That was exactly what I needed. Thank you very much. John F. --- S Cleave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >>Any recommendations on trailor hitches and > trailors? I drive a 1988 > Mercury Cougar with enough oomph to pull anything. > But I think I heard > that Trailor hitches come in Classes? > How much weight will I be pulling with an 18? > << > > John, > Welcome back to the fold. I just got back into it, > too, after a long hiatus. My recent experience with > trailer hitches was that the Class 2 and Class 3 > cost within 15% of each other, so I got the Class 3 > heavier duty hitch. I got the 4-pin flat electrical > connector and 1-7/8" ball because they seemed to fit > all the trailers that came with the used boats I > looked at. The ball appears easy to swap out and a > new one at Walmart costs about $12. BTW, the guy > that put the hitch on for me told me to be sure to > remove the bar with the ball when not trailering, so > it does not get stolen. > > I put the hitch on a small Mazda minivan and pull my > H16 with little effort. There are lots of theories > about center of gravity, tramp angle and tongue > weight, but I just go with the default way my > trailer came and try to line up the tramp posts with > the trailer cradles in a general way. I think an > H16 weighs about 320# and H18 is maybe about 100# > more. The trailer weight probably depends on steel > or aluminum and features, but I'd guess mine weighs > 150#? A total of 500# is very little - my minivan's > owners manual says it can pull something like 3500# > as is, and I've got the smallest minivan on the > market, I think. I got the H16 partly because I can > muscle it around the beach on cat wheels by myself. > I don't think I could do that with a bigger boat, > but then sometimes I wish I had a bigger boat when > the waves are up. I didn't need a tilting trailer > or anything fancy because I keep the boat on the > beach most of the summer, so I don't know much about > that. I did like the crank > winch last month when I pulled the boat onto the > trailer from the cat wheels. Hope that helps. > > SC > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > [Non-text portions of this message have been > removed] > > > > Group Home > http://www.TheBeachcats.com > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > Group Home http://www.TheBeachcats.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/beachcats/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
