Is that block high enough so that the trailer is sitting level as you weigh the tongue at the coupler? On Monday, July 9, 2012, Daniel Rich <danielgrich@gmail.com> wrote:
I'm gonna weigh it again tonight. What I do is put a bathroom scale on a block, and then lower the end of the trailer on the scale.
Daniel On Jul 9, 2012, at 5:40 PM, W David Scobie wrote:
looking at your pictures the axle looks to be in almost the same place as on the Glessers' M15: axle is just forward forward of the cabin/cockpit bulkhead ... about where the cockpit combing blends into the cabin side.
i'm scratching my whiskered chin on why the tongue is so heavy?
:: Dave Scobie
--- On Mon, 7/9/12, Daniel Rich <danielgrich@gmail.com> wrote:
OK, just called Pacific. They tell me that it is very easy to do. The whole undercarriage is ubolted on. So all I have to do is loosen the bolts, move the trailer, tighten the bolts, per your instructions on your post. Or, have a trailer shop do it.
Daniel On 7/9/2012 3:01 PM, W David Scobie wrote:
Daniel:
"There is no other extra weight forward in the boat." ...
glad you moved the gold bars out of the M15's bow for trailering ;-) lol
not sure exactly your trailers axle assembly design, but if it is like the other 'about' 2005 Pacific trailers you can adjust the axle's location fairly easily. i posted how to do this on the trailersailor.com M-forum -
http://bbs.trailersailor.com/forums/montgomery/index.cgi?read=3881
if you are not sure you can attach a picture of the trailer's axle-to-frame assembly to your listproc message (image must be <200K in size i believe). i can look to see if the same as the trailers i'm working with.
:: Dave Scobie
--- On Mon, 7/9/12, Daniel Rich <danielgrich@gmail.com> wrote:
I definitely cannot do that. I will go out and weigh it again tonight or tomorrow and report back. If too heavy it sounds like I would need to shift the boat back a bit on the trailer. Not sure how far or how to do that. I would have to move the bow support aft. It is a Pacific Trailer build for Bob Becker in about 2005. So, it is made for the M15. There is no other extra weight forward in the boat.
Daniel
On 7/9/2012 2:43 PM, W David Scobie wrote:
i can lift, with my legs, the tongue on the Glessers' new M15 trailer. the 'theoretical' weight of the tongue should be about 120# (+/- a few pounds depending on boat differences).
200# is _way_heavy_. not sure what your trailer's declared weight is, but the one i have is 350#. the M15, dry and no personal stuff, is about 750(ish) #. tongue weight should be between 10% and 15% of trailer + boat.
:: Dave Scobie
--- On Mon, 7/9/12, Daniel Rich <danielgrich@gmail.com> wrote: > OK, interesting. As an aside, does > 200 pounds at the ball mount sound > about right for this trailer? >