How to Pick Out Replacement Landing Gear for 1998 Alumascape 5th Wheel

Question:

Need to replace the jacks. A shop looked the unit over before I purchased it, they bent a stand and replaced it with another one that doesn’t line up with the other side. The bar between them appears to be slightly bent. The motor works ok for a few seconds but then it starts slipping and it must be hand cranked, which is very difficult. I can’t get to my door because it’s too close to the fence, and I can’t move it. Can you tell me what I need to order?

asked by: Jewell

Expert Reply:

In order to pick out a direct replacement for the landing gear on your trailer we would need to know the distance between the mounting brackets. Otherwise you could just have the brackets removed from your trailer by a qualified welder and then install the brackets that come with the Bulldog Tandem Landing Gear Set # BD500162. Either way this landing gear set would work well for you, you just might have to have the brackets of your trailer removed and then install the brackets of the # BD500162.

I attached a picture that shows the dimensions that this landing gear set would fit with.

The jacks would be the correct replacement for Lippert, Venture, and Atwood landing gear, as well as those from a few other manufacturers. The sure way to tell is that if the distance between the mounting brackets (underside of top bracket to top of lower bracket as shown in the diagram) is 17-1/2 inches. If this is the case, the landing gear should fit just fine. This is by far the most popular setup seen on trailers.

If your frame clamps are instead 20-1/4 inches the Ultra Fab part # UF17-943010 would be a direct replacement.

expert reply by: Jameson C