EZ Loader Trailer Warning!!!!!

[CTFSHWHISKER]

i have some experience in welding just wondering if you could scab weld some plate steel over it and re-attach the winch,.I would suspect the tongue will have to be cut out anyway so you could do that as a quick fix,it woild be boxing in the tongue so to speak,if you have to take the trailer back you'll be down for a few weeks at best i would imagine.good luck.

[Danny]

Thanks CTFSHWHISKER,

You are right, the torgue will have to be cut out.. thanks, could not figure out how to describe that as well as you.

One of my biggest concerns is that the side of the trailer tore. Not real far down the side, but enough that there is no top area to weld to.

I don't think the two welders I spoke with at the end all of welding knowledge, but they both said they could not see anyway to weld it back to that trailer. The first one had the same idea you had about adding the plate, but upon inspection he wasn't able to see how to really add it.

Plus, we ahve to becareful not to raise the roller when we add the plate. Currently the roller is as low as it can go, and if it is raised any at all, loading the boat will be a nightmare.

Thanks for the ideas... I am hoping to get up and running as soon as possible, but I have to feel very confident in the repairs.

I'm just glad I discovered the failed metal. Had I not, I may have lost the boat and killed someone. the last time I fished, I remarked to my friend that someone was "tailgating" or I guess I should say "propgating" lol.. but if my trailer had failed then, that van with mother and kids would have had my boat in it.

That would not be good.

Danny

Danny

[CTFSHWHISKER]

just wondering,can the tongue be cut off and then made into a swing away tongue?if you box in the tonue with the roller winch assembly taken off you will have to cut off the assembly post to compensate for the steel thickness you add and if it is in an angle be sure to allow for it so the roller will be located at the same place..install a ratcheting bow strap from trailer to bow eye when towing so the boat won't jump up and down stressing this point that is probably what happened the bow will jump alot if the boat wasn't loaded all the way forward.
good luck
where are you located?

[Danny]

[font size="1" color="#FF0000"]LAST EDITED ON Jun-10-06 AT 01:46AM (EST)[/font][p]I'm in Muhlenberg County.

The way the trailer is made, there are two rails that run the length of the trailer and come to intersect with the tongue. In fact the swing away tongue would be infront of this intersection. Great idea though. I wish I could draw a picture, but am unable to do so with words.

I am very sad about this. I was hoping to hear back from Kerry today. I thought that maybe the trailer company would have returned his calls.

I was hoping to have my boat ready for next week's BASS Elite tournament on KY Lake.

I am now guessing I will have to be satisfied to just attend the weigh in.

Danny