Thanks for the great video! I got an old trailer I gotta add about 2' to and I never thought about safety chains from the tongue to the trailer (duh...). Looks good!
Thanks for making video, apparently boat manufacturers want to save on steel, because my trailer is also to short & I'm going to extend mine, because I'm always getting my feet wet. I'm going to steal your ideal. Great video. 👍
Sorry I didn't do that, I do have a ramp at my pond, it did OK there and at the river too when the water was down to normal, but the last time we went, the water was getting into the parking lot and we had trouble again because the angle was not steep enough, so I bought shorter tires and wheels and a higher ball hitch that I will put on tomorrow and am planning on going out tomorrow night, Saturday 10-1-16. Thanks for the comment.
A little less tongue weight. The trailer is much easier to work with now, it wasn't set up right from the beginning, it should have been longer and they had the wrong wheels on it too, it sat too high.
Like the sq tubing that stays on the trailer looks like 3 in, and I was wondering the the diameter of the one you built that slips into the one on the trailer
the original tube for the tongue is 3''x1/8" sq. x 24" long, the new one is the same size 48" long. I just measured the original and went to a steel supply and bought a longer piece of the same material. I didn't measure the frame tube since I wasn't modifying that.
Hi Mr Robertson I understand reason for chains, but since you can weld why couldn't you just weld 2 angle iron tabs, one on longer tongue and one on trailer. Drill 1/2" hole in Tabs when you fit tongue in trailer just bolt together with stainless nut and bolt to prevent rusting. Will be lighter and less noisy than chains rattling and also might prevent up and down slack. Thanks for idea, I will lengthen mine on sailboat trailer just to help backing up. I've pulled trailers all my life but my sailboat trailer is so short, when I see it in my mirrors on ford E350 van, it already starting to jack knife, I see people backing jetski trailers having same problem and a longer tongue will certainly help Thanks M L Rogers Pasadena, TX
Thanks for your question; I wanted to keep the tongue removable in case I needed more storage space or in the unlikely event that I might need to leave the trailer parked somewhere I can't lock it up, it's less likely someone would have a tongue to fit or would call a rollback tow truck to steal it.
Thanks for the great video! I got an old trailer I gotta add about 2' to and I never thought about safety chains from the tongue to the trailer (duh...). Looks good!
Thanks for watching and commenting, I hope you find a good way to fix yours.
Thanks for making video, apparently boat manufacturers want to save on steel, because my trailer is also to short & I'm going to extend mine, because I'm always getting my feet wet. I'm going to steal your ideal. Great video. 👍
Thanks for watching. I hope it goes well for you.
good freaking Job Sir thanks for horsing I learned a whole lot
Did the same thing,same design.But put the handle frim small one back on.
Good job. I would have liked to see you launch the boat at the end!
Sorry I didn't do that, I do have a ramp at my pond, it did OK there and at the river too when the water was down to normal, but the last time we went, the water was getting into the parking lot and we had trouble again because the angle was not steep enough, so I bought shorter tires and wheels and a higher ball hitch that I will put on tomorrow and am planning on going out tomorrow night, Saturday 10-1-16. Thanks for the comment.
Great vid. Question tho, what happens to the tongue weight with so much distance increased?
A little less tongue weight. The trailer is much easier to work with now, it wasn't set up right from the beginning, it should have been longer and they had the wrong wheels on it too, it sat too high.
Like the sq tubing that stays on the trailer looks like 3 in, and I was wondering the the diameter of the one you built that slips into the one on the trailer
the original tube for the tongue is 3''x1/8" sq. x 24" long, the new one is the same size 48" long. I just measured the original and went to a steel supply and bought a longer piece of the same material. I didn't measure the frame tube since I wasn't modifying that.
If the old one is the same size as the new one. How did you just slip it in
Hi Mr Robertson
I understand reason for chains, but since you can weld why couldn't you just weld 2 angle iron tabs, one on longer tongue and one on trailer. Drill 1/2" hole in Tabs when you fit tongue in trailer just bolt together with stainless nut and bolt to prevent rusting. Will be lighter and less noisy than chains rattling and also might prevent up and down slack.
Thanks for idea, I will lengthen mine on sailboat trailer just to help backing up. I've pulled trailers all my life but my sailboat trailer is so short, when I see it in my mirrors on ford E350 van, it already starting to jack knife, I see people backing jetski trailers having same problem and a longer tongue will certainly help
Thanks
M L Rogers Pasadena, TX
Thanks for your question; I wanted to keep the tongue removable in case I needed more storage space or in the unlikely event that I might need to leave the trailer parked somewhere I can't lock it up, it's less likely someone would have a tongue to fit or would call a rollback tow truck to steal it.
Nice job boy you sound like Johnny Cash
That's what I keep hearing but I can't sing.
That's what I keep hearing but I can't sing.
What size tubing did you use to slip into the previous one ?
can you be more specific? metal sq. tube, size or length, or hose to protect the wire inside?
Gordon Robertson DIY
Yeah, metal sq tube size, and where to get it ?
at 15:28 a frog jumps out in the background, center of screen, haha.