Wife, dog a day I took the Legend out for a tour of the North West Arm and Halifax Harbour yesterday.
It was a nice pleasant 3 hour cruise.
Looks like I may not need that electric powered trailer dolly after all.
Wife and I are able to unhook the 2000# rig on the street and with a bit of a run are able to push it up from the gutter to the sidewalk and then down the driveway.

On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 05:30:02 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

Wife, dog a day I took the Legend out for a tour of the North West Arm and Halifax Harbour yesterday.
It was a nice pleasant 3 hour cruise.
Looks like I may not need that electric powered trailer dolly after all.
Wife and I are able to unhook the 2000# rig on the street and with a bit of a run are able to push it up from the gutter to the sidewalk and then down the driveway.

That will work until one of you slips and gets badly hurt. Learn to back the trailer with the
Highlander.

John (Gun Nut) H.
--

Hope you're having a great day!

On 7/29/2013 8:42 AM, John H wrote:
On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 05:30:02 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

Wife, dog a day I took the Legend out for a tour of the North West Arm and Halifax Harbour yesterday.
It was a nice pleasant 3 hour cruise.
Looks like I may not need that electric powered trailer dolly after all.
Wife and I are able to unhook the 2000# rig on the street and with a bit of a run are able to push it up from the gutter to the sidewalk and then down the driveway.

That will work until one of you slips and gets badly hurt. Learn to back the trailer with the
Highlander.

John (Gun Nut) H.

He's got backsy upsy phobia.

On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 05:30:02 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Wife and I are able to unhook the 2000# rig on the street and with a bit of a run are able to push it up from the gutter to the sidewalk and then down the driveway.

===

Glad to hear you had a nice cruise but the trailer procedure sounds a
bit dicey.

Why is it that you can't back the trailer into the driveway with your
vehicle? If you have space enough to pull it out, you should have
room to back it in.

On 7/29/13 9:33 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 05:30:02 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Wife and I are able to unhook the 2000# rig on the street and with a bit of a run are able to push it up from the gutter to the sidewalk and then down the driveway.

===

Glad to hear you had a nice cruise but the trailer procedure sounds a
bit dicey.

Why is it that you can't back the trailer into the driveway with your
vehicle? If you have space enough to pull it out, you should have
room to back it in.


It's a lot easier to pull a boat on a trailer straight out of a tight
parking space than it is to back that boat on a trailer back into a
tight parking space. I'm not familiar with the width or conditions of
Don's driveway and neither are you, and there may be circumstances that
make it more difficult than you surmise.

Perhaps on one of your next cruises to places you've been a million
times, you can expand that voyage up to Nova Scotia, have Don meet you
at a local marina, and then show him how perfectly you can back up his
rig in his driveway.

Make sure someone videotapes it.

On Monday, 29 July 2013 10:41:24 UTC-3, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 7/29/13 9:33 AM, Wayne.B wrote:

On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 05:30:02 -0700 (PDT), True North

wrote:



Wife and I are able to unhook the 2000# rig on the street and with a bit of a run are able to push it up from the gutter to the sidewalk and then down the driveway.



===



Glad to hear you had a nice cruise but the trailer procedure sounds a

bit dicey.



Why is it that you can't back the trailer into the driveway with your

vehicle? If you have space enough to pull it out, you should have

room to back it in.





It's a lot easier to pull a boat on a trailer straight out of a tight

parking space than it is to back that boat on a trailer back into a

tight parking space. I'm not familiar with the width or conditions of

Don's driveway and neither are you, and there may be circumstances that

make it more difficult than you surmise.



Perhaps on one of your next cruises to places you've been a million

times, you can expand that voyage up to Nova Scotia, have Don meet you

at a local marina, and then show him how perfectly you can back up his

rig in his driveway.



Make sure someone videotapes it.

Yup.. and if anyone is parked opposite my driveway, I can't pull out without dropping one of the trailer wheels over a curb.

On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 07:12:21 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Yup.. and if anyone is parked opposite my driveway, I can't pull out without dropping one of the trailer wheels over a curb.

===

Obviously a tight spot and/or a narrow driveway. That said, if you
can drive it out over the curb you can probably learn to back it in
over the curb, just takes patience and practice. You could put a
small plank against the curb to act as a ramp. The manual procedure
you describe sounds risky to me.

One of the things I did when learning to back my old 24 footer was to
take the boat to an open space like an empty parking lot and work on
getting the angles right.

On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 07:12:21 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

On Monday, 29 July 2013 10:41:24 UTC-3, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 7/29/13 9:33 AM, Wayne.B wrote:

On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 05:30:02 -0700 (PDT), True North

wrote:



Wife and I are able to unhook the 2000# rig on the street and with a bit of a run are able to push it up from the gutter to the sidewalk and then down the driveway.



===



Glad to hear you had a nice cruise but the trailer procedure sounds a

bit dicey.



Why is it that you can't back the trailer into the driveway with your

vehicle? If you have space enough to pull it out, you should have

room to back it in.





It's a lot easier to pull a boat on a trailer straight out of a tight

parking space than it is to back that boat on a trailer back into a

tight parking space. I'm not familiar with the width or conditions of

Don's driveway and neither are you, and there may be circumstances that

make it more difficult than you surmise.



Perhaps on one of your next cruises to places you've been a million

times, you can expand that voyage up to Nova Scotia, have Don meet you

at a local marina, and then show him how perfectly you can back up his

rig in his driveway.



Make sure someone videotapes it.

Yup.. and if anyone is parked opposite my driveway, I can't pull out without dropping one of the trailer wheels over a curb.

I can't get my trailer (33' long) either in or out of the driveway without going over a curb. I have
a couple 3"x6" chunks of wood, each about three feet long, that I put in the gutter before I back in
or pull out. That let's the tires get a head start on the curb. Works like a charm.

Regardless of what Harry says, you should be able to back that little boat trailer into your
driveway. Don't take his excuses and make them your rationale for getting you or your wife hurt.

John (Gun Nut) H.
--

Hope you're having a great day!

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On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 07:12:21 -0700 (PDT), True North wrote:

On Monday, 29 July 2013 10:41:24 UTC-3, F.O.A.D. wrote:
On 7/29/13 9:33 AM, Wayne.B wrote:

On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 05:30:02 -0700 (PDT), True North

wrote:



Wife and I are able to unhook the 2000# rig on the street and with a bit of a run are able to push it up from the gutter to the sidewalk and then down the driveway.



===



Glad to hear you had a nice cruise but the trailer procedure sounds a

bit dicey.



Why is it that you can't back the trailer into the driveway with your

vehicle? If you have space enough to pull it out, you should have

room to back it in.





It's a lot easier to pull a boat on a trailer straight out of a tight

parking space than it is to back that boat on a trailer back into a

tight parking space. I'm not familiar with the width or conditions of

Don's driveway and neither are you, and there may be circumstances that

make it more difficult than you surmise.



Perhaps on one of your next cruises to places you've been a million

times, you can expand that voyage up to Nova Scotia, have Don meet you

at a local marina, and then show him how perfectly you can back up his

rig in his driveway.



Make sure someone videotapes it.

Yup.. and if anyone is parked opposite my driveway, I can't pull out without dropping one of the trailer wheels over a curb.

I can't get my trailer (33' long) either in or out of the driveway without going over a curb. I have
a couple 3"x6" chunks of wood, each about three feet long, that I put in the gutter before I back in
or pull out. That let's the tires get a head start on the curb. Works like a charm.

Why do you need to "get a head start on the curb" if you can do it
"without dropping one of the trailer wheels over a curb"?

"F.O.A.D." wrote:
On 7/29/13 9:33 AM, Wayne.B wrote:
On Mon, 29 Jul 2013 05:30:02 -0700 (PDT), True North
wrote:

Wife and I are able to unhook the 2000# rig on the street and with a
bit of a run are able to push it up from the gutter to the sidewalk and
then down the driveway.

===

Glad to hear you had a nice cruise but the trailer procedure sounds a
bit dicey.

Why is it that you can't back the trailer into the driveway with your
vehicle? If you have space enough to pull it out, you should have
room to back it in.


It's a lot easier to pull a boat on a trailer straight out of a tight
parking space than it is to back that boat on a trailer back into a tight
parking space. I'm not familiar with the width or conditions of Don's
driveway and neither are you, and there may be circumstances that make it
more difficult than you surmise.

Perhaps on one of your next cruises to places you've been a million
times, you can expand that voyage up to Nova Scotia, have Don meet you at
a local marina, and then show him how perfectly you can back up his rig in his driveway.

Make sure someone videotapes it.

There are people who can back trailers and then there those who are
probably bad drivers also.