[Rhodes22-list] New R22 Owner!!

[Arthur H. Czerwonky]

I couldn't do without the small wrangler (2.5) with a front ball hitch and tow bar.  I get some strange looks, but can't be beat in 4WD Low >)

Art

-----Original Message-----
>From: Robert Skinner <robert at squirrelhaven.com>
>Sent: Jun 7, 2006 8:10 PM
>To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] New R22 Owner!!
>
>FYI - as another unusual launch method:
>
>A ball hitch on the front of the tow vehicle 
>to attach the trailer improves visibility and 
>maneuverability.  Add a winch with controls in 
>the cab, and you have a pretty capable rig.
>
>-- 
>Robert Skinner 
>---------------------------------------------
>Slim wrote:
>> 
>> Hank,
>> 
>> OK, thanks for the enlightenment--I've never heard of that before.  I
>> sometimes launch at some pretty crude ramps and I can envision some
>> nightmares with this method but if the ramp is in good shape and the guy in
>> charge has a brain -- Brad? -- I can see it might be OK.
>> 
>> Slim
>> 
>> On 6/7/06 5:24 PM, "Hank" <hnw555 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> > Slim,
>> >
>> > My Islander 36 was launched off of a very large trailer in just this
>> > manner.  A semi-tractor backs down the ramp as far as possible and then
>> > disconnects the trailer from the truck and continues backing it down with
>> > the cable.  It's done very slowly and If one tire hangs it is very obvious
>> > and you just stop the cable and re-wind.  I was told by the marina operator
>> > that this is a vey common method in many marinas.  This marina launches and
>> > recovers hundreds of boats a year, some as big as 45 feet.
>> >
>> > Hank
>> >
>> > On 6/7/06, Slim <salm at mn.rr.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> 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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