[Rhodes22-list] Help! My tongue is stuck!

[Richard and Sherry Day]

No problem with extension hitch on side.  It is approx. 12" over and
parallel to main hitch. I dry sail on trailer in marina boat parking lot.  I
hitch up to long extension hitch when I arrive and then  move to ramp and
launch then drive back and park still hitched on till we get done sailing.
Richard Day

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces@rhodes22.org]On Behalf Of Walter Gorman
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 8:19 AM
To: dayz@lisco.com; The Rhodes 22 mail list
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Help! My tongue is stuck!


It sounds like a good solution. The hitch that you use to launch the boat
must be off center. Does that present any problems?

Also has anyone launched without using the extension? I had an idea of
welding the tongue at some point where I could still tow short distances and
still be able to launch the boat. I have my boat in a slip all season and
only use the trailer twice a year.
I only tow it about 8 miles each way. I usually pick high tides to launch
and retrieve the boat and also I rent a truck so that I am not overly
concern about the rear wheels being submerged!

----- Original Message -----
From: Richard and Sherry Day <dayz@lisco.com>
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 11:18 PM
Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Help! My tongue is stuck!


> Judy and Bill,
>   Your Triad trailer tongue set-up must be different than my '77 Triad
> trailer.  I have a permanent ball receptor hitch while my long extension
> tongue hitch is positioned parallel to the side of the permanent hitch.
It
> slides thru approximately two feet of square tubing  which is situated
next
> to the permanent trailer hitch and seats into a small section of  square
> tubing at the back of the long extension tube.  Maybe by adapting this
> set-up you might eliminate your problem.  Richard Day
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces@rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces@rhodes22.org]On Behalf Of Bill Effros
> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 5:35 PM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Help! My tongue is stuck!
>
>
> Judy,
>
> This happens to me every time.  Saltwater.
>
> I coat the tongue with a Boeing product called B-9 which seems to minimize
> the problem.  I also spray liberally with WD-40.  Then I break out the
> hydraulic jacks.  I, too, generally store the tongue separately during the
> winter.
>
> I am thinking of getting a "shorty" tongue to insert for short-haul towing
> instead of trying to use the long tongue in two different positions.
>
> I will shortly have to face the problem again.  I'm not looking forward to
> it.
>
> Bill Effros
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Walter Gorman" <wgorman@ix.netcom.com>
> To: <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Monday, October 14, 2002 1:12 PM
> Subject: [Rhodes22-list] Help! My tongue is stuck!
>
>
> I have just spent the last 3 hrs inching out the tongue of my Triad
trailer
> using a 6 ton jack on its side.I still have about 4 feet to go.
> Each year I sand ( sometime grind) the tongue and paint it and grease it
> hoping ti won't get stuck. But it does. Does anyone else have this problem
> and have any suggestions. I remove the tongue in the winter which helps
but
> I don't think that should be necessary.
>   Judy Gorman
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