Load Rite K1000-2

[Cowpokey]

I finally got around to shortening the trailer so it will fit better in the garage of the new house. Cut 3 feet off the tongue. Cut the wires for the lights, and used a soldering iron to splice them back together...yes, I could have just used crimp splices, but I like soldering wires better; it's a direct connection, and takes way more time for corrosion and vibration for the splice to fail.

I left out details of how to do it on purpose. If anyone reading this doesn't know what they are doing, they should not use this post as a guide.

[Pat Smith]

That is a great setup Cowpoke...

I am late to the party but I was wondering as I read through the thread if you could have gone with a fold-a-way style tongue? That way you can have the long tongue and keep it in the garage too. I have been considering a trailer as well, getting too old and lazy (mostly lazy) to heft the Moken on top of the jeep... I just don't want to give up some of the launches that are not trailer able.

Regardless we need to get together and fish sometime before cold weather.

[Cowpokey]

That is a great setup Cowpoke...

I am late to the party but I was wondering as I read through the thread if you could have gone with a fold-a-way style tongue? That way you can have the long tongue and keep it in the garage too. I have been considering a trailer as well, getting too old and lazy (mostly lazy) to heft the Moken on top of the jeep... I just don't want to give up some of the launches that are not trailer able.

Regardless we need to get together and fish sometime before cold weather.

After I started making the first cut I got a message from a buddy saying, DON"T CUT IT, MAKE IT A FOLD AWAY. It was 30 seconds too late. Actually, I could still make it a fold away, but I'm not going to. If I had thought about the fold away option before I decided to chop 3 feet off....I still would cut three feet off and call it a day. The only thing it cost me to chop it was my own time and less than fifty cents in materials. The fold away parts are about $70 just for the hinge.

Edit add: Yeah, we'll fish. Headed to CBKA next weekend then the following weekends the good blues action should start showing up in the mid bay.

[JKay]

Nice job. Those are fun kind of projects.

[Cowpokey]

[Cowpokey]

It turns a little faster now while backing up, not an issue for me.

[Pat Smith]

I had this idea for you CowPokey.
Instead of using flexable PVC pipe for hull supports try an easy laminate....

Cover your hull with protective plastic
cut long strips of 1/4 inch plywood of whatever width you think is best
strap or clamp the first strip to the hull so that the bendy 1/4 inch plywood conforms to the location you want to support.
Glue a second piece of plywood to the first
Glue a third to the second and first
sand paint and varnish the results

the glued strips will make a real sturdy wood mold that exactly conforms to your hull..

[Cowpokey]

I had this idea for you CowPokey.
Instead of using flexable PVC pipe for hull supports try an easy laminate....

Cover your hull with protective plastic
cut long strips of 1/4 inch plywood of whatever width you think is best
strap or clamp the first strip to the hull so that the bendy 1/4 inch plywood conforms to the location you want to support.
Glue a second piece of plywood to the first
Glue a third to the second and first
sand paint and varnish the results

the glued strips will make a real sturdy wood mold that exactly conforms to your hull..

For the time being I'll be leaving them upside down. But when it's time for a winter project I'll be back to review this.