....to lift that tongue of that trailer by hand with the boat on it and
put it on the hitch ball? No, I don't mean youse guys with the small
boats.

I think the last time I was able to do this was in the late 1950s, with
my 15' Wolverine and 25 or 33 hp Big Twin.

"HK" wrote in message
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...to lift that tongue of that trailer by hand with the boat on it and put
it on the hitch ball? No, I don't mean youse guys with the small boats.

I think the last time I was able to do this was in the late 1950s, with my
15' Wolverine and 25 or 33 hp Big Twin.

I could just do that with my Sandpiper 565 weekend cruiser sailboat. After
I bought the new trailer and the weight went just north of 2300 lbs with a
190 tongue weight, i'd only lif/juggle it the last few inches if I had
trouble lining up.
What a treat dealing with the Yukon with a total combo weight of less than
800 lbs.

wrote:
On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:48:55 -0500, HK wrote:

...to lift that tongue of that trailer by hand with the boat on it and
put it on the hitch ball? No, I don't mean youse guys with the small
boats.

I think the last time I was able to do this was in the late 1950s, with
my 15' Wolverine and 25 or 33 hp Big Twin.

It really just depends on how you load the trailer. You can load it
too far back and a child could lift the tongue but that is going to be
a weaving SOB on the highway. I usually load for about 125-150 on the
tongue with a fairly light pontoon boat and it tracks well on the
interstate. The tongue height is lowered and the deck has a tilt
forward so the deck gives me additional down force at highway speed.


Yeah, well, I was referring to a properly loaded trailer.

If memory serves, the tongue weight on my old 25' Parker was about 600+
pounds. I haven't checked the tongue weight on the new Parker yet, but I
can't lift the tongue by hand.

Don White wrote:
"HK" wrote in message
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...to lift that tongue of that trailer by hand with the boat on it and put
it on the hitch ball? No, I don't mean youse guys with the small boats.

I think the last time I was able to do this was in the late 1950s, with my
15' Wolverine and 25 or 33 hp Big Twin.

I could just do that with my Sandpiper 565 weekend cruiser sailboat. After
I bought the new trailer and the weight went just north of 2300 lbs with a
190 tongue weight, i'd only lif/juggle it the last few inches if I had
trouble lining up.
What a treat dealing with the Yukon with a total combo weight of less than
800 lbs.




There's always a smart ass around... :}

"HK" wrote in message
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wrote:
On Mon, 03 Mar 2008 09:48:55 -0500, HK wrote:

...to lift that tongue of that trailer by hand with the boat on it and
put it on the hitch ball? No, I don't mean youse guys with the small
boats.

I think the last time I was able to do this was in the late 1950s, with
my 15' Wolverine and 25 or 33 hp Big Twin.

It really just depends on how you load the trailer. You can load it
too far back and a child could lift the tongue but that is going to be
a weaving SOB on the highway. I usually load for about 125-150 on the
tongue with a fairly light pontoon boat and it tracks well on the
interstate. The tongue height is lowered and the deck has a tilt
forward so the deck gives me additional down force at highway speed.


Yeah, well, I was referring to a properly loaded trailer.

If memory serves, the tongue weight on my old 25' Parker was about 600+
pounds. I haven't checked the tongue weight on the new Parker yet, but I
can't lift the tongue by hand.

My little 13' Whaler is no problem. I recall that the Scout (just under
20') was "doable" but at the risk of popping a hernia.

Eisboch

On Mar 3, 9:48*am, HK wrote:
...to lift that tongue of that trailer by hand with the boat on it and
put it on the hitch ball? *No, I don't mean youse guys with the small
boats.

I think the last time I was able to do this was in the late 1950s, with
my 15' Wolverine and 25 or 33 hp Big Twin.

My 17.5' bass boat loaded with all my gear, and a 135 evinrude still
finds it's way to the ball by hand. Of course, I'm not fat and out of
shape.

HK wrote:
...to lift that tongue of that trailer by hand with the boat on it and
put it on the hitch ball? No, I don't mean youse guys with the small
boats.

I think the last time I was able to do this was in the late 1950s, with
my 15' Wolverine and 25 or 33 hp Big Twin.

I can remember, but even with an 18' runabout it was still heavy

wrote in message
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On Mar 3, 9:48 am, HK wrote:
...to lift that tongue of that trailer by hand with the boat on it and
put it on the hitch ball? No, I don't mean youse guys with the small
boats.

I think the last time I was able to do this was in the late 1950s, with
my 15' Wolverine and 25 or 33 hp Big Twin.

My 17.5' bass boat loaded with all my gear, and a 135 evinrude still
finds it's way to the ball by hand. Of course, I'm not fat and out of
shape.

If the doughboy's boat is properly loaded on the trailer, the tongue weight
would probably be around 500lb. Hope the trailer has good brakes and the tow
vehicle can handle the load.

"HK" wrote in message
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If memory serves, the tongue weight on my old 25' Parker was about 600+
pounds. I haven't checked the tongue weight on the new Parker yet, but I
can't lift the tongue by hand.

You're Parker, on a dual axle trailer, should have a tongue weight closer to
200lbs. You probably couldnt move that though either.

On Mar 3, 1:05*pm, "LoogyPicker" wrote:
"HK" wrote in message

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If memory serves, the tongue weight on my old 25' Parker was about 600+
pounds. I haven't checked the tongue weight on the new Parker yet, but I
can't lift the tongue by hand.

You're Parker, on a dual axle trailer, should have a tongue weight closer to
200lbs. You probably couldnt move that though either.

Hello Sam