I have a 1992 Shore Land'r model B148/1610. On the newer trailers it seems the tongue is adjustable in length but on mine it comes to a T at the first crossbar and there is no room to extend it. I believe the newer trailers are the same for either 14' or 16' boats you simply adjust the tongue to suit.
I currently have a 14' Valco V hull that I use for fishing. I want to get a 16' Jon boat (Lowe Mod-V) to use duck hunting and would like to be able to switch between the two hulls on the same trailer. It looks like I could scoot the winch post forward almost a foot without running in to the tow vehicle. The fact the spare tire on my Jeep is right there is a bit of a nuisance. Was also thinking I could maybe extend the bunks back 6"-12" and hopefully not totally throw off the tongue weight. Perhaps a shorter arm from the winch post to the hull as well.
Any other advice or options? Perhaps I should just buy a 2' longer 3" post to replace the current tongue with? The model number of the trailer being B148/1610 makes me ASSume that these trailers may have been useable with 14' or 16' trailers but that's just an ASSumption
I currently have a 14' Valco V hull that I use for fishing. I want to get a 16' Jon boat (Lowe Mod-V) to use duck hunting and would like to be able to switch between the two hulls on the same trailer. It looks like I could scoot the winch post forward almost a foot without running in to the tow vehicle. The fact the spare tire on my Jeep is right there is a bit of a nuisance. Was also thinking I could maybe extend the bunks back 6"-12" and hopefully not totally throw off the tongue weight. Perhaps a shorter arm from the winch post to the hull as well.
Any other advice or options? Perhaps I should just buy a 2' longer 3" post to replace the current tongue with? The model number of the trailer being B148/1610 makes me ASSume that these trailers may have been useable with 14' or 16' trailers but that's just an ASSumption
