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

[rhendy]

Mark,
   FWIW, (I am entering this thread in midstream, so forgive me if I am
repeating someone else)  my extension is mounted on the side of the trailer
on two welded-on bolts.  The extension itself has two holes drilled through
it which match the bolts and it hangs there patiently until I need it.  I
need it every time I launch since my ramp is not very steep.  When I need
it, I undo the two nuts, hang the extension on the front of the trailer and
off I go.  It takes about sixty seconds on and sixty seconds off.  The
beauty of it is the simplicity.  I really like simple things that work.
This does.

Fair Winds,

Bob Hendrickson
S/V Getaway

----- Original Message -----
From: "Walter Gorman" <wgorman@ix.netcom.com>
To: <dayz@lisco.com>; "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 9:18 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Help! My tongue is stuck!


> It sounds like a good solution. The hitch that you use to launch the boat
> must be off center. Does that present any problems?
>
> Also has anyone launched without using the extension? I had an idea of
> welding the tongue at some point where I could still tow short distances
and
> still be able to launch the boat. I have my boat in a slip all season and
> only use the trailer twice a year.
> I only tow it about 8 miles each way. I usually pick high tides to launch
> and retrieve the boat and also I rent a truck so that I am not overly
> concern about the rear wheels being submerged!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Richard and Sherry Day <dayz@lisco.com>
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 11:18 PM
> Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Help! My tongue is stuck!
>
>
> > 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
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rhodes22-list-bounces@rhodes22.org
> > [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces@rhodes22.org]On Behalf Of Bill Effros
> > Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 5:35 PM
> > To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> > 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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