After wire brushing off the rust, coat the tongue bar with axle grease where it comes in contact with trailer framing.

Regards,

Rick Lange

On Wed, Feb 9, 2022 at 9:52 PM George Morgan <gmorgan.flier at gmail.com>
wrote:

> Graham,
>
> To extend the tongue I attach one end of the come-along to the open rear
> end of the tongue and the other to some part of the trailer toward the
> front. My tongue is cut off and doesn’t extend all the way back to the
> holder on the trailer frame, so attaching the come-along is not a problem.
>
> To retract the tongue I attach the come-along to my chain near the car and
> the other end to some part of the trailer.
>
> I was surprised how easily the boat and trailer rolled back and forth with
> this method and how easy it was to line up the holes.
>
> Hope that description made sense?
>