On Wed, 29 May 2013 16:55:36 -0400, Hank© wrote:

On 5/29/2013 12:08 PM, John H wrote:
On Wed, 29 May 2013 08:22:55 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

On Wednesday, 29 May 2013 11:56:47 UTC-3, Wayne B wrote:
On Wed, 29 May 2013 07:05:25 -0700 (PDT), True North



I agree with you that Canada in the summer time is a wonderful place.

One of our best boat cruises ever was up the Rideau Canal system from

Kingston, Ontario with the return leg via the Ottawa River, St

Lawrence River, Chambly Canal and Lake Champlain.

Trouble with posting pictures is..the usual low lifes will want to use them to harass, belittle and intimidate every chance they get.

BTW I'm thinking of buying an electric trailer dolly to help manouver the boat/trailer in tight spaces such as on my somewhat narrow street and narrower driveway.
Princess Auto has a made in China 12 volt unit for $400.00. Comes with single drive wheel and a small battery.
I was talking to another company that has a nicer two drive wheel version for three times as much. (I supply car type battery)
Both are supposidly rated for between 4500 and 5000 lbs but for the cheaper unit...that's on a level surface.

Good gosh, on what kind of incline are you going to pull that trailer? Something like this should do
the trick, once you learn how to use the tongue torque and some wheel chocks to maneuver.

John H.

Donnie needs to have a man around the house to do that sort of chore.

Did I forget the link, or did you delete it?

Anyway, here it is: http://www.harborfreight.com/heavy-d...lly-37510.html

John H.
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Hope you're having a great day!

That model looks exactly like the one else I have now.
Bought it at Princess Auto a few years ago.

X out the word "else"

On Wed, 29 May 2013 15:12:58 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

That model looks exactly like the one else I have now.
Bought it at Princess Auto a few years ago.

Hope you got a good deal. Why does it not work?

John H.
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Hope you're having a great day!

On May 29, 6:20*pm, John H wrote:
On Wed, 29 May 2013 15:12:58 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:
That model looks exactly like the one else I have now.
Bought it at Princess Auto a few years ago.

Hope you got a good deal. Why does it not work?

John H.
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Hope you're having a great day!

I'd like to see dumb**** move my Boat and trailer with that
thing...Paaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahaha

That Dolly is for Boaters with " little " boats....just like dumb****
Donnie.

On 5/30/2013 2:18 AM, *e#c wrote:
On May 29, 6:20 pm, John H wrote:
On Wed, 29 May 2013 15:12:58 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:
That model looks exactly like the one else I have now.
Bought it at Princess Auto a few years ago.

Hope you got a good deal. Why does it not work?

John H.
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Hope you're having a great day!

I'd like to see dumb**** move my Boat and trailer with that
thing...Paaaaaaahahahahahahahahahahaha

That Dolly is for Boaters with " little " boats....just like dumb****
Donnie.

Or for boaters with stubborn jack wheels.

Yes, got the trailer dolly on sale, about the same price as your Harbour Freight.
It works perfectly on a level surface... but pushing uphill..or trying to prevent a runaway on a downhill slope..not so much for my 2000 pound rig.
I sometimes get the wife behind the boat helping to push but am concerned for her safety if I lost control.

On Thu, 30 May 2013 04:00:53 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

Yes, got the trailer dolly on sale, about the same price as your Harbour Freight.
It works perfectly on a level surface... but pushing uphill..or trying to prevent a runaway on a downhill slope..not so much for my 2000 pound rig.
I sometimes get the wife behind the boat helping to push but am concerned for her safety if I lost control.

On a downhill slope use wheel chocks. Have one person at the tongue and the other moving chocks. By
'walking' it downhill, you'll both be much safer. Using the tongue, take the pressure off one chock.
Then let that wheel roll back by moving the tongue to that side of the trailer. Then chock that
wheel. Remove chock from other wheel, move tongue to that side of trailer, then chock the wheel.
Each of these maneuvers moves the trailer back a couple feet. This way works very well, although
maybe not as fast as with large, expensive electric tongue dolly.


John H.
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Hope you're having a great day!

I suppose the same procedure could be used to move the rig up a slight incline..3 to 5 degrees but I wouldn't want to travel too far.

On 5/30/2013 8:31 AM, True North wrote:
I suppose the same procedure could be used to move the rig up a slight incline..3 to 5 degrees but I wouldn't want to travel too far.

You don't have to, dummy.