Options For A Tongue Jack With Low Retracted Height For An ATV Trailer

Question:

Without a photo of the jack this will be difficult to describe: can I remove the inner tube and cut off a few inches of the outer tube, then re the inner tube? My goal is to get the tongue even lower than 10 ½inch to tow trailer with ATV 4 wheeler

asked by: George

ATV Trailer
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Expert Reply:

Hello George. I believe I understand what you are describing. I really cannot recommend modifying a jack in the way you described though. If you need something with a retracted height of less than 10-1/2" we do have a few options for you.

One is the Square Jack w/ Footplate # MJSQ-2500B. This jack has a 7-1/4" retracted height. As far at the bolt on tongue jacks we offer, this will have the lowest clearance of all of them. The only downside is that this jack has a footplate and not a wheel.

If you need something with a wheel, we do have the Fulton Fixed-Mount Marine Jack # TJ12220301 which has a 6" diameter wheel and a 9" retracted height.

What you can do is get the trailer level and measure from the center of the tongue to the ground. This will give us a good idea of exactly what kind of retracted height will be needed for a jack. If you want to take that measurement feel free to drop it in the comments below and I can make sure you get something that will work.

expert reply by: Jesse M