a weird request....

[jnbdavies]

for those of you with 99 and possible 2000 bugs please help. i have a 99 185 and it has a removable tongue...i got the boat used years ago and have never had the tongue out, but now i need to move it to the garage instead of my past storage so i need to remove it...but hear lies the situation... the way it is set up if i pull the tongue out, the winch and bow stop all comes with it....leaving the front of the boat hanging there.. i would have to release the winch and pull it out...to me this just seems weird, could anyone please take a pic of theirs, mabey the prior owner moved the winch and bow stop post back for some reason.....
please ive looked at every boat on here and every google image search for 99 skeeters for a trailer similar to mine and even dougs site of all the history and i cant find one....
any help would do...if it wasnt 1 am and me just now realizing ive been looking for this for hours id take a pic of mine....and post it...will tomm... have to be up in 4 hours..
again thanks...

[ChrisH]

it will be fine. the boat is resting on the bunks anyways. just unhook bow eye from the boat and take the tongue off.

[Ranger391v]

Mines a '05 ..... but look at the 4th post down in this thread http://www.bbcboards.net...rides ..... does your trailer look like mine?

If so, then yes ....... take tension off the winch, pull pin and swing tongue out of way.

The pin can be a little tricky. I've found it best to pull up ever so slightly on my trailer tongue to put the pin in or pull it out. It's a tight fit and it wants to bind a little.

Like Chris said, your boats resting on the trailer bunks, it's not going anywhere ...... heck, my bow even bounces a little while on the trailer.

[jnbdavies]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by Ranger391v &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">Mines a '05 ..... but look at the 4th post down in this thread http://www.bbcboards.net...rides ..... does your trailer look like mine?

If so, then yes ....... take tension off the winch, pull pin and swing tongue out of way.

The pin can be a little tricky. I've found it best to pull up ever so slightly on my trailer tongue to put the pin in or pull it out. It's a tight fit and it wants to bind a little.

Like Chris said, your boats resting on the trailer bunks, it's not going anywhere ...... heck, my bow even bounces a little while on the trailer. </TD></TR></TABLE>

nope nothing like yours.. wish i had a swing tongue tho.. its detachable hitch, winch, bow stop post.. pretty much everything on the front of the trailer..ill post a pic tonight when i get home from work..now im curious to who even has a trailer like mine...
thanks..

[NWJeeper]

Mine is a '98 and the same as yours. Not a problem, as earlier posted the boat is resting on the bunks so it's a non issue. It's just the way it is designed. Take the tension off the winch, pull the lock/pin and slide the tongue off.

I however have a different problem than most in that my spare tire was mounted on a bracket on the side of the frame and when I get to a ramp with a sharp enough brake to it I scrape the spare on the ground. I have only seen one other this way, most of them are mounted in between the frame rails under the bow of the boat. That's my next project is welding up a new mount.

[Shadillac1]

When you put it back together and go to put the pin back in. Make extra sure that the trailer wires are not in the way of the pin. Voice of experience speaking here. I pushed the pin in one day and cut one of my wires. Needless to say I spent a few minutes having to solder and splice new wire. Not fun.

[jnbdavies]

<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by NWJeeper &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">

I however have a different problem than most in that my spare tire was mounted on a bracket on the side of the frame and when I get to a ramp with a sharp enough brake to it I scrape the spare on the ground. I have only seen one other this way, most of them are mounted in between the frame rails under the bow of the boat. That's my next project is welding up a new mount.</TD></TR></TABLE>

yep i had a side spare mount, took it off and the spare is in the bed of the truck now....