What about those of us who tow to the water? Lets see your tow rigs.

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Have you experienced any problems towing with the canvas up? I always have taken it down for fear of tearing it up on the highway.
 
How do you like that V10?
I now have 10 years on it and 125K miles. It has a lot of pull. The only time that it breathes hard is going up I-81 through the mountains in PA.
 
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My Sig has the details.
 
Here's a pic of my new rig, stopped at a rest area. Used it for the first time a couple of weeks ago to take my 290 to a fresh water lake. I had to guess at the position of the boat on the trailer, and as you can see, it ended up too far forward with too much tongue weight, but otherwise it towed great. I'll slide the bow roller back and load the boat farther back next time. The bow pulpit on this boat can come down on the winch stand when launching, so you can see that the winch stand is moved forward from the bow roller.

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Here's a pic of my new rig, stopped at a rest area. Used it for the first time a couple of weeks ago to take my 290 to a fresh water lake. I had to guess at the position of the boat on the trailer, and as you can see, it ended up too far forward with too much tongue weight, but otherwise it towed great. I'll slide the bow roller back and load the boat farther back next time. The bow pulpit on this boat can come down on the winch stand when launching, so you can see that the winch stand is moved forward from the bow roller.

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It looks like you have a lot of trailer hanging out the back. I moverd my axle ahead 18 inches and it made a big difference on handling, loading and unloading.:smt038
 
Here's a pic of my new rig, stopped at a rest area. Used it for the first time a couple of weeks ago to take my 290 to a fresh water lake. I had to guess at the position of the boat on the trailer, and as you can see, it ended up too far forward with too much tongue weight, but otherwise it towed great. I'll slide the bow roller back and load the boat farther back next time. The bow pulpit on this boat can come down on the winch stand when launching, so you can see that the winch stand is moved forward from the bow roller.

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Nice looking rig.
 
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Bill, will moving the boat back 18" on the trailer accomplish the same thing?

I did that to get it home from Wisconsin. It hung out the back too far. I did use it that way for a season but was afraid I would do haul damage so I slid the axle forward and the boat reset on the trailer the way it is supposed to. The picture on the avatar shows the axle back and you can see the boat hanging out past the trailer bunks.
 
Bill, it's hard to tell from the poor photo, but the bunks go about a foot beyond the trailer's end, and the boat is about a foot forward of the trailer end, so the boat can go back about two feet and still be on the trailer bunks.
 
Bill, it's hard to tell from the poor photo, but the bunks go about a foot beyond the trailer's end, and the boat is about a foot forward of the trailer end, so the boat can go back about two feet and still be on the trailer bunks.

Sadler, the placement is critical for proper weight ratio. Typically the weight should be 60% forward and 40% back of the center axle.

The tricky part is you can just take the overall weight and divide it because a boat is not equally weighted. It’s adjusted for buoyancy. Just because it sits in the water straight doesn't mean the weight is equal.

You can see the affect of a tongue too heavy on your truck. The opposite is a light tongue that causes fish tailing that usually ends very badly when at speed.

Move the boat back a little at a time until you achieve a level ride. I would estimate that you should have 300 to 500 lbs on the tongue with your size tow vehicle. You can take you truck to a hitch installer and they can tell you the limit of your rig.

There is another thread on this if you search this tailoring site.
 

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