On Thu, 22 Jan 2004 15:36:51 -0500, "Gary Warner"
wrote:


As it stands now the tongue on our trailer might have to
be quite long to get the tongue weight and wheels where
we want them. (Already been discussed a while back
about how those relate to each other).

Question: Anyone
have ideas, oppinions, or links to fold-away or telescoping
tongue designs (or products) that will work with hydraulic
break lines?? Or maybe that just can't be done without
breaking the lines?

Are you using surge brakes or electric? On my Ranger trailer, the
lines are rubber from the surge actuator to the trailer frame - so I
can move the trailer tongue around. Wait - let me go take a picture.

http://home.earthlink.net/~tomf123/P1220015.jpg

http://home.earthlink.net/~tomf123/P1220017.JPG

http://home.earthlink.net/~tomf123/p1220016.jpg

I'm sorry - I thought the Ranger trailer had a swing tongue - I've
never had to use it.

However, that should give you an idea of how the Ranger trailer tongue
works. Rubber and a qujick disconnect to pull the trailer tongue out
and away from the trailer. I imagine you could do much the same with
a tongue that swung to one side.

The tongue on the custom trailer for my Contender is very similar to
this one only I'm not driving an hour to take a picture. :)

Later,

Tom
S. Woodstock, CT
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"The wildness and adventure that are in
fishing still recommend it to me."

Henry David Thoreau
"Walden" (1854)