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?