2020-10-17; 21:00:03 EDT
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After my first road trip with the R22, I decided to replace the two tongue jacks (a primary and backup) up front since neither would turn well. I went for a more robust double wheel tongue jack up front and it works well. I moved the old tongue jacks to the rear of the trailer so I can fold those down to form a tripod along with the jack on the front. With some chocks on the wheels, the boat is then a very stable platform on the land and you don't have to worry about the bow tipping up due to excessive weight in the rear if you have someone helping out with projects in the cockpit. I think Roger used jacks that were welded to his trailer and those don't have wheels since they are just for stability. If you ever have to upgrade your tongue jack this is a simple way to reuse the old one and get some additional stability without having to tackle welding. Here's a picture of my boat with the jacks deployed. I should have taken a photo after I cleaned the boat, but instead you get this photo. Jesse Shumaker S/V Zephyr UsingExtraTongueJacksAtRearOfTrailer.JPGSee the original archive post