Headhunter24
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Ill get right to the point here if nobody wants to read my really long explanation below for this question. My boat doesnt fit in my garage and I have to make it fit or I cant keep it. My only idea is to cut the tongue where I need to make it fit in the garage and add on a heavy duty steel plate coupler or whatever you want to call it, for when I tow it. I figure a foot and a half snug fit steel plate mold of the top and sides of the trailer with some big bolts. I know it sounds stupid or crazy, but I know theres tons of people who have had this problem and had to find a way to safely alter their trailer. So im asking for tips or anything anybody has done like this to their trailer before? Thanks Dan.
Alright I'm new here and have only been boating for 1 summer so far. I got a 1984 18' Renken I take out on Lake Erie. Ok, so heres my problem. The boat and trailer dont fit in my garage. The tongue sticks out about a foot and a few inches. All last summer I was forced to deal with it and close the garage door onto the tongue but my neighbors complained a bit which leads to my next problem is I cant keep it outside because I live in a small apartment building. Storage unit is out of the question for me for multiple reasons. So now, after having to store it an hour away all winter long at my parents house, its time that I do something about this as boating season is coming up. There are no other options here except these... 1. Shorten the boat trailer... 2. Drive 2 hours out of the way, waste tons of gas or 3. Sell the boat. Quite frankly, options 2 and 3 I refuse to do. And I have tried all options angleing the boat in the garage. So anyway, I need to find a safe way to cut the tongue and make some kind of coupling or adapter out of metal. I seen online that they have these hinges that you can buy and install yourself, but they seem expensive. I got plenty of thick steel plates that I can use for something that would do. I figure I would make a snug fit mold of the top and sides of the tongue maybe about a foot and a half long with the steel plate and drill some good sized holes, but not too big, and put heavy duty bolts in place. And heck, even for some sort of extra safety I could put chains on the original part of the trailer to extend to my truck if possible. So I guess I want to ask if anyone on here has done something like this to their boat and how things worked out for them? I know its not the best of ideas to alter the trailer structure and stuff but I love boating and it may be my only option unless I hit the lottery. Well I think I wrote enough. Thanks, Dan
Alright I'm new here and have only been boating for 1 summer so far. I got a 1984 18' Renken I take out on Lake Erie. Ok, so heres my problem. The boat and trailer dont fit in my garage. The tongue sticks out about a foot and a few inches. All last summer I was forced to deal with it and close the garage door onto the tongue but my neighbors complained a bit which leads to my next problem is I cant keep it outside because I live in a small apartment building. Storage unit is out of the question for me for multiple reasons. So now, after having to store it an hour away all winter long at my parents house, its time that I do something about this as boating season is coming up. There are no other options here except these... 1. Shorten the boat trailer... 2. Drive 2 hours out of the way, waste tons of gas or 3. Sell the boat. Quite frankly, options 2 and 3 I refuse to do. And I have tried all options angleing the boat in the garage. So anyway, I need to find a safe way to cut the tongue and make some kind of coupling or adapter out of metal. I seen online that they have these hinges that you can buy and install yourself, but they seem expensive. I got plenty of thick steel plates that I can use for something that would do. I figure I would make a snug fit mold of the top and sides of the tongue maybe about a foot and a half long with the steel plate and drill some good sized holes, but not too big, and put heavy duty bolts in place. And heck, even for some sort of extra safety I could put chains on the original part of the trailer to extend to my truck if possible. So I guess I want to ask if anyone on here has done something like this to their boat and how things worked out for them? I know its not the best of ideas to alter the trailer structure and stuff but I love boating and it may be my only option unless I hit the lottery. Well I think I wrote enough. Thanks, Dan
