I have a somewhat similar experience, though less of a big issue in my case, no issue with spare tire or any of that. But when taking out at a ramps, I winch the bow the last few feet to the bow chock, and it all looks good...but the stern is still floating just a bit and when I pull up the ramp, the stern drops a bit onto the rear of the bunks and the bow moves up a few inches and back a few inches and isn't snug on the V-chock any more (and ain't no way to get 1500+ pounds of boat to move at that point, unless maybe if it was a roller trailer instead of a bunk trailer). Adjustable bunk supports and/or adjustable winch/bow chock mount would be useful perhaps. I am looking at getting a new trailer made. and will be taking all this stuff into consideration, so I am appreciating this thread. I have a temporary 18" hitch extension I use, only on the ramp, to get into the water enough without floating the back of my car. If I get a new trailer it will have a built-in sliding tongue for sure cheers, John S. On 06/12/2016 10:10 PM, David Rifkind wrote:
On Jun 12, 2016, at 9:06 PM, GILASAILR--- via montgomery_boats <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
14 feet of chain seems like one heck of an extension - how high is your waterline above the ground at the trailer axle?
In theory it should be 17” plus the draft so about 40”. Since I’m using chain and not a rigid extension the tongue rests on the jack wheel, and cranking that all the way down makes a real difference. I can get a little more drop by moving the jack mounting bolts. The jack’s minimum height isn’t very low and I’d like to find a different one. But it’d be a lot easier if I didn’t have to use the chain at all.
I could get the bow much lower by taking off the spare and cutting down the…um…I dunno what to call it. The winch stand. The hitching post.
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