Homemade Power Jack

[@loveydovey4u]

I love how that little leg comes down and folds up. Those Ridgid tools are built to last! Nicely done!

[@chadfayrobinson7537]

looks great love the folding foot !

[@HandyGuy2016]

Thank you, it is very handy!

[@terrygulliford5308]

Bought a jack that LOOKED the same but discovered I had to improvise as it turns out you cant reverse this one. A little re-engineering and its working beautifully now. Thanks for the great idea.

[@caseywalker5889]

I've wondered about this for years with my dads small trailer. Kinda neat to see someone actually do it

[@HandyGuy2016]

It was pretty easy, and I only used basic tools.

[@KenMrKLC]

Well done! I could see you putting together a little package of everything you used and sell it as a DIY kit. Some people don't have easy access to hardware store etc. I would think $25 shipped would be worth it for people to not have to drive to hardware store and rummage through bolt bins etc, and leave enough profit to make it worth your time. Also instead of adding a socket to the handle how about using a tap/die add threads to the handle and put a spacer in between the long nut and the body of the jack which would give you more threads inside the long nut to screw handle into then drill and pin it with a quick pull pin or a jamb nut.

[@HandyGuy2016]

I think you and I might be brothers separated at birth lol.

[@TheLawnFellas]

Very nice I like that. I never seen that Jack foot before. I had to switch out my Jack I ended up getting the ultimate Jack cause it comes flush to the A frame

[@rbartlett6606]

Where did you get that jack extension foot? What kind is it? I must do this on my cargo trailer conversion. This old man can't handle cranking anymore and I don't have room for an electric jack. Great video.

[@HandyGuy2016]

It's called "Jackfoot" on Amazon.

[@leroymontano9080]

Thanks im on my way to home depot for the 1/2 "bolt and pins

[@russelllucas-uh4dr]

Perfect idea, have you found the bolt tightened down on itself or loosened when operating?

[@HandyGuy2016]

Negative

[@russelllucas-uh4dr]

Will be done to my load trail asap, love the content, thanks for the reply!

[@byronn.2885]

I like that. I’m surprised a drill is strong enough but that’s a good thing so you don’t have to add stress to the gears with an impact. I was thinking of doing something like that for the jack I use for raising my mowers to clean under the deck between jobs. I don’t scraped my decks as often as I should because of how long it takes to raise and lower them.

[@HandyGuy2016]

Great idea

[@bradbelden4822]

@@HandyGuy2016 What type of drill do I need to make that happen. I have a cordless drill and I got to the end of this project and it's not enough to raise the trailer. Great video though!

[@HandyGuy2016]

@bradbelden4822 Mine is an 18 volt Ridgid, I would recommend at least an 18 or 20 volt with low/high setting I use the low setting.

[@byronn.2885]

@@bradbelden4822 I actually ended up using Milwaukee M18 dry wall mud mixing drill. Works awesome because they are high torque low rpm and have a large hand to prevent it twisting your wrist off when it bottoms out.

[@chasallallbright4877]

You loose clearance unless you turn it to side or just order a top screw complete jack from Amazon for around 50 bolt it on

[@JsCrazyCutzLLC]

Very awesome! Why doesn't all jacks come that way?🤷‍♂️

[@HandyGuy2016]

That would be nice 😃

[@ronmckee8132]

Was told DOT wants to see safety chains the other way ,,,,,, open side down

[@HandyGuy2016]

In what state?

[@ronmckee8132]

@@HandyGuy2016 I'm Canada Ontario Used to do RV's out of Elkhart in.