Dave Hensley
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Anybody got a decent snap ring tongue jack laying around?
WTB trailer jack
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white03
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I'll take seconds if there are 2 people out there with jacks to fit an Allison
suicidealli
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I will be third mine is shot too......
Roy
Roy
I needed one myself. Was looking around at local BPS one day and noticed one that would work on my trailer. Mine has the plate welded on the frame. I went and asked the service dept. manager about it because they dont sell that kind on the floor. he found it in the spec sheets for their boats and found one in the back. Was around 60 bucks, fit prefect.
bassracr
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Do tell ! Is your trailer a boatmate or smp ? You got a brand name and model number for that jack ? Inquiring minds want to know
Jay Martin
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Do ya'll remember the thread I posted about an over kill trailer jack? See pic below..
I still have the origianal jack your looking for, theres nothing wrong with it, just decided to upgrade.
I still have the origianal jack your looking for, theres nothing wrong with it, just decided to upgrade.
Have an smp trailer with the welded on plate. Went to harbor freight and bought their little jack, with the double latch. took it apart cut a couple of springs then reattach the c clip. works fine and now I don't worry about the single pull pin bending
Dave Hensley
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With this many folks needing one I will try to find the best retrofit and will post up details.
suicidealli
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I have a smp with the welded plate too. Has the snap ring holding it on. That fulton looks great......
Roy
Roy
Jay Martin
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If curious about the Fulton mount, heres how I did it.
The old jack had a plate welded to the frame, that bracket had the round center which is where the snap ring was at, I cut the round off flat then welded the Fulton plate to the old plate, the Fulton bolts to to new plate with 4 bolts.
If you order the Fulton it will come with two differnt size u bolts, you have to order the weld on plate seperate, I think it was somewhere around $30.00.
The old jack had a plate welded to the frame, that bracket had the round center which is where the snap ring was at, I cut the round off flat then welded the Fulton plate to the old plate, the Fulton bolts to to new plate with 4 bolts.
If you order the Fulton it will come with two differnt size u bolts, you have to order the weld on plate seperate, I think it was somewhere around $30.00.
Dave Hensley
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I was in real need and found a Reese 1200# jack at the local Co-Op. Model 74410. worked well except the pin was smaller than original. Made some inserts for the weld on pkate out of flange nuts and took up a bunch of the in the jack to trailer interface by grinding the flange nuts through a trial and error fit until the snap ring would go on. Got it good and snug now. Bottom line is that these small jacks are pretty much junk. Jay had the right idea by going to the bigger Fulton.
Jay Martin
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I was in a farm/auto parts supply house this morning and did see some jacks that had the snap ring style mount, I was in souch a hurry I did not look at the brand name, next time I'm in there I will look and make a post here for others.
Dave, when I decided to go with the Fulton I had no idea how huge this jack is, pictures can't begain to tell how big it really is.
Dave Hensley
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To be very honest the more I work on these trailers the less of a fan I am of the Boatmate. They ar made right here in my home town and I have 4 of them but the quality of materials and workmanship is questionable at best. Plus I can't even go over there and buy parts. I have a Lite Rider and also owned an Oklahoma that I want back and they are of higher quality and finish.
white03
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can't go there and buy parts!! That's not right 
Jay Martin
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Alot of marine companys are like that, they only sell to authorized vendors..
fnshrmaster
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I see that as a potential lost sale. I often wonder why they do that and limit there market?
Jay Martin
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Lets just say it helps keep our marine dealers in business, but on the other hand the internet is wide open to almost every part out there.