[Rhodes22-list] extra jacks at rear of trailer for support

[Tom Van Heule]

Looks good jesse.
I too use a pair of jack stands when parking the trailer to stabilize . As
far back on the main rails. As can be.

I will ubolt some extra stands on the rear next year, for ease of climbing
around during "on the hard".

It's critical they fold up for launching/retrieving.
But on the hard the extra points to stabilize are key.

On Sat, Oct 17, 2020, 8:00 PM Jesse Shumaker <jesse.laten.shumaker at gmail.com>
wrote:

> After my first road trip with the R22, I decided to replace the two tongue
> jacks (a primary and backup) up front since neither would turn well.  I
> went for a more robust double wheel tongue jack up front and it works
> well.  I moved the old tongue jacks to the rear of the trailer so I can
> fold those down to form a tripod along with the jack on the front.  With
> some chocks on the wheels, the boat is then a very stable platform on the
> land and you don't have to worry about the bow tipping up due to excessive
> weight in the rear if you have someone helping out with projects in the
> cockpit.  I think Roger used jacks that were welded to his trailer and
> those don't have wheels since they are just for stability.  If you ever
> have to upgrade your tongue jack this is a simple way to reuse the old one
> and get some additional stability without having to tackle welding.  Here's
> a picture of my boat with the jacks deployed.  I should have taken a photo
> after I cleaned the boat, but instead you get this photo.
>
> Jesse Shumaker
> S/V Zephyr
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