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

[Walter Gorman]

I, also, am glad

----- Original Message -----
From: lcrowther <lcrowther@cox.net>
To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 12:02 AM
Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Help! My tongue is stuck!


> I'm glad I'm not in the truck rental business!
>
> Lloyd
> s/v Uhuru II
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Walter Gorman" <wgorman@ix.netcom.com>
> To: <dayz@lisco.com>; "The Rhodes 22 mail list"
<rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 9:18 AM
> 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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