jumping jack trailer wanted

[CouesWhitetail]

Hey, I am wanting to buy a jumping jack trailer. If anyone has a used one, let me know! thanks!

 

 

[Hunterdan]

You will like it. I am not selling mine!

[CouesWhitetail]

Come on Dan!! Let me have it!!

[Buster]

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&a...=jumping%20jack

 

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&a...=jumping%20jack

 

http://www.ksl.com/index.php?nid=218&a...=jumping%20jack

[Dave Price]

With what they are getting used.

may as well get a new one!

 

Toms Camperland

[CouesWhitetail]

With what they are getting used.

may as well get a new one!

 

Toms Camperland

 

 

Yea! I called them this morning and talked with them....

[Buster]

Never really understood the attraction to Jumping Jack trailers myself. In my opinion, a utility trailer and a good quality wall tent is far more versatile, plus a lot less $$$. For what they want for a Jumping Jack, you could buy a 7x16 Big Tex trailer, a 14x16 Davis Tent, a Cylinder Stove, a couple of cots, a Coleman lantern or two, a propane tree, and have money to spare.

 

FWIW, I paid $900.00 for my 8x14 trailer (used) and $1,100.00 for my 14x16 Davis tent (new). Even with my '05 Suzuki Eiger 400cc 4x4 included, I'm still less money than what a new Jumping Jack costs.

 

 

[Str8Shot]

Amanda not jumping jack but have heard good of these that you can get through Costco... check it out for a couple thousand less than the JJ... they also have a video to watch

 

http://www.costco.com/Browse/Product.aspx?...p=C&topnav=

[Str8Shot]

Well I just found out that lifetime builds the jumping jack ... Costco has that setup new for 2999.99

[CouesWhitetail]

Thanks for the info and links Str8shot and Buster!

 

And Buster, I think for me the attraction is the ease of setup for the jumping jack and it's small enough that I can haul it behind my jeep. It sets up and takes down in just a few mins and I can haul it on the rough roads that I frequent. I do a lot of camping for work where I might get to camp at midnight and leave early the next day, so setting up a wall tent isn't the most practical. I agree they are very pricey and that's why I am looking for a used one and also why I haven't bought one yet

[Buster]

10-4. A Springbar or Kodiak Canvas Flexbow tent and a smaller utility trailer would do the same thing, quick set-up and all. That's really all a Jumping Jack trailer is is a Springbar tent attached to a trailer at a premium price.

 

I have a 10x10 Kodiak Canvas Flexbow tent that I use when I'm only going for a night or two and don't want to bother with the wall tent. One person can set it up in 15 minutes or so. The biggest advantage I see with Kodiak over Springbar is the Kodiak has loops for guy ropes so it's more stable if the wind blows. Below is a picture of mine set-up hastily in my back yard.

 

http://www.cabelas.com/cabelas/en/template...rm23&Go.x=0

 

Best of luck in your search.

 

 

[.270]

i lust for a jumpin' jack too. there are some big differences in the costco and jumping jack. the jumping jack tent is made of real heavy canvas. the costco is made out of pretty thin synthetic canvas. jumping may be synthetic too, it's hard to tell anymore, but it is a lot heavier. and the costco trailer is rated at 2000 lbs with a leaf spring axle and the jack is rated at 3500 lbs with a torsion bar axle. the torsion bar axle gives you a much smoother ride and a lot more clearance and there ain't an axle and springs under the trailer to hit stuff with. i think it'd be pretty easy to overload the costco, if you load a couple quads or a side by side on it. it comes down to what you require. if you aren't going to use it real hard and don't have a ranger, the costco might be just the ticket. but there are some valid reasons that the jumping jack costs more. Lark.

[COUESAZ]

The costco seems to be a bigger floor plan. bigger bed ends or something.

[Str8Shot]

Definitely some differences Lark. If you look at lifetime's site (they make both) you can break each one down. http://www.buylifetime.com/Products/BLT/Tr....aspx?from=left

[Hunterdan]

i lust for a jumpin' jack too. there are some big differences in the costco and jumping jack. the jumping jack tent is made of real heavy canvas. the costco is made out of pretty thin synthetic canvas. jumping may be synthetic too, it's hard to tell anymore, but it is a lot heavier. and the costco trailer is rated at 2000 lbs with a leaf spring axle and the jack is rated at 3500 lbs with a torsion bar axle. the torsion bar axle gives you a much smoother ride and a lot more clearance and there ain't an axle and springs under the trailer to hit stuff with. i think it'd be pretty easy to overload the costco, if you load a couple quads or a side by side on it. it comes down to what you require. if you aren't going to use it real hard and don't have a ranger, the costco might be just the ticket. but there are some valid reasons that the jumping jack costs more. Lark.

The Jumping Jack is made with Marine Canvas. Very Heavy and strong. I had mine in 5 days of almost non-stop Rain on a Spring Turkey hunt one year and never leaked one drop. They are expensive but the fellow who designed them put a lot of thought into it. I Have really enjoyed mine the last few years.