Trailer problems with Rear Tire Carrier?

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What are you guys doing to resolve the issue when a trailers' tongue jack hits the spare tire?

[H2Blondie]

Get a lower drop. I use a 6" to pull my boat...puts the trailer level and doesn't hit the spare.

[Big Z]

Gobi Or Extend the Tongue, 12"--Use a good shop!

[PARAGON]

get a 14" shank alumistinger with a 8" drop

puts the ball out just past halfway of my 37x12.50 MT/R spare and I only can't jack-knife it hard with most trailers due to the jack.

You can see how close the jack is here with my 18' enclosed, but it pulls fine and I don't have any problems except for not being able to open the rear hatch.

With my other trailers I can cut it just right to where I can open the spare tire carrier enough to open the rear hatch.

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It's not the drop that's the problem, it's the location of the trailer jack where it hits the spare tire. Paragon knows what I mean and posted a pic showing how he deals with it.

Prior to Paragon posting his pic, I thought I was going to have to get a 12" extension tube. After seeing his pic, I think the Alumistinger will work or maybe the Hummer OEM extension tube which is only a 6.5" extension.

Paragon, any way you can measure center of that trailer ball hole in trailer to forward part of trailer jack? My trailer is currently out on my deer lease and can't get to it to measure it.

I have a 10" wide wheel & 13.5" tire on the rear as a spare, so this will give me an idea of haw far I need to extend the ball outward.

[PARAGON]

It's a smidgeon over 8" from the center of the coupler to the leading edge of the jack.

[lennyrebel]

Originally Posted by tomp

What are you guys doing to resolve the issue when a trailers' tongue jack hits the spare tire?

How about one of those swing up trailer jacks. I've used those on all my boat trailers--eliminates totally jack to spare interference. The farther back your hitch ball, the lousier it wil tow. Extending tongue on trailer is by far the best option after swing up jack. The Rebel

[mikejr]

I have the same trouble with my quad trailer. I was going to remove the jack from the trailer mfr and put on one of the swingaway style. I have an 8"drop, it doesnt hit unless i make a very sharp turn...but the spare is rubber so it just bounces off...HA HA HA

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Thx Paragon!

No place to put swingaway jack as RV tongue is short and filled up with overhanging propane bottles, battery boxes and everything else they could throw up there.

I think a real short extension and my load-leveling hitch will work fine. The extension will reduce my tongue weight capacity, but I will gain it back with load leveling hitch.

[usmctopgun]

I recently purchased this
http://www.etrailer.com/mm5/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=E&Product_Code =HE06&Category_Code=EXTENDER
and it works out quite well with my 8" drop alumistinger. I pull a 8'x16' enclosed 4K lb trailer with it often, and have had no problems.

[Dug]

Personally I wouldnt extend the hitch out. I would move the tire or use a electric low profile jack, or relocate jack.