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trailer tongue Can I shorten my trailer tongue?
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I have a tandem axle boat trailer that is too long to fit straight in my garage. I was wondering if it would be possible to shorten the trailer tongue without adversely effecting the trailering performance. It is for a boat that is 19' long but the trailer itself is almost 25' long, the tongue itself is almost 6' long and I'd like to shorten it by 3'. It is already a little light on tongue weight-I need to get down to about 22'. Does anyone know if this can be safely done?
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SagittaTS <
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wrote in message ................................... the tongue itself is almost 6' long and I'd like to shorten it by 3'. ..Does anyone know if this can be safely done? Modify it so that it telescopes back into itself. I have done this on two boat trailers that I wanted longer tongues on for unimproved shore launching. I added almost 10' this way. This was for smaller, lighter boats weighing about 2000 lbs. My tongue was made out of thin walled 3 sq. tube. I don't know why it would not work the other way around to shorten the length when you need to store it. Pull a few bolts or pins in the tongue once you get home and put the thing away in your garage. Make it out of 5 or 6 square tubing if you have a really big boat. To adjust weight, do as the other guy suggested or mount your spare up there. brian
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If you are light in tongue weight, you might need to move the boat forward. Shortening the tongue might have a negligible impact on tongue weight. Shortening the tongue would reduce straight line stability I think. This could be dangerous (depending on tow vehicle weight and wheel_base_) and would mandate more tongue weight. However, many boat trailers are designed to have a range of axle/wheel positions. I moved my tandem axles back (just a few bolts) about 6 to get more tongue weight. You might be able to move your axles back and then reduce the tongue length. You could move the axles, measure the tongue weight to insure it's high enough before you cut. I like long tongues and about 15% weight on the tongue for stability as I tow with a short WB vehicle. I keep the boat in a shed in the back yard. Al SagittaTS <
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wrote in message I have a tandem axle boat trailer that is too long to fit straight in my garage. I was wondering if it would be possible to shorten the trailer tongue without adversely effecting the trailering performance. It is for a boat that is 19' long but the trailer itself is almost 25' long, the tongue itself is almost 6' long and I'd like to shorten it by 3'. It is already a little light on tongue weight-I need to get down to about 22'. Does anyone know if this can be safely done?
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trailer tongue Can I shorten my trailer tongue?
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If you are light in tongue weight, you might need to move the boat forward. Shortening the tongue might have a negligible impact on tongue weight. Shortening the tongue would reduce straight line stability I think. This could be dangerous (depending on tow vehicle weight and wheel_base_) and would mandate more tongue weight. However, many boat trailers are designed to have a range of axle/wheel positions. I moved my tandem axles back (just a few bolts) about 6 to get more tongue weight. You might be able to move your axles back and then reduce the tongue length. You could move the axles, measure the tongue weight to insure it's high enough before you cut. I like long tongues and about 15% weight on the tongue for stability as I tow with a short WB vehicle. I keep the boat in a shed in the back yard. Al SagittaTS <
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wrote in message I have a tandem axle boat trailer that is too long to fit straight in my garage. I was wondering if it would be possible to shorten the trailer tongue without adversely effecting the trailering performance. It is for a boat that is 19' long but the trailer itself is almost 25' long, the tongue itself is almost 6' long and I'd like to shorten it by 3'. It is already a little light on tongue weight-I need to get down to about 22'. Does anyone know if this can be safely done?
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light on tongue weight-I need to get down to about 22'. Does anyone know if this can be safely done?
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