Dave, thanks for the advise. I'm heading to the lake tomorrow and was seriously considering to try it, but based on your feedback I will not attempt it. I cant imagine it breaking but I'm not an engineer. I guess if I had the jerk the wheel at a decant speed the force could be pretty great. Oh well, I guess a little extra time will be worth the peace of mind. Thanks, Ron ________________________________ From: W David Scobie <wdscobie@yahoo.com> To: Ronald McNeil <ronaldwmcneil@yahoo.com>; For and about Montgomery Sailboats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 7:20 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Towing with the extension out Pacific doesn't recommend that any of their trailers be towed with the tongue in the extended position at anything but 'parking lot speed' for any distance greater than from the rigging area to the launching area when the boat is on the trailer. Their concern is the tongue assembly, at the location the trailer's left & right I-beams come together, could fail. :: Dave Scobie --- On Mon, 3/25/13, Ronald McNeil <ronaldwmcneil@yahoo.com> wrote:
I am considering to just tow my M17 with the extension out on the trailer. The extension on my Pacific trail is not all that long, while extended there is about 4-5 feet of overlap with two pins holding it.
I tow it about 15 miles back and forth to the lake, no highway but speeds up to 55mph. I know there are ways to set it up to easily extended it without taking it off the hitch but I have not gotten around to that yet.
Does anyone think this would be unsafe or not recommended for some reason?
Thanks, Ron McNeil Jackpot