stp wrote in
:

On Feb 17, 8:06*am, wrote:
On Feb 16, 10:04*pm, Jim Willemin
wrote:





Tim wrote
innews:a30b718e-902a-4229-8232-4b4565f6
:

On Feb 16, 6:02*pm, Wayne.B
wrote
:
On Mon, 16 Feb 2009 17:22:11 -0600, Jim Willemin

wrote:
As
it is, the trailer is safe (the linkage is locked in the 'road'
position
),
but you know how it is when something neat is bust...

It might turn out to be one of those things that looked great on
paper but didn't quite work out in real life. * There may be a
rea
son
why that handle is missing, and why there don't seem to be a lot
of other trailers with a feature like that.

I was going to say, it does sound like a neat idea. *But then
again
,
in practicality... if it was such a great idea then everybody
would b
e
doing it.

That's just my opinion.

did you see if the Mfj. was still in buisness? if so, they may
have some info left on it.

It's early innings yet - I just discovered the painted-over
builder's p
late
this afternoon. *Maybe tomorrow when the sun is out I can try to
deci
pher
the patent number. *Anyhow, I googled the company, and scuttlebutt
is
that
it's long since belly-up. *(The F.A. Long Company, Benton Harbor,
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If it's anything like most trailers then it was not real complicated.
You might be able to fabricate the missing pieces. *But I have to
agree with these guys about the practicality. *I've always found
these guys to be helpful and have good prices on regular trailer
stuff.

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Here's a link to a patent for such a trailer held by that company:

http://patft.uspto.gov/netacgi/nph-P...ct1=PTO1&Sect2
=HITOFF&d=PAL
L&p=1&u=%2Fnetahtml%2FPTO%2Fsrchnum.htm&r=1&f=G&l= 50&s1=2968413.PN.
&OS=
PN/2968413&RS=PN/2968413

I remember an old trailer my dad had under an 18' Penn Yann at one
point. While I think it was much bigger it wasn't as complicated
looking as the one in the patent but operated using the same general
idea. The swinging axle was connected to a hyadraulic bottle jack at
the tongue by two long metal straps. Pumping the jack placed tension
on the rods and pulled the axle causing it to rotate through an arc
raising the trailer and boat. Using the release screw on the jack
allowed a controlled lowering. I actually worked fairly well and
allowed us to launch from very shallow ramps.


YOU DA MAN!!! THAT"S MY TRAILER!! Thank you! If ever you get into
the Utica, New York area I owe you a beer or three.