Gary, Amazing. Particularly towing it with your Subaru Forester. I have a 2001 Subaru Forester that groans to get my M-15 up the hill from Conkling Park. Steve ----- Original Message ----- From: "GARY M HYDE" <gmhyde1@mac.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 4:52 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Towing with the extension out Steve : I've towed the M17 about 10,000 miles including from California, to & from Lake Havasu, 5 times from Pullman to Western WA and back, and many shorter trips, all with a 2004 Subaru Forester Turbo, rated at 2400 pound towing capacity. I also adjusted the trailer axle position to produce a 200 pound tongue weight (about 10% of trailer weight). I also have Trailer brakes, wouldn't leave home without em. Also, I tow usually with the tongue at mid extension as mentioned before. That is NOT the maximum extension sometimes used for launching. ~~~_/)~~~ Gary Sent from my iPhone :-) On Mar 26, 2013, at 12:06 PM, stevetrapp <stevetrapp@q.com> wrote:
Gary, I am sure that you know this from experience of driving on the winding country roads that surround your sailing area on Lake Couer D' Alene. Do you tow you M-boat home or into town for winter, or store it there at the boat yard? Steve
----- Original Message ----- From: "GARY M HYDE" <gmhyde1@mac.com> To: "For and about Montgomery Sailboats" <montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> Sent: Tuesday, March 26, 2013 2:33 PM Subject: Re: M_Boats: Towing with the extension out
Actually the sway is less with the long tongue because the car has better leverage on the trailer.
~~~_/)~~~ Gary Sent from my iPhone :-)
On Mar 26, 2013, at 4:11 AM, "George R. Iemmolo" <griemmolo2@gmail.com> wrote:
My concern would be that the pivot point (ball hitch) is an increased distance from the weight (boat) any sway would be greater than normal ("Give me a lever long enough and I can move the earth") and could cause the auto to be affected.
George
-----Original Message----- From: montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com [mailto:montgomery_boats-bounces@mailman.xmission.com] On Behalf Of Ronald McNeil Sent: Monday, March 25, 2013 8:25 PM To: montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com Subject: M_Boats: Towing with the extension out
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
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