[Rhodes22-list] My new trailer

[Wally Buck]

Slim - Like Ed suggested come South! It is supposed to be blowing 20 this 
weekend with temps in the high 50s. The water temp is still plenty warm for 
swimming and my marina bar is still open.

The trailer sounds nice. My trailer needs work and I have been on the fence 
about changing from single axle to two. My trailer has always towed fine 
with no sway but I have never tried leaving rudder and OB in place. I am 
going to replace bunks and tires at the min., not sure if I want to add 
brakes (what kind?) and second axle.

Since I use my trailer so sledom now it doesn't seem worth it. But perhaps I 
would tow my boat more often if I had brakes? I worry more from the legal 
aspect rather than safety issue. I know the boat is back there but I have 
never felt like the brakes were stressed.

Wally



>From: Steve Alm <salm at mn.rr.com>
>Reply-To: The Rhodes 22 mail list <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>To: Rhodes <rhodes22-list at rhodes22.org>
>Subject: [Rhodes22-list] My new trailer
>Date: Fri, 15 Oct 2004 02:57:18 -0500
>
>We pulled Fandango out for the season today.  The haul out went fine but 
>the
>big news is that it was the first time I put the boat on my newly rebuilt
>trailer with its new second axle.  I'm happy to report it tracks like a
>dream come true!  We didn't get up to any highway speeds but at 45 mph I
>could easily tell how stable it was.  Before, with only one axle, we were
>having lots of trouble getting the boat far enough forward to get enough
>tongue weight.  We had to remove the outboard and rudder assembly and move
>onboard gear forward.  Without doing all that, we'd fishtail at 40 mph.
>Today we left the motor and rudder where they belong, didn't move any gear
>forward, no backing in and out of the water at the ramp trying to jockey 
>the
>boat forward, no fuss, no muss--we just loaded her up and off we went.
>
>Not only that, but I also added electric breaks and they work great.  I can
>adjust the breaking power from the driver's seat and set it so I can just
>tap my breaks and stop as if there's no trailer at all.  With my 3/4 ton
>Ford E250 I hardly knew I was pulling or stopping anything.  Yay!!!
>
>Next to the boat itself, this was the best fortune I ever spent.  I sang
>hundreds of songs to pay for this, but I finally have a boat I can trailer.
>8-)
>
>Life is good.  Too bad the season's over!
>
>Slim
>
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