkle black powder coat that's going to give you great weather resistance. And this also includes instructions, a quick start guide, and then a set of instructions to guide you in not only installing this but through the very simple operation as well. Well, I think that's gonna conclude our look today. I do hope our time together was helpful for you. Again, my name is Andy. Thank you for joining me.
Average Customer Rating: 4.7 out of 5 stars (281 Customer Reviews)
Side-mount trailer jack features a manual hand crank, but can also be powered by any 18-volt to 24-volt compact drill when using the included attachment. 700-Hour salt spray rating on the powder coat finish is ideal for boat or cargo trailers.I am a returning customer after making several purchases with trailer.com. I Received the item very quickly like others in the past. Great price. Installed it within minutes. Great product! Will do business with etrailer.com again.
Both the product and the website are great. I ordered a trailer jack and there was some complications with UPS and the customer support at etrailer was amazing with helping me. And when I got the jack it was easy to install and worked great.
First, I have been trailering since the '70's. My current trailer with boat weighs 8800 lbs and has a tongue weight of 1120 lbs. The tongue jack provided by the manufacturer was of marginal quality and had inadequate lift. I had replaced that with a 2500 lb jack with good travel, but that required very high cranking effort and had been repaired once. I have been looking for a well built and stable tongue jack for some time. Based on the description, the Trailer Valet JXS seemed like a good choice.
The "good" is that it is heavy gage, very stable when extended, and the foot plate is large and fits well.
The "not good" is that the description of this jack's capacity is highly inaccurate. The jack was raised once with a new 20 volt two speed cordless drill; on the second try this completely drained the battery. The crank handle is of hefty construction but is much too small. The cranking effort required is MUCH too high. I am certain that if this jack was actually loaded to its advertised 7000 lb capacity, it would not be possible to turn the crank. Its ability to lift 1120 lbs with a cordless drill more than once is simply not true.
I have bought most of my trailer parts from etrailer for years, and will continue to do so, but I will be wary of your reviews based on this experience.
Very well-built product. Would buy again
Very well made heavy powder coat and easy to install
Outstanding service . Outstanding prod uct.
My 1 star review comes not from actual product use, but because when I first received the trailer jack I was missing the bracket that connects to the tongue of the trailer. When I contacted etrailer they were very helpful, and allowed me to pay for expedited shipping so I could hopefully be able to use my new jack in the trip I bought it for. I receive the reship in time, but they sent me the bracket clamps instead of the bracket. I call customer service, they apologize and refund me for the expedited shipping, and since there is no part number we both pull up the manual and I describe the part I need and it’s name, she describes it back to me we seem to both understand what part I am still missing. I return from my trip only to find that they have sent me a second pair of bracket clamps, but still not the bracket that I need. So I send them an email including pictures from the manual of the parts I need and they tell me they will send the bracket not the bracket clamps. I received the second reship today…lo and behold I receive a 5th bracket clamp and still no bracket. Hopefully third reship is a charm.
Very well built product, easy install and as expected great customer service from etrailer
I really liked the drill feature that allows you to raise/lower the jack with a drill, fast!
The only suggestion I would have for the mfr of the product would be to size and machine the shank of the socket that raises and lowers the jack to work with either a drill or a driver. Otherwise it’s a great product and I’d buy again and I’d recommend it to anyone looking for a well built trailer jack.
Thanks etrailer!
The trailer Valet has been great and allowed me to remove the factory jack that would hit my tailgate when opened. This side mount is completely out of the way of the tailgate and is much better quality as well.
Very well designed unit and went on my trailer with no problems. The only needed improvement I noticed was the label that runs down the side of the unit was coming off. Not really important to me since it doesn’t affect the operation of jack.
Very well product. Convenient to lower and lift the jack with the drill attachment. Only issue I had was the mounting the mounting bracket wasn’t long enough for the screws to catch but I made do with some other brackets I had.
This is such a great trailer jack, I wish I had purchased it when I bought my trailer several years ago. The option to use a drill to raise and lower is so helpful. Also, the gearing is such that I can use the hand crank on the jack very easily. Marked improvement from the one supplied by the manufacturer.
The components can be greased using the built-in zerk. The jack foot can be removed and the post seated in 3rd party supports, and the entire mechanism swings up and locks easily for travel. Plus, the foot can be fully retracted so it is almost flush with the trailer tongue when raised.
My previous jack had the hard wheel attached and, with a very low trailer and uneven parking lots of frozen dirt in the winter, sometimes I couldn't get that old jack and wheel swung down and locked without movung the rig multiple times to find a more flat parking spot so I could disconnect the trailer. Problem solved with this Trailer Valet JXS jack!
Couldn't ask for a better side mounted jack for my 23' toy trailer. High quality and reliable. No banging on it to loosen it up so you can attach, detach the trailer in the winter.
If you are thinking of a new jack, take a good look at this one. Well worth the money. You will even enjoy using it!
Nice product. Would be nice if the mounting bolts were galvanized. Using less drill torque would be beneficial, but would probably increase the cost/price.
We use our 16' trailer for everything from round bales to furniture to scrap to hauling cattle. I got tired of repairing/straightening/replacing the standard jack when my children wouldn't crank it up all the way. A year out and this thing has solved all my problems...at least with the jack.
I am 75 and pulling a 20' bay boat. I was having trouble cranking the stock jack. Bought this and it is outstanding. Works like a charm. Couple of tips. Keep your drill in your vehicle and the crank in your boat. Drill will kick back if you try to go to0 fast. Slow and steady gets it done. Great product. Thanks George for your recommendation on this.
Easy install, looks way better than stock ones and allow me to remove the A Frame jack that was an issue with the tailgate of my truck.
Iam a charter captain in Florida and this jack is on my boat trailer. Boat is 5,500#. It saves me time with no more cranking. Also saves my back as I have a bad back. Love it. It may be a little to light for my application but works fine. All my buddies said they need to buy one lol.
After owning this trailer jack for one year, I can say it’s the best trailer jack I have ever owned. I put this trailer jack on a 26 foot Aluma flatbed trailer. I purchased an extension because it’s a very high trailer. This trailer jack is extremely easy to use. I can leave my equipment on the trailer and jacket off the truck with ease. The added convenience of using my Dewalt driver to raise and lower the jack is awesome although I don’t use it often. Well I miss placed it. Dang it. Oh well, it’s awesome though the whole thing all around with or without that it’s amazing piece of hardware that makes every day use safe and simple. Thank you each trailer. I haven’t seen this anywhere else even a large trailer manufacturer that is down the road for me saw it and thought wow that’s really cool. Because it is awesome! These are the pictures I could come up with.
So far so good. The install was a mostly straightforward process but did involve drilling some holes in my trailer tongue. The jack works great though. It's super easy with the drill which is great when it's below zero. It's nice to avoid cranking on the handle for what seems like forever.
My second JXS Trailer Valet. Sturdy, simple to install, easy to adjust, excellent design. Great product!
Works great with my cordless drill. A real back saver for someone who has had 2 major back surgeries.
Condition: Installed
Notes: Item has been previously installed and has cosmetic nstall marks and is missing 2 complete bolt sets.
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