Re: Tilting Trailers

From: Tim Spofford (tims@spof.org)
Date: Tue Feb 15 2000 - 19:34:00 PST


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At 05:11 PM 02/15/2000 +0800, you wrote:

> >if you are not tilting you are missing out on a great launch retrieval
> >experience. Mr. Harry Gordon (harry are you listening?) taught me online.
> >YOU NEVER HAVE TO GET YOUR WHEEL HUBS ON YOUR TRAILER WET...EVER!!!

>Of course, Ted's boat weighs at least 3 times what yours does :) I have the
>tilt trailer and while allowing it to tilt helps, I don't find it >that<
>useful,
>and the single-point-of-failure aspect of the system scares me.

This has been my experience also. The tilt mechanism just doesn't seem to
add a heck of a lot to the launch process and has been pretty much
irrelevant to retrieval.

I'd like to hear from any 19 owner who has found him or herself able to use
a tilt trailer to good effect.

Tim Spofford
P-19 #611
Kirkland, Washington
http://spof.org



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