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

[lcrowther]

All my white trucks and vans are taken, sorry

Lloyd
Falls church, VA.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kroposki" <kroposki@innova.net>
To: "'The Rhodes 22 mail list'" <rhodes22-list@rhodes22.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 11:29 AM
Subject: RE: [Rhodes22-list] Help! My tongue is stuck!


> Are you guys talking about renting white box or van type trucks in the
> DC area?
>         Ed K
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rhodes22-list-bounces@rhodes22.org
> [mailto:rhodes22-list-bounces@rhodes22.org] On Behalf Of Walter Gorman
> Sent: Wednesday, October 16, 2002 11:01 AM
> To: The Rhodes 22 mail list
> Subject: Re: [Rhodes22-list] Help! My tongue is stuck!
> 
> 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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