In my experience, added length made backing up MUCH easier. It's the little
12 foot boat trailer that is most difficult. Watch an 18 wheeler back up
versus a small boat. RichG
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" On Mon, 29 Nov 2004 09:53:14 -0800, "mike92105"
wrote:

If you have a receiver hitch probably the easiest and cheapest fix
would be to buy a piece of 2" square tubing of whatever length you
feel is adequate and drill a couple of holes. You could change out at
the ramp just before launching. Additional length might make backing a
little more interesting but it should be something you can get used
to.

On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 18:25:04 GMT, "RichG"
wrote:

In my experience, added length made backing up MUCH easier. It's the little
12 foot boat trailer that is most difficult. Watch an 18 wheeler back up
versus a small boat. RichG
A longer trailer is much easier to back but it seems a hitch extension
(as opposed to a trailer extension) would exaggerate the tongue swing
making it easier to overcompensate. The only one I ever made was only
about a foot long and didn't make any appreciable difference but it
seems if you reach out several feet it could cause it to handle
differently.

I suspect that you are right.... that a hitch (vehicle-side) extension would
aggravate the backing up angles..... and a tongue extension on the trailer
would mitigate the same angles. Thanks for the clarification...regards,
RichG
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RichG manager, Carolina Skiff Owners Group on MSN
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"Tom" wrote in message
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On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 18:25:04 GMT, "RichG"
wrote:

In my experience, added length made backing up MUCH easier. It's the
little
12 foot boat trailer that is most difficult. Watch an 18 wheeler back up
versus a small boat. RichG

A longer trailer is much easier to back but it seems a hitch extension
(as opposed to a trailer extension) would exaggerate the tongue swing
making it easier to overcompensate. The only one I ever made was only
about a foot long and didn't make any appreciable difference but it
seems if you reach out several feet it could cause it to handle
differently.