At 13:14 17 July 2012, Papa3 wrote:
On Monday, July 16, 2012 2:42:49 PM UTC-4, Tim Taylor wrote:

One =A0good solution used on a jantar is a jack to lift a motorcycle=
..
Best after market solution!
S6
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1. Too heavy
2. Too bulky
3. Thrust bearings tend to break
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So no it is not the best after market solution. Been there, tried
that.

I'll second that. I've now rebuilt the original scissors jack for my
1999
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Komet trailer 3 times; the outer thrust bearing has failed yet again.
I
=
still kick myself for returning the screw-jack version that they
accidental=
ly shipped when I first bought the trailer. Simple, robust, relatively
lig=
ht, and works as well at zero height as it does at full extension. =20

I looked at the motorcycle jack (Big Red or somesuch) at my local
motorcycl=
e dealer. The thing weighs nearly 40 pounds! And, there wasn't any
reas=
on to expect it to last any longer under the repeated cycles of use in
the
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grass and gravel that's typical at our airport.=20

In the meantime, the UPS truck should be arriving at my house tomorrow
with=
the pieces to make an over-center lever job. If I could just come up
wit=
h a slightly more elegant way to store the long handle, I would be
complete=
ly happy!=20


a telescoping handle will be shorter and easier to store. should work