Do you have LSV and swing-away tongue?

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Originally Posted by kaneboats

I know, right? I back up till I'm good and scared then unhitch and push it back by hand. I'll bet everybody has a similar system.

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I back up til I touch the wall then I know it fits.

We have a pretty good system for getting the boat in. I know the angle pretty well and as I back it in Claudia waches and makes sure my blind side doesn't hit anything. Once we are about to hit the wall with the rear corner of the trailer she says stop and straighten it out. That means crank the truck real hard to push the nose in, this straigtens the boat up and once the boat is straight we can unhitch it and push it back to the wall.

Problem with tandem trailer is you realy can't steer it by hand like a single axle. If we don't get the angle right the boat sits to fare to the center and then you can't get in the house threw the garage door lol.

First day we got the boat it was 45 minute ordeal, lots of deep breaths, lots of pulling it out and trying again.

Now we get it the first or second try lol

But it would be worth it even if you had to walk around and use the other door. When I open my door to the garage from the laundry room it hits the guide on the trailer. But, it opens to almost 90 degrees so I don't care (as long as I can carry a cooler through that door).

Yes your right on that Kane, in the summer I dont worry about it so much but in the winter it has to be right or the misses can't get in the house after her car is in the garage. Heaven forbid she get wet cuttng the corner from the garage to the porch lol

Oops. Forgot all about those winters.

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Originally Posted by New Guy

I am thinking about putting a swinging tongue on my boatmate so it fits in the garage better.

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Never thought about adding one but certainly could. Here's an example of what I found:

http://www.amazon.com/Cequent-Swing-.../dp/B000RZSOSS

Let me post another reply to myself so I can use another of my multiple personalities. My brother sent me this article after I mentioned the tongue thing. It's a "how to" with limited applicability as it doesn't address brakes, etc. but still worth a look:

http://www.bwbmag.com/output.cfm?id=1141615

I have done that exact kit that Kaneboats linked to. I would NEVER do it on a Moomba trailer. I added it to my keywest 19' bayboat single axle trailer. It just did not seem to be real secure, the hinge is just not sturdy enough, after using it for about a year I wished I never cut the trailer tounge.

Boatmate trailers has a retrofit kit.

my .02 $

Thanks moombadaze, I saw the kits that fulton has and I was wondering how strong they are. I contacted Boatmate and they can get me a weld on kit for $250 which is pretty reasonable.

I took my Magnum Skier trailer to a welding shop to get it to fit in the garage. They cut a straight line down the trailer at the nose of the boat and welded in a receiver hitch and insert to the two halves of the trailer. I could then pull 2 pins and release the nose of the trailer. This trailer did not have brakes. However, the trailer was very strudy and with the nose removed, it would have been very hard to steal the trailer.