Check your leveling jack feet!

[mountainoliver]

We pulled into a campground for the night in Ft. Stockton Texas, I started to unhitch and noticed that the front jack foot was loose. I tightened it and checked the other two. The rear ones were tight. I checked them all right after we purchased our trailer in 2017 and haven’t thought about them since. Probably something to check periodically and will add some blue loctite to each bolt. Probably not good to lose one, at least I’d hate to run over one. 

[Geronimo John]

Glad you found the pending loss before it happened.  Last month in a response to Jason's post I stated:

"A bit off topic, but important.  I recently lost on the highway one of my jack foot plates.  Recommend checking their single bolt tightness occasionally.  Anybody know how to do so and to what torque?  My concern is that one could damage the jack tube if it is not restrained during tightening."

We now have two documented cases supporting the need to periodically check the torque of our jack leg feet.  Jason mentioned using a strap wrency to back-up the torque process so as not to damage the leg when doing so.

Pondering this further, I think it would be worth attaching a small diameter cable to act as a "safety chain" for the feet.

GJ

Edited Monday at 05:37 PM by Geronimo John

[mountainoliver]

John, I just used a ratchet and a short section of pipe (cheater) and got it really tight. They are not a critical item so just get them tight. When at home I have several different Williams hook wrenches that should hook into the groove to hold the center tube from turning. I’ll get them properly tightened then. For now I just wanted to make sure that they’d stay tight until we get home. 

Edited Tuesday at 01:16 AM by mountainoliver
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