I have a beefy trailer with a thick steel extension. It has already been trimmed down a bit by the previous owner. My lifelines and stanchions have been removed recently by me. The pulpits look pretty standard. I would be shocked if my stern pulpit weighed more than 15 pounds. The bow pulpit is stock. Daniel On Sep 27, 2012, at 4:22 PM, Neil Dorf <ndorf@surfbest.net> wrote:
Daniel,
I'm just guessing but your M15 might come in at up to 50lbs or more heavier than the typical M15 with only a bow pulpit. I don't know how thick the gauge is of the stainless steel tubing on your rear pulpit and your stanchions, but no doubt it adds up. For example, my stainless steel 2 position mast crutch has probably only have the total length of steel tubing of your stern pulpit and it is quite weighty.
The other consideration is if your trailer's collapsible tongue is anything like mine, it is accounting for some of the weight for sure. MIght meaure in at some 8' long and it probably never gets extended nearly to the extreme--even at Miller's Cove. I've been thinking about having 2' cut off on my trailer extention, still leaving plenty of room for extension for those tricky ramp situations.
-Neil
On 09/27/2012 03:47 PM, Daniel Rich wrote:
Montypals:
I have posted to this forum before with regards to the tongue weight of my Pacific trailer with my M15 on it. It weighs in at 180 pounds at the ball. So, I figured I would move the chassis relative to the trailer. First I needed an accurate weight of the two for a good estimate. So, today I went to a local truck scale and weight the boat and trailer without the car. Hard to believe, but the M15 plus trailer came in at 1620 pounds! That means my trailer must weigh close to 800 pounds. I can't believe it. The boat does not particularly have any extra weight from stock. It has a bow and stern pulpit, and a few odd and ends in the cockpit and cabin. I have a small anchor, some rode, sails, boom, a few cushions, boat hook, etc. All incidentals. I'm shocked by this. I will not need to change the tongue weight obviously, but it calls into question my tow vehicles. I have been towing the boat quite successfully for 2 years with my Honda Accord. Anybody else weigh one of these things? Somebody had one shipped east, and I gotta figure they had a weight of the boat and trailer?
Daniel Rich M15 #208 "Kestrel" danielgrich@gmail.com
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-Neil