Tongue Extension - Deployment was [Rhodes22-list] Trailer Jacks

[Mary Lou Troy]

Joe,
Have you tried launching without using the extension? Fred and I never used 
the extension when we drysailed from Bowley's on the Middle River. We just 
backed in until the tailpipe was bubbling but it never seemed to do any 
damage. Of course the water up there isn't salty at all. The ramp in Swan 
Creek is a little shallower but we are still able to get her on and off 
without using the extension. In fact the only time we have used the 
extension is at that ramp down on the Yeopim near Stan's - now that was a 
shallow ramp and the extension was really needed.

Mary Lou


At 02:18 PM 7/25/2002 -0400, you wrote:
>I've been waiting for this discussion.  There must be a way to drive the
>extension out.  I like Alex's stop idea.  I keep Whisper on her trailer
>about 100 yards from the ramp.  When I get there, I hitch her up and head to
>the ramp.  Now in line, I have to take the time to disconnect the hitch,
>pull out the tongue and re-connect the hitch.
>
>Roger, can the trailer handle the stress of moving 100 yards with the tongue
>extended?  It sure would make the ramp go much quicker.
>
>Joe
>S/V Whisper
>
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