Last time I launched, I had my jockey wheel broken at the club's infamous ramp. As a result, I had to pull the boat up with the cruiser. My trailer doesn't have rollers so I needed to put the trailer relatively deep into the ramp to retrieve the boat; this means the cruiser is almost half a meter under water!!!!! Wasn't happy but had to do it!
Decided to make a plan and build an extension arm. Used a section of 75 mm square galvanized pipe that had been chucked away when another member of the club rebuilt his trailer.
Used a 2 m section, bit of grinding, a few coats of primer and enamel paint and almost done.
Transferred the hitch to the extension arm and drilled three 12 mm holes in the trailer's main axis which matched the holes on the extensions arm and job's done!
The extension arm runs under the main axis and is secured by 2 x 13 mm SS bolts.
I'm now running a completely independent operation from the club's tractor and/or winch!
Roll on summer!
