[Rhodes22-list] Trailer Extension Replacement

[Todd Tavares]

Roger,

Do you still have the annotated pictures of your trailer? The ones of your
front and rear tie downs and one of your trailer tongue extension setup did
not make it to the new website gallery.

Todd T.

On Wed, Apr 21, 2021, 6:07 PM ROGER PIHLAJA <roger_pihlaja at msn.com> wrote:

> Chris,
>
> My homemade tongue extension uses 2-1/2” X 2-1/2” X 3/16” thick square
> cold rolled C-steel tubing.  I have a short stub of 3” X 3” X 3/16” thick
> square tubing welded onto the end to provide a mounting point for the
> trailer coupling.  The 3” square tubing with a 3/16” wall thickness will
> slip fit over the 2-1/2” square tubing.  You will be able to do a very
> strong overlapping weld joint.  I built mine like this in 1989 and have
> dozens of launch and retrievals on the system with zero issues.
>
> Roger Pihlaja
> S/V Dynamic Equilibrium
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> > On Apr 21, 2021, at 4:58 PM, Chris on LBI <cknell at vt.edu> wrote:
> >
> > While hauling out last fall, the square extension on the trailer bent
> > severely (kinked, really) due to the weight of the boat on the extension.
> > The boat was a little more forward on the trailer than it had been for
> the
> > previous 3 haul-outs; the bow was in contact with the stopper. On the
> > previous haul-outs, the bow was about 3" short of the stopper. This
> > additional weight forward combined with severe rust on the interior of
> the
> > extension and the change in incline of the ramp seem to have combined to
> > cause the failure.
> >
> > The extension that came with my used trailer is 2 1/2 x 2 1/2 x 1/8"
> thick
> > steel. The coupler is marked "Class 2". Does this seem right? It would
> seem
> > to me that Class 3 would be more appropriate for the Rhodes, no?
> >
> > So I need to replace this extension and coupler. I'm thinking that I'm
> going
> > to upgrade to 3/16" thick steel. But I can't seem to locate a suitable
> class
> > 3 coupler. It seems the class 3 couplers require a 3" extension bar
> (rather
> > than the 2 1/2" extension that fits the trailer).
> >
> > I'm interested to hear what the community thinks about this.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
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