Washing trailered Sib

[kaman]

Added a galvanised steel pole the same diameter as my trailer jockey wheel to the Sib inventory.

Makes life a whole lot easier when washing sib out after a day's
sea fishing.

Home built trailer has wheels well to the rear so it can be elevated to a decent angle to facilitate drainage.

Works a treat. Just hose out and leave elevated to drain/dry.

[Max...]

Or get your wife to hold it up and tell her it will help with the old 'bat wings'...

[kaman]

Originally Posted by Max...

Or get your wife to hold it up and tell her it will help with the old 'bat wings'...

My wife is 5 ft and 7 stone so not much help with holding the Sib up.
I'm sure if I mentioned her bat wings she'd summon up the strength of an ox and give me a (bat) tering

[Peter_C]

Hmm...I just back "down" my driveway, and unhook the boat. It drains pretty well. I guess there is a plus to living on a hill.

[Locozodiac]

If you can move the trailor's axle further rear, engine on transom and sib well strapped onto trailer won't need the pole. Will make a perfect wheely while rising tongue with just 2 fingers. A matter of perfect ballance betweeen sib/engine/trailer isssue.

Happy Boating

[jyasaki]

Originally Posted by Locozodiac

If you can move the trailor's axle further rear, engine on transom and sib well strapped onto trailer won't need the pole. Will make a perfect wheely while rising tongue with just 2 fingers. A matter of perfect ballance betweeen sib/engine/trailer isssue.

Well, your physics are backwards (you'd need to move the axle forward to get the rig more tail heavy), but aside from that:

Up until you start towing it... Insufficient tongue weight is a recipe for trailer sway.

jky

[kaman]

Even with 51 kg tohatsu 20hp main and 13 kg suzuki aux on the transom the trailer is still fairly nose heavy.
I made the front portion of the trailer from 5 mm thick 50mm box section with 6 mm thick u section bolted on top.
Damn thing nearly as nose heavy as my 22ft caravan lol!!
It does tow ever so well though.

[Locozodiac]

Originally Posted by jyasaki

Well, your physics are backwards (you'd need to move the axle forward to get the rig more tail heavy), but aside from that:

Up until you start towing it... Insufficient tongue weight is a recipe for trailer sway.

jky

Yep, you're right, move axel forward. Trailer sway is relative to what's being towed. Been towing a 430 rib with engine living at back transom. Total rib, engine, trailer combo weight 350 Kg for the past 4 years with a compact size car with no issues. My tongue weight does not exceed 15 Kg, that's why can lift my trailer and stay that way with just 2 fingers.

If yo have too much tong weight while driving a compact car will end frying both rear shock absorbers and tires, not asn issue if towing with a Suv, 4 x 4, Hummer.

Happy Boating

[jyasaki]

Two problems with too much tongue weight: excessive squat (on the tow vehicle), and a possibility of reducing traction on the steering wheels.

As stated, less than 5% of the total trailer/boat in tongue weight may cause the trailer to sway (sometimes quite violently.) An of example:

Car Loses Control From Fishtailing Trailer | Video | Break.com

No video of it, but I once saw a largish flatbed truck towing a cement mixer which was fishtailing hard enough alternately to lift the wheels off the road. I suspect the guys were towing with a full load of mix in the can (axle was fairly far forward on the trailer/mixer thing.)

jky

[Locozodiac]

Luckily for us towing small to medium size sib/rib light inflatables at controlled safety speeds will not be an issue, providing that you have a suitable transport to tow it properly.

Happy Boating

[kaman]

Originally Posted by Locozodiac

Luckily for us towing small to medium size sib/rib light inflatables at controlled safety speeds will not be an issue, providing that you have a suitable transport to tow it properly.

Happy Boating

I tow with an SUV with a tow capacity of 2000kg.
Don't even notice the Sib and trailer is connected to be honest.
I'm always checking in the mirrors that the trailer is behaving itself!
Trailer wheels are fairly close to the rear on my trailer but the sheer weight of the trailer keeps it firmly planted tows a treat.