[Rhodes22-list] Tongue Weight

[Bob Keller]

Joe & Paul,
I wrestled with this same problem with my 1995 and Trailmaster trailer.  I 
had no more adjustment left in the slider part of the bow stop, so I had a 
guy cut off the whole bow stop assembly and reweld it a foot further ahead 
on the trailer.  Now I can adjust the arm of the bow stop and actually moved 
the boat forward about 8 inches.  I move the rudder to the V-berth and leave 
the motor on the stern and it is balanced perfectly and trailers in excess 
of 62mph easily.  I also have my spare tire on the tongue.  Tried leaving 
the rudder on the stern, but it was too much weight anf fishtailed.

Just thought I would share how I solved my problem.
Bob K
Marietta, GA
s/v Yankee Clipper
Lake Hartwell


>From: Paul Grandholm <paul@mi.chtechnology.com>
>Reply-To: paul@mi.chtechnology.com,The Rhodes 22 mail list 
><rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
>Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Tongue Weight
>Date: Thu, 12 Dec 2002 11:20:01 -0500
>
>Joe,
>
>      It doesn't seem to me that adding weight to the front of the
>trailer, just to try to achieve proper balance, is the best alternative.
>Eliminate weight from the rear or shift it from the rear to the front if
>necessary (motor & rudder being the most obvious).  Of course we'd all be
>better off if we could just figure out an easy way to get the gosh darn
>boat all the way forward on the trailer.
>
>Paul
> >
> >Rummy, I'm talking about the water tank in the boat.  Not an external 
>tank,
> >although that does bring up a possible point.  I also thought about 
>making a
> >mount for the motor under the bow, on the front of the trailer.  Just
> >thinking...
> >
> >Joe
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: R22RumRunner@aol.com [mailto:R22RumRunner@aol.com]
> >Sent: Thursday, December 12, 2002 9:56 AM
> >To: rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org
> >Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Tongue Weight
> >
> >
> >Joe,
> >Where would you mount a tank and how much water or liquid would you use? 
>A
> >gallon of liquid weighs approximately 8 pounds, so any significant gain
> >would
> >take a lot of water/volume. Also, think about a very heavy water 
>projectile
> >should it come loose while trailering or in a panic stop situation.
> >I think you are further ahead by doing what we already know to put weight 
>on
> >
> >the tongue.
> >
> >Rummy
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