[Rhodes22-list] Michael W.s Tongue

[Mary Lou Troy]

We never use the tongue extension. We were always 
willing to put the Blazer's wheels in the water 
until the tailpipe is bubbling and launched and 
retrieved that way. Our usual ramp is such that 
depending on the tides it helped to have someone 
on the stern rail when retrieving. We have a new 
truck with more ground clearance but only RWD so 
we'll see how that does in a couple of months. 
The ramps here are county-owned and are well designed and maintained.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD



At 08:18 AM 1/31/2008, you wrote:
>Mike: I think that when under load all 
>extensions bend.  Maybe your bending is 
>excessive?  Go buy a piece of I beam long enough 
>to reach from trailer hitch to somewhere back on 
>trailer that allows for physical attachment to 
>main trailer chassis.  Get about four large 
>U-bolts with cross pieces and bolt the whole 
>thing to extended extension and actual trailer 
>chassis.  Just like you were sistering a plank 
>supporting a house?  I guess you could even use 
>a wood 4 x 4 about 12 feet long and make it work 
>for the occasion.  But that might be too thick 
>to get down a ramp. Locate a steep ramp that 
>does not require extension.  When lake level is 
>up here at Hartwell there are many that you do 
>not need extensions on. Ed K Greenville, SC, USA 
>“Stainless steel’s resistance to corrosion 
>relies on exposure to oxygen in the air or 
>water.  When you tape a stainless steel 
>turnbuckle or rigging terminal, you deprive it 
>of oxygen, and the metal is more prone to 
>corrosion.”  Bill Seifert -- View this message 
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