[Rhodes22-list] New R22 Owner!!

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

There is a simple substitute I use, not having an extension.  Others may not have one either.
Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Slim <salm at mn.rr.com>
>Sent: Jun 7, 2006 5:42 PM
>To: Rhodes22-list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] New R22 Owner!!
>
>Brad,
>
>I'd be very worried about using a cable instead of the tongue extension to
>get the trailer out to deep water.  You wouldn't have control over the
>steering of the trailer while backing in and if you ever did get it to go
>straight back into the water, it'd be an accident.  Maybe in a perfect world
>with a perfect ramp, but if one wheel got hung up on a bump or a little hole
>and the other wheel kept rolling...
>
>The last few times I've used the extension without disconnecting.  I chock
>the trailer tires and put down the tongue jack.  Then slowly pull out the
>extension with a helper standing there to pop in the pins as the holes line
>up.  It goes real quick.
>
>Slim
>
>On 6/6/06 6:56 PM, "brad haslett" <flybrad at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
>> OK folks, work with me here.  It has been a long time
>> since I raised the mast on a Rhodes22.  How about
>> taking Stan's basic system without the hand winch,
>> just a pole mounted block on the foredeck with a cable
>> connected to a 12V ATV winch (available at WalMart for
>> about $80).  Mount the winch on the tongue of the
>> trailer and power it off the tow vehicle. OR, you
>> could mount the winch ON the tow vehicle and eliminate
>> the trailer extension.  Let the trailer drop as far in
>> the water as you wanted via cable (after raising the
>> mast) and never worry about the depth of the water at
>> the launch ramp.  Forgive me if this is buried in the
>> archives. It would certainly be worth it to me to save
>> a backache.  You could easily make it remote control
>> as well. Anyone tried it?
>> 
>> Brad
>> 
>> --- Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> 
>>> Todd Z:
>>>        Are you saying the newer system is better?  A
>>> side by side
>>> comparison?  
>>> Ed K
>>> Greenville, SC USA
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