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Thanks for your help
Tom aka Tabman. The new/longer ram's fit perfect. You can't see it in the pix's,
but where the step in the hull is the tab fit's just outboard of it and is back
inboard 3in from the chine.
The longer ram's got the hole thru the transom up high enough to be above the
floor inside. I'm going to be installing a 4in long - 1/8in pipe nipple to get
the plumbing inside the boat. Then a union and a 90deg fitting.
The Black tab's look better in person, than the pix's show. The trailer is going
to be changed under this boat, so don't pay any attention to how long the bunk's
are in the pix's. I get the new one between the 10th and 15th of Jan.
The trailer that was bought for the boat a few years back couldn't compensate enough for the load of the boat once the motors were mounted. So I ordered a new trailer... It measure's 28ft-3in overall. It has bigger I-beam's than the other trailer. 5 Star 15in wheel's and tires. 4 wheel Kodiak brakes.
Just a phone call and
my buddies come running. Jimmy O'Leary and Dr. Bobby Show's came to give me a
hand. Thanks Much. I had Jimmy tow the boat on the old trailer to the ramp while
I followed with the new trailer. Jimmy has a F-350 4WD single wheel's (not a
dually) the old trailer had "0" tongue weight. That's why I want him to tow it
with a heavier truck. It was not a problem and I never saw it sway. I also
wanted to see how my truck would pull the boat out of the water. '94 F-150 2WD
351W and 3:08 gear's (no limited slip) It came up out of the water just fine.
The 4 wheel brake's on the trailer really work. You don't even feel it pushing
on the truck. We had an elderly man and his wife hanging with us at the ramp the
whole time. She said that the prettiest boat that has been at this ramp in a
Loooooong time. They apparently live right there by the ramp?
I'm pleased with the decision to get the largest tub/body on the bracket. She
look's like it's floating well. There is still more to discover, but I'm very
pleased so far.
