I have a Power Caster which I have used for my Potter 19 and Monty 17 to get the trailer up a hump in my driveway. They make several sizes for different weights I think I have the second one up from the bottom. At my new house I have lots of storage but no room to turn around hooked up to my truck. I have a Lance 1985 24ft travel trailer with a tongue weight somewhere between 550 and 900 lbs and my Power Caster is able to turn it around. Now I think this original post was for a Monty 15 which probably would not need something like this on a flat surface. Jim Ellsworth Monty 17 #603 Grace, Scamp #282, Crawford Melonseed #550, Naples Sabot #10349, Whitehall Solo 14 rowing skiff. On Sun, Aug 28, 2022 at 3:31 PM Lawrence Winiarski via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
A trailer valet and things like it are limited in it's ability by the tongue weight. Basically a powered tongue wheel is limited by the coefficient of friction x the weight on the wheel ((in this case tongue weight)
So if you have a coefficient of friction of 0.3 and 150 lbs of tongue weight you only get 45lbs of force before it starts slipping. For a 1500 lb boat and trailerthat's only a 3% grade before it might start slipping.
On Sunday, August 28, 2022, 12:42:53 PM PDT, Mike Epp < mike43067@gmail.com> wrote:
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On Sun, Aug 28, 2022, 1:08 PM sailhavasu via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
If it’s truly flat ground , not difficult at all. I push my 17 into the garage by hand. It’s made way easier by lowering the tongue onto a 4 wheel dolly and off of the tongue jack. You can get some steel 4 wheel dollys at places like autozone. I use the safety chains to secure the tongue to the dolly once it’s sitting on it and retract the trailer’s tongue jack all the way.
On Aug 28, 2022, at 12:02 PM, Rusty Knorr via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Is it feasible to move an M15 around on the trailer by hand? I live in a townhouse, and need to store a boat in the garage. It needs to go in nose first, meaning rolling by hand on the jack (whatever boat I finally get will have the jack upgraded first thing.) The driveway is flat, but I’m wondering how easy it is to roll these boats on the trailer by hand, they’re small but it’s still a lot of weight for one guy! 🥵
Thanks all,
Rusty
Oh, and find me a nice M15 or Sage15 to buy!!! Please!!! 🙏🙏🙏😜
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