[Rhodes22-list] I Hate My Trailer

[Steve]

Slim
Something is not right about that.  Only 4".  Don't
know for sure but sound like the trailer been altered.
 Should have a couple of feet to play with.  Anyway, I
have been reading this tread of e-mail and this is
just not adding up.
Steve


--- Steve Alm <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
> Joe,
> I only have about 4" of room to move it forward
> unless I also weld on more
> tongue.
> Slim
> 
> On 8/12/03 2:16 PM, "Ware, Joseph W."
> <joseph_ware at merck.com> wrote:
> 
> > Steve, I had asked the same question a while ago. 
> Someone at the time had
> > suggested cutting the bow stop off, it's welded
> on, and moving it forward a
> > foot.  They had done this and it worked.  I'm
> having it done as we speak.
> > I'll let you know how it works out.  Cost about
> $30.
> > 
> > Joe
> > S/V Whisper
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Steve Alm [mailto:salm at mn.rr.com]
> > Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 3:58 AM
> > To: Rhodes
> > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] I Hate My Trailer
> > 
> > 
> > Hi.  Mary Ann and I just got back from a four day
> trip with Fandango.  We
> > went up north to Leech Lake in north central MN. 
> The sailing and living
> > aboard were great (I'd love to tell you more about
> it sometime) but after
> > putting the boat in and out several times in
> several locations with varying
> > degrees of steepness at the ramps, I've concluded
> that something is
> > definitely wrong here.
> > 
> > No matter what, I just can't get the boat far
> enough forward on the trailer.
> > The result is not enough tongue weight.  I had to
> take the motor off and
> > lash it on the trailer tongue, put the rudder up
> in the V berth, along with
> > anything else that has any weight to it.  I used
> my bathroom scale to try to
> > find out how heavy the tongue really is:  the
> scale only goes up to 300 lbs.
> > and I pegged the thing before the tongue even
> budged off the hitch--so I'll
> > bet I have at least 400 lbs, maybe more.  Still,
> the trailer fishtailed at
> > anything over 55 mph and also lurched and tugged
> most of the way.  I use a
> > 3/4 ton full-size cargo van with a V-8--more than
> enough.
> > 
> > At one of the ramps that had a very gradual slope,
> I backed in so far that
> > my tailpipe was almost under.  Using the tongue
> extension, the forward ends
> > of the bunks were just at water level and I drove
> the boat hard at the
> > trailer, trying to get up on the damn things, but
> still no luck.
> > 
> > And at the steep ramps it's even worse.  As we've
> discussed before, you pull
> > the boat all the way up to the bow stop, but when
> you pull the trailer out
> > of the water, the bow rocks back away from the bow
> stop, and leaves the boat
> > too far back--actually NEGATIVE TONGUE WEIGHT!
> > 
> > I really don't want to move the motor, rudder,
> etc. not to mention all the
> > landing gymnastics every time I trailer.  Is it
> just me or is it a design
> > flaw.  The trailer axle should be about 6-8 inches
> back or something.  Can
> > anyone offer some insight, please?  Pretty please?
> > 
> > Slim
> > 
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