R-pod Owners Forum : electric tongue jack http://www.rpod-owners.com/ This is an XML content feed of; R-pod Owners Forum : Podmods, Maintenance, Tips and Tricks : electric tongue jack Copyright (c) 2006-2009 Web Wiz Forums - All Rights Reserved. Sun, 03 May 2026 03:54:33 +0000 Thu, 26 Mar 2020 22:11:16 +0000 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Web Wiz Forums 9.64 360 www.rpod-owners.com/RSS_post_feed.asp?TID=13459 R-pod Owners Forum http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_images/web_wiz_forums.png http://www.rpod-owners.com/ electric tongue jack : I'll have to measure mine.... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13459&PID=130081#130081 Author: StephenH
Subject: 13459
Posted: 26 Mar 2020 at 10:11pm

I'll have to measure mine. It has to have a long enough tube to both hold the moving parts and to stabilize them. A short tube would be weak. From what I see, about all of them have the same outer tube length. I retract mine fully before traveling and I do have a Husky Brute Super Foot on it (although I did have to cut the extension tube in half to suit our driveway). Before I put that on, I pull the pin on the round foot and push it in as far as I could before re-pinning it. I did not like the way it dug in to some soft blacktop once as the edge of the round foot is not rolled up so it had an edge that dug in.
]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2020 22:11:16 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13459&PID=130081#130081 electric tongue jack : Seems like they all extend down... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13459&PID=130080#130080 Author: gpod
Subject: 13459
Posted: 26 Mar 2020 at 9:47pm

Seems like they all extend down about 10" from the frame in the fully retracted position.  Anyone know of a lower-profile one, or is that about standard?]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2020 21:47:34 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13459&PID=130080#130080 electric tongue jack : I bought this one in 2016 and... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13459&PID=130079#130079 Author: StephenH
Subject: 13459
Posted: 26 Mar 2020 at 9:31pm

I bought this one in 2016 and it has been reliable. The one key is to make sure it is grounded to the frame since only one wire supplies power. The frame is the other connection back to the battery. although it looks from the picture like a second wire might have been added since I purchased ours.
https://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B00B9IVRCW/
]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2020 21:31:54 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13459&PID=130079#130079 electric tongue jack : thanks! http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13459&PID=130078#130078 Author: gpod
Subject: 13459
Posted: 26 Mar 2020 at 9:23pm

thanks!]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2020 21:23:08 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13459&PID=130078#130078 electric tongue jack : oops , sorry about that.I went... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13459&PID=130077#130077 Author: SC for Huskers
Subject: 13459
Posted: 26 Mar 2020 at 9:09pm

oops , sorry about that.
I went to etrailer and got the Stromberg Carlson jack and the flip foot.  https://www.etrailer.com/Accessories-and-Parts/Fastway/FA88-00-6500.html
]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2020 21:09:33 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13459&PID=130077#130077 electric tongue jack : http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13459&PID=130076#130076 Author: SC for Huskers
Subject: 13459
Posted: 26 Mar 2020 at 9:05pm

]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2020 21:05:40 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13459&PID=130076#130076 electric tongue jack : We bought this one through Amazon... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13459&PID=130075#130075 Author: lostagain
Subject: 13459
Posted: 26 Mar 2020 at 8:37pm

We bought this one through Amazon and it works fine for our Sonoma:  https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00M6MF6S6/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o04_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1 
The rPod dimensions and weights are about the same.  I put a similar one on our old 172 and it also worked just fine.
]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2020 20:37:54 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13459&PID=130075#130075 electric tongue jack : My manufacturer-installed tongue... http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13459&PID=130064#130064 Author: gpod
Subject: 13459
Posted: 26 Mar 2020 at 6:56pm

My manufacturer-installed tongue jack is worn out and busted.  When I go through a dip in the road or off-roading with my rPod, it bottoms-out and scrapes.  Does anyone have a recommendation on a brand/model that I can install?  I'm looking for an electric one that retracts quite a bit so I don't run into the same problem again.  Thanks!]]> Thu, 26 Mar 2020 18:56:28 +0000 http://www.rpod-owners.com/forum_posts.asp?TID=13459&PID=130064#130064