[Rhodes22-list] Help! My tongue is stuck!

[Richard and Sherry Day]

Judy and Bill,
  Your Triad trailer tongue set-up must be different than my '77 Triad
trailer.  I have a permanent ball receptor hitch while my long extension
tongue hitch is positioned parallel to the side of the permanent hitch.  It
slides thru approximately two feet of square tubing  which is situated next
to the permanent trailer hitch and seats into a small section of  square
tubing at the back of the long extension tube.  Maybe by adapting this
set-up you might eliminate your problem.  Richard Day
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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces@rhodes22.org]On Behalf Of Bill Effros
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 5:35 PM
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Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Help! My tongue is stuck!


Judy,

This happens to me every time.  Saltwater.

I coat the tongue with a Boeing product called B-9 which seems to minimize
the problem.  I also spray liberally with WD-40.  Then I break out the
hydraulic jacks.  I, too, generally store the tongue separately during the
winter.

I am thinking of getting a "shorty" tongue to insert for short-haul towing
instead of trying to use the long tongue in two different positions.

I will shortly have to face the problem again.  I'm not looking forward to
it.

Bill Effros

----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Gorman" <wgorman@ix.netcom.com>
To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 1:12 PM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Help! My tongue is stuck!


I have just spent the last 3 hrs inching out the tongue of my Triad trailer
using a 6 ton jack on its side.I still have about 4 feet to go.
Each year I sand ( sometime grind) the tongue and paint it and grease it
hoping ti won't get stuck. But it does. Does anyone else have this problem
and have any suggestions. I remove the tongue in the winter which helps but
I don't think that should be necessary.
  Judy Gorman
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