tongue extension Re: [Rhodes22-list] New R22 Owner!!

[Mary Lou Troy]

Just as a matter of information we almost never use the tongue extension. 
We don't do a lot of different ramps but on the two we have the most 
experience with , it just isn't necessary.

Mary Lou
1991 R22 Fretless
Rock Hall, MD / Ft. Washington, PA

At 04:42 PM 6/7/2006 -0500, you wrote:
>Brad,
>
>I'd be very worried about using a cable instead of the tongue extension to
>get the trailer out to deep water.  You wouldn't have control over the
>steering of the trailer while backing in and if you ever did get it to go
>straight back into the water, it'd be an accident.  Maybe in a perfect world
>with a perfect ramp, but if one wheel got hung up on a bump or a little hole
>and the other wheel kept rolling...
>
>The last few times I've used the extension without disconnecting.  I chock
>the trailer tires and put down the tongue jack.  Then slowly pull out the
>extension with a helper standing there to pop in the pins as the holes line
>up.  It goes real quick.
>
>Slim
>
>On 6/6/06 6:56 PM, "brad haslett" <flybrad at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> > OK folks, work with me here.  It has been a long time
> > since I raised the mast on a Rhodes22.  How about
> > taking Stan's basic system without the hand winch,
> > just a pole mounted block on the foredeck with a cable
> > connected to a 12V ATV winch (available at WalMart for
> > about $80).  Mount the winch on the tongue of the
> > trailer and power it off the tow vehicle. OR, you
> > could mount the winch ON the tow vehicle and eliminate
> > the trailer extension.  Let the trailer drop as far in
> > the water as you wanted via cable (after raising the
> > mast) and never worry about the depth of the water at
> > the launch ramp.  Forgive me if this is buried in the
> > archives. It would certainly be worth it to me to save
> > a backache.  You could easily make it remote control
> > as well. Anyone tried it?
> >
> > Brad
> >
> > --- Tootle <ekroposki at charter.net> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> Todd Z:
> >>        Are you saying the newer system is better?  A
> >> side by side
> >> comparison?
> >> Ed K
> >> Greenville, SC USA
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