>Hmm, I never considerd resting the center board on the trailer while
>travelling. Our old one doesn't do that. I don't know if we could do that on
>the new one. Our CB has a hole in it for a locking pin in the raised position
>that we use. I just planned on pushing a wedge into the CB trunk to keep it
>from rattling and slacking the cables while trailering to take the weight off
>the cabin roof. (Again, I'm copying Jerry here. He has the smoothest
>launching routine I have ever seen)
A word of caution based on experience:
If you want to lower the board to rest on the trailer, make sure your
trailer is designed with some sort of supporting structure that will cradle
the whole length of the board. If it just rests on a narrow cross member,
and you slack the cables on the CB, you have the possibility of the board
rocking fore and aft during trailering. You can imagine the beating your CB
trunk will get from that big ol' piece of steel slopping back and forth.
I have been considering a sort of removable wooden 'collar' that will clamp
around the CB, and rest on the top of the trunk. Then I will insert the
bolts through the board (I have two on these, one near the front, one at
the back), and lower the board so these bolts rest on the 'collar' and
slack the cables. This should protect the trunk by distributing the weight
more evenly, and take the strain off the lifting cables. Any other great
systems in use out there?
Thanks for the great dialog!
Tom
P19 #352 Windsong
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