Need help bending trailer jacket bracket

[grsthegreat]

the only problem with the front hole, alot of times thats too close for the tailgate......no one wants a smashed tailgate

 

[RayIN]

How do you attach this to the trailer. Do you have to weld a small piece of pipe to the side of the frame and then this jack slips over it? Hard to tell from the pictures.

Lighter versions are a bolt-on arrangement, like single-axle trailers only.

 

[BlueKnife]

Well if I was gonna abandon that jack, I would just get an a frame jack and bolt it in the other hole.

3000 lbs. 16" Side Wind Trailer Jack Round Tube 796875 [300369]

surpluscenter.com

The jack that I linked to folds up, thereby minimizing the risk of bending it. Since the OP has welding capabilities, and needs a new jack anyway, why not upgrade?

 

[etpm]

It looks like from your pictures the the angle the jack is welded to is no thicker that 3/16 of an inch. I have several stout C clamps that could pull the angle back to the trailer frame, where it could then be welded. This would probably not leave the jack perfectly straight but it would be close. Tugging on the jack to straighten the angle won't work. So either remove the jack from the angle and use a new piece of angle or draw the angle up to the trailer frame with stout clamps and weld it in place. Before you go through all that trouble though please make sure the jack operates properly over the full travel. Just my 2 cents.
Eric