[Rhodes22-list] How To Adjust Boat On Trailer On Highway

Wed Feb 7 11:45:00 EST 2007

Bill,
thanks!  simple method. - rob

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Effros" <bill at effros.com>
To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 07, 2007 10:55 AM
Subject: [Rhodes22-list] How To Adjust Boat On Trailer On Highway

> Rob,
>
> Keep a bottle jack in your tow vehicle.
>
> To adjust the boat, put a piece of wood under the bottle jack, under the
> keel.  Put a piece of wood between the bottle jack and the keel.
>
> Jack up the boat slightly to get the full weight off the bunks.
>
> Move the trailer to the desired location while the boat remains
> stationary, supported by the jack.
>
> Lower the boat back onto the trailer.
>
> Repeat until you get the boat just where you want it.
>
> Bill Effros
>
>
>
> Rob Lowe wrote:
> > Bill,
> > As Ed has suggested, the tongue weight will depend on how you have your
boat
> > loaded and how old your boat is.  The most important thing is to HAVE
some
> > tongue weight.  I've seen things towed with little or no tongue weight
just
> > waiting to pop off.  But you will know when you hook your boat to your
> > vehicle if you have weight on the tongue or not.  Just learn to load
your
> > boat the same way every time.  My motor and gas tanks come off the boat
and
> > go into my truck.  Some people leave theirs on the boat but when I tried
> > that, I couldn't get enough weight on the tongue.  Really, what I've
found
> > to be the key is correctly loading the boat on the trailer.  Take note
of
> > where the bow stripe lines up the bow stop on the trailer.  Note where
the
> > boat sits on the bunks and where the keel lines up with the trailer.
> > Duplicated those positions each time and you won't have any problems.  I
> > towed my boat from St. Louis to SW Virginia when I bought it.  Wasn't
quite
> > enough tongue weight as I could only go about 60 without the trailer
> > swaying.  So I drove the whole way at 60.  Can't really adjust the boat
on
> > the trailer on the highway. - rob
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: "Tootle" <ekroposki at charter.net>
> > To: <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 6:39 PM
> > Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Tongue Weight
> >
> >
> >
> >> Bill D:
> >>
> >>      First, relax, you can move a Rhodes 22 on a trailer in the wrong
> >> position resulting in wrong tongue weight.  The only issues are at what
> >> speed.  If it is more than a couple of inches off, you just have to be
> >> carefull over 70 mph and going down hill.  If you go 55 you just do not
> >>
> > have
> >
> >> the problems.
> >>      If you are going to Edenton to get your boat, ask that Elton be
> >>
> > there,
> >
> >> he moves more boats and goes more distant places than Stan does these
> >>
> > days.
> >
> >>       The correct tongue weight is a variable.  Older boats, that is
> >> recycled weigh less than brand new boats, therefore need less tongue
> >>
> > weight.
> >
> >> The kind and size of the motor are factors.  I have an 8 hp 2 cycle
> >>
> > Tohotsu
> >
> >> and it only weighs 60 pounds.  I can move it myself.  If you get a 9.9
> >>
> > four
> >
> >> stoker, it takes two people to move and affect tongue weight more if
you
> >> leave it on.  So if you have the heavier motor you have to have the
boat
> >> more foreward.
> >>        Yes, you can launch and retrieve a Rhodes 22 by yourself.  It is
> >>
> > just
> >
> >> faster and easier with two.  Especially when one of the helpers is
Rummy.
> >>        Now if you really want to know the answers, look here:
> >>
> >>
> >
http://search.ask.com/web?q=tongue+weight+site%3Arhodes22.org+&qsrc=1&o=0&l=dir
> >
> >> Ed K
> >> Greenville, SC, USA
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> bill davidge wrote:
> >>
> >>> Rob
> >>>    I have a Dodge Dakota pick up and in the manual they call for 10%
.So
> >>> how hard is to get 350-450 lb,s on the tongue ? Is there a way of
> >>>
> > getting
> >
> >>> it close before you  pull out of the water?
> >>>    Stan will help me when I pick up my boat , however can one person
do
> >>>
> > it
> >
> >>> by himself? The web sit had lot's of info but I don't think it will
take
> >>> one of there scales .
> >>>
> >>> Bill D.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message ----
> >>> From: Rob Lowe <rlowe at vt.edu>
> >>> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2007 2:23:31 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Tongue Weight
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Bill,
> >>> Somewhere between enough to keep the boat from fishtailing when
> >>>
> > trailering
> >
> >>> (too light) and from overloading the rear of the towing vehicle (too
> >>> much).
> >>> Seriously, I know this has been discussed and don't recall the
numbers.
> >>>
> > I
> >
> >>> know it on my vehicle when I see it.  Anyone recall that discussion
> >>>
> > (yes,
> >
> >>> I
> >>> know you can search the archives, but I did and didn't find it).
During
> >>> that discussion, I bookmarked this web site.  I believe there a couple
> >>>
> > of
> >
> >>> people who use this scale.  But it's more than you want to know about
> >>> towing.  But based on my single axle trailer and a 3500 pound boat
> >>>
> > (+/-),
> >
> >>> about 350-400 pounds??
> >>>
> >>> http://www.sherline.com/lmbook.htm
> >>>
> >>> - Rob
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >>> From: "bill davidge" <wpdavidge at yahoo.com>
> >>> To: "The Rhodes 22 mail list" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2007 1:55 PM
> >>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Tongue Weight
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Rob,  can you please  tell me what the normal tongue weight is when
> >>> pulling
> >>> a Rhodes 22.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>   Thanks Bill  D .
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message ----
> >>> From: Rob Lowe <rlowe at vt.edu>
> >>> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >>> Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2007 9:05:08 AM
> >>> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] farewell Phoenix
> >>>
> >>>
> >>> Peter,
> >>> I hope those guys did make it back safely.  Looks like there is not
much
> >>> tongue weight if any on the ball.  The boat looks like it perched
right
> >>>
> > at
> >
> >>> the center of gravity. - rob
> >>>
> >>> ----- Original Message ----- 
> >>> From: "Peter Thorn" <pthorn at nc.rr.com>
> >>> To: "Rhodes 22 List Members" <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
> >>> Sent: Monday, February 05, 2007 5:17 PM
> >>> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] farewell Phoenix
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>> Glacier
> >>>> Hello Rhodies~
> >>>>
> >>>> Phoenix is gone and it's pretty hard for me to keep the grin off my
> >>>>
> > face!
> >
> >>>> Paul Minor, owner of Bath Harbor Marina (Bath, NC) is the proud new
> >>>> owner.
> >>>> Bath isn't too far from Edenton, so maybe Stan will take pity on him
> >>>>
> > and
> >
> >>>> help with spare parts.  Paul plans to keep his helper Irv working all
> >>>>
> >>> winter
> >>>
> >>>> getting Phoenix ready to be part of his rental fleet.  This seems
like
> >>>>
> > an
> >
> >>>> appropriate next place for that tough old boat to go.
> >>>>
> >>>> Paul has also answered the question "Will a Rhodes 22 fit on at
> >>>>
> > Catalina
> >
> >>> 22
> >>>
> >>>> trailer?"  Answer:  Just barely.  (Can you see the logs shoring the
> >>>>
> > keel
> >
> >>> to
> >>>
> >>>> the trailer?)  I hope they make it back to Bath safely...
> >>>>
> >>>> Good luck and fair winds to Paul, Irv and Phoenix!
> >>>>
> >>>> PT
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>
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