[Rhodes22-list] I Hate My Trailer

[Steve]

Slim
If there is another Rhodie around where you live;
might want to pull your trailer over to them and line
them up.  Just to see what kind of differences there
might be.  My Triad trailer is a 1982 and I have never
had a problem getting the boat on and far enough
forward.  
Just a suggestion.
Steve


--- Steve <rhodes2282 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> 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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