Then prep it...
Then prep it...
Doesn't take much...
Then voila!
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.
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.
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)
Last edited by Mbsbeek; 02-19-2021 at 02:41 PM.