JCoastie
Platinum Member
I recently purchased a new trailer and the 12k jack has such a low gear ratio, I found myself cranking it 60 times to get it on/off my truck, so I wanted to create a drill adapter. In the 12 years I have had a trailer, I have never had a reason to unhitch it with something still on the trailer, so I'm not sure if this would work under load or not, but for my unloaded use, it works just fine. I did a mock up first just as a proof of concept.
Once that worked successfully I made it smaller for the finished product, just using a 1 inch diameter threaded pipe at 3 inches in length with a hole drilled through the middle which lines up with the factory hole for the stock handle, a 1 inch end cap, and a threaded rod coupling nut and bolt/lock washer. I had the right size bolt laying around, not sure what size it is, but the head is 3/4 which is the largest deep well socket I could fit inside the pipe to tighten it, so that was nice. Everything is put together with red locktite and an impact wrench. If need be I can have a neighbor weld it, but it does not seem to require much force in use.
Obviously the opposite handle needs to be removed before use, but this is what it looks like mounted. Handle stays with the trailer in the storage compartment.
Once that worked successfully I made it smaller for the finished product, just using a 1 inch diameter threaded pipe at 3 inches in length with a hole drilled through the middle which lines up with the factory hole for the stock handle, a 1 inch end cap, and a threaded rod coupling nut and bolt/lock washer. I had the right size bolt laying around, not sure what size it is, but the head is 3/4 which is the largest deep well socket I could fit inside the pipe to tighten it, so that was nice. Everything is put together with red locktite and an impact wrench. If need be I can have a neighbor weld it, but it does not seem to require much force in use.
Obviously the opposite handle needs to be removed before use, but this is what it looks like mounted. Handle stays with the trailer in the storage compartment.
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