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    Quote Originally Posted by Wade2131 View Post
    Thanks for al the responses, but my trailer has a A shape toward the tongue and most of these will not make the trailer shorter. Here is my trailer tongue Attachment 394780
    The Swing Away would work fine with your trailer. Outby of where they come together, just pick your spot to cut the SINGLE beam, mount it to swing either side that serves you best.
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    Then prep it...
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    Doesn't take much...
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    Then voila!
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    Another option is to do what sailboat trailer owners do. They use a inner/outer tube system. They have a steel tube that the couple is on that is sized just small enough to slide inside the main tube on the trailer. A locking pin is used to fix the position of the inner tube inside the outer tube. The idea of the sailboat using it is that they can pull the pin, slide the coupler tube WAY out, and then back further down the ramp without having to submerge the vehicle. With a crappie boat, same concept could be used except you slide it in far enough to close the garage door. Come to think of it, there are lots of ramps where that extra long tongue extension could come in handy.
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    I did what G" said, works great and very strong.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Wade2131 View Post
    Thanks for al the responses, but my trailer has a A shape toward the tongue and most of these will not make the trailer shorter. Here is my trailer tongue Attachment 394780
    Get it to a good welder, they could pretty easily shorten the A-frame section, and put in beefier square tubing for the tongue and swing away.

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    Wade from your photo it looks like you have a surge brake actuator on your trailer. I'm not sure you can add a coupler if you have steel brake lines.

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    Quote Originally Posted by stratman View Post
    Wade from your photo it looks like you have a surge brake actuator on your trailer. I'm not sure you can add a coupler if you have steel brake lines.
    Not terribly hard, but it does require some mechanical ability. You would have to cut the brake line forwards and aft of the swing (take out maybe a 2' piece), install flaired fittings then splice in a piece of flexible brake hose.
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    Yes they use a rubber hose. In that application.
    But unless your pulling a 26'-32' boat , with twin outboards and trying to pull with something to small.
    With today's trucks or even older full size trucks. 21'
    Or smaller doesn't need brakes, under normal road conditions. That's only my opinion. We work on alot of boats , and half of them ,after 10'-15' don't work anyway. (Brakes)
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