I have new jacks on two of my trailers, adn I still have problems with it
even on smooth contcrete in my driveway. Since I pretty much always wear
work boats I just kick the wheel around everytime so that it is pointed in
the right direction. On the tandem axle trialer for my big boat its so
heavy that I can't move it anyway. I use a chunk of lumber left over from a
construction project as a lever to lift the front of the trailer and move it
over.

I feel your pain though. I once got my thumb stuck between the top of a
jack stand and the bottom of my truck, and no amount of screaming on my part
got me any help. Of course the jack was just out of reach no matter how I
swung my free arm around.

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"Richard Liebert" wrote in message
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I was putting my BassTracker Jet away last Sunday evening. Once backed
into
the garage and disengaged from my truck hitch I started to position it
manually by pushing on the bow. I assumed this would be a simple task. My
garage floor is very smooth concrete. At one point I was pushing the
trailer
in a direction that the trailer jack wheel did not want to follow. Instead
of the wheel coming around (like a shopping cart wheel), the trailer jack
apparently bent, then disengaged momentarily causing the trailer to
collapse
onto the top of my left foot crushing a bone. Of course I saw starts,
freaked out a little, no make that a lot, and my wife called 911 (not the
bass club). I am now wearing a knee high cast and hating it.

This probably happened because I once forgot to raise the jack and drove
away. By the time I noticed that I had done this the plastic wheel had
touched down a few times causing some minor flat spots. My guess is that a
flat spot prevent the wheel from turning on the "smooth" concrete whereas
the wheel has always been fine on the rough surface of my driveway. This
was
my fault, I just didn't know any better.

I guess I am partially venting here in the NG because I'm more or less
stuck
in front of the computer with little else to do right now.

Anyway, those of you with entry level boat trailers like mine ought to
take
a good look at your trailer jacks and consider upgrading, especially if
your
jack wheel has any flat spots on it..

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