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01-16-2017, 10:56 AM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 19 delivery Apr 2017
Posts: 27
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Power Jack
Not sure if I should add the power jack to the build sheet. Thoughts anyone?
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01-16-2017, 11:00 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2013
Location: Phoenix, Arizona
Trailer: 2015 Escape 19 "Seventy Degrees"
Posts: 3,495
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Would never be without a power tongue jack now after having one on my previous trailers. If you are going to have a wdh hitch you will definitely regret not getting the power tongue jack.
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01-16-2017, 11:38 AM
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Canyon Lake, Texas
Trailer: 2015 19 "Past Tents", 2021 F150 Lariat 2.7L EB
Posts: 10,225
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chinaski
Not sure if I should add the power jack to the build sheet. Thoughts anyone?
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Do you plan to tow your 19 with your X-Terra? Also, does that include the use of a weight distribution hitch of some kind? If so, you'll find hooking up and unhooking quicker and easier with a power jack. We didn't get one when we had the trailer built, mainly because I wasn't convinced of it's benefit. And, since the batteries are up front on the 19, I knew that installing one after market would be a snap. I did install one later, and I'm glad I did.
http://www.escapeforum.org/forums/f8...tion-5857.html
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01-16-2017, 11:42 AM
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Senior Member
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Middle, Tennessee
Trailer: 2017 Escape 19' #2
Posts: 1,441
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We did not get it on our 1st Escape but I will have it on our new one.
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01-16-2017, 12:00 PM
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Junior Member
Join Date: Jun 2015
Location: Vancouver, British Columbia
Trailer: 19 delivery Apr 2017
Posts: 27
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rbryan4
Do you plan to tow your 19 with your X-Terra? Also, does that include the use of a weight distribution hitch of some kind? If so, you'll find hooking up and unhooking quicker and easier with a power jack. We didn't get one when we had the trailer built, mainly because I wasn't convinced of it's benefit. And, since the batteries are up front on the 19, I knew that installing one after market would be a snap. I did install one later, and I'm glad I did.
http://www.escapeforum.org/forums/f8...tion-5857.html |
Yes we are going to tow with the X-Terra with a WDH. I like quicker and easier. Guess I'll add this as an option...
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01-16-2017, 12:06 PM
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#6
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Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2014
Location: Gig Harbor, Washington
Trailer: Escape 21 'Toto'
Posts: 301
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chinaski
Yes we are going to tow with the X-Terra with a WDH. I like quicker and easier. Guess I'll add this as an option...
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Yup, agree with Robert (who showed me his power jack at the 2015 Osoyoos rally and convinced me in short order): if you use WDH, get the power jack. With all the energy, aches and pains you save, you can run an extra marathon or two.
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01-16-2017, 12:34 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Aug 2015
Location: Sherburne, New York
Trailer: 2016 21 ft escape
Posts: 403
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Did not get one on our 21. But have regretted it after helping out a couple that was having a problem with their hitch and had one on their jayco. Man was it nice. I will be adding and after market one.
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01-16-2017, 01:15 PM
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,683
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Wimps, I am not ordering one on my 5.0TA.
Oh wait, two come standard. 
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2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
2009 Escape 19 (previous)
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01-16-2017, 05:42 PM
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#9
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Site Team
Join Date: Jun 2014
Location: Canyon Lake, Texas
Trailer: 2015 19 "Past Tents", 2021 F150 Lariat 2.7L EB
Posts: 10,225
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Jim Bennett
Wimps, I am not ordering one on my 5.0TA.
Oh wait, two come standard. |
Well then, have them remove them and just crank by hand. We wouldn't want those guns to get soft.
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01-16-2017, 05:47 PM
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#10
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Senior Member
Join Date: Oct 2008
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Trailer: 2017 Escape 5.0 TA
Posts: 15,683
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rbryan4
Well then, have them remove them and just crank by hand. We wouldn't want those guns to get soft. |
I do worry about that, but will find exercise elsewise. 
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2017 Escape 5.0 TA
2015 Ford F150 Lariat 3.5L EcoBoost
2009 Escape 19 (previous)
“Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.” — Abraham Lincoln
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01-16-2017, 06:28 PM
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#11
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Senior Member
Join Date: Jan 2015
Location: Ceresco, Michigan
Trailer: 2015 escape 19
Posts: 134
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We did not get the jack. We were sure we wouldn't mind cranking. We added a jack this fall[emoji57]
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