I had a tongue extension on a custom made trailer I had built for my Sandpiper565. It only added about 24 inches to he length and I found it hard to operate while the coupler was attached to the truck hitch. It was easier to use the tongue jack/dolly to support the weight because the outer channel iron where the coupler was mounted slipped inside a slightly larger diameter part of the tongue that attached to the rest of the trailer. (the jack /dolly was mounted on the larger outside channel) With no weight on the sliding part, it was easy to slide out & in it's 2 foot extension length and insert the clevis pin into the pre-drilled holes. An extension can be very important around home due to mostly shallow, crude launch ramps and ocean tides of about 3.5 feet. On Mon, Jul 9, 2012 at 3:06 PM, Daniel Rich <danielgrich@gmail.com> wrote:
Now that is interesting. If I read you right you keep the trailer connected to the tow vehicle, take the pin out of the extension, extend the extension with the tow vehicle past the hole, put in your guide pin in your new drilled hole, back the tow vehicle up until you hit the pin, and then put in the main pin?
Daniel On 7/9/2012 10:27 AM, eisenee@aol.com wrote:
I have a 10 ft extension on my Trailright trailer for a fixed keel M17. Once I get the extension extended and pinned I drilled a 1/2 in hole in the extension, now I pull the extension out farther then necessary , insert a 1/2 in pin in the drilled hole and back the extension in until the pin hits the fixed part of the trailer tongue and the holes line up. With a 10 ft ext it helps to put the tongue dolly wheel down and lub everything so it slides easier. Of course we NEVER take the ext all the way out and do all sliding with the tow vehicle
Eldor M17 Motu iti
-----Original Message----- From: Daniel Rich <danielgrich@gmail.com> To: montgomery_boats <montgomery_boats@mailman.**xmission.com<montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com>
Sent: Mon, Jul 9, 2012 12:11 pm Subject: Re: M_Boats: Pacific Trailer extension
Yes, of course. I do that too. No, you implied that you lift the extension up and down. With the xtension extended one could very easily lift it up and down from the ar end, given the amount of leverage it affords. Daniel n 7/9/2012 10:01 AM, judy casino wrote: Dan,
I'm not sure I understand your particular situation. I do not lift the trailer ongue with the extension inserted. I'm nearly 68 years old and I'm not that trong. I use the jack wheel to roll the trailer to the tow vehicle hitch. I rank the jack up so that the coupler is able to slide over the ball. I reverse he process for removal.
Ron Casino M15, "Spirit"
______________________________**__ From: Daniel Rich <danielgrich@gmail.com> To: montgomery_boats@mailman.**xmission.com<montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, July 9, 2012 9:54 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Pacific Trailer extension I assume you mean lifting and lowering with the extension out. With the extension in I have measured the tongue weight at the ball attachment with a bathroom scale to be 200 pounds. I can't lift that!
Daniel On 7/9/2012 9:50 AM, judy casino wrote:
Dan,
I also launch in salt water.
I use a little bearing grease, the same stuff I use for the bearing buddies.
ailboat winch grease also works. I grease the extension pins too, so they are asier to insert and remove.The grease makes the extension a little harder to old onto when lifting or lowering so you need to be careful not to drop it on our foot! I use leather work gloves for the job and keep my feet apart just in ase.
Best,
Ron Casino M15, "Spirit"
______________________________**__ From: Daniel Rich <danielgrich@gmail.com> To: montgomery_boats@mailman.**xmission.com<montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, July 9, 2012 9:40 AM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Pacific Trailer extension Yup. That is the extension I am talking about. OK, what lubricant do you use? I typically launch in salt water, so everything gets rather funky...
Daniel On 7/9/2012 9:38 AM, judy casino wrote:
Hi Dan,
I have a 2007 M15 with the Pacific trailer that contains the long, heavy
ongue extension that slides into the trailer tongue. I remove it to fit the oat comfortably in the garage. I generally launch at deep-sloped ramps, and so ave not had to use the extension in its extended position often. However, it is ice to know you can launch at a shallow ramp without drowning the tow vehicle.
A little lubricant makes the extension slide more easily so that you can
ine up the holes without a lot of back and forth.
To make attachment and detachment easier on my back, I keep the
extension on
small furniture dolly with castor wheels. That allows me to roll the extension o where I need it to be. Then all I need to do is lift it for insertion or ower it on the dolly after removal.
It's not a perfect solution, but it works for me.
Ron Casino M15, "Spirit"
______________________________**__ From: Daniel Rich <danielgrich@gmail.com> To: For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.** xmission.com <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com>> Sent: Monday, July 9, 2012 9:16 AM Subject: M_Boats: Pacific Trailer extension Montypals:
I have a newer Pacific trailer for my older M15 (Thanks, Bob Becker!). I
end not to use the trailer extension because the thing weighs a ton, and seems o be really hard to deal with. Anybody got any suggestions on how to get that xtension in and out without killing myself, and lining the holes up easily??
Daniel Rich
M#208 Kestrel