hunter trailer
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Kens Welding made the H 23 trailers but he is deceased and company closed. I am not sure but if Ron Frisosky (deceased) did design a trailer for the Hunter 23, go to Road King and see if there are specs for that boat on file. Going to power boat dealer they know squat about sailboat trailers. For good advice, call Phyllis with Road King in Asheville, NC who will look it up. Ron Frisosky designed the sailboat trailers at one time for Performance and late Road King and I learned a lot from him.
What ever you do, keep the boat low as possible on the trailer or what I am getting at a drop axle style.
What ever you do, keep the boat low as possible on the trailer or what I am getting at a drop axle style.
Another thing, the original trailer for the 23 is not that great anyway - the boat rarely loaded right and you had to brake-check it forward once you came out of the water.
If you managed to winch the nose up tight to the bow roller in the water, the cable would get incredibly tight and flex the trailer / try to pull the bow eye through the boat when it settled onto the bunks.
The extending tongue is a BEAR to move
The boat sat too high, and is incredibly marginal for 2 tires at highway speeds. Not nearly enough tongue weight
I flipped the axle to be undersprung and added a second axle, which helped a lot. I put quite a few miles at 70+ on mine, it lived a rough life (and is hopefully enjoying its next one!) It's certainly not a bad trailer, but somebody could probably look at these pictures and whip one together that is as good or better
If you managed to winch the nose up tight to the bow roller in the water, the cable would get incredibly tight and flex the trailer / try to pull the bow eye through the boat when it settled onto the bunks.
The extending tongue is a BEAR to move
The boat sat too high, and is incredibly marginal for 2 tires at highway speeds. Not nearly enough tongue weight
I flipped the axle to be undersprung and added a second axle, which helped a lot. I put quite a few miles at 70+ on mine, it lived a rough life (and is hopefully enjoying its next one!) It's certainly not a bad trailer, but somebody could probably look at these pictures and whip one together that is as good or better
Brian;
I am not sure when you were trying to extend the tonge of the trailer. The extension rest within a receiver. I use to tell my customers to take the trailer tongue jack and jack up the trailer if still attached to the tow vehicle until there was no pressure of the extension being exerted. Basically look at the extension to make sure there was equal space in the receiver on both top and bottom for it to slide out. Also carry a chock to block the wheel with. Otherwise it was difficult to pull out due to the weight of the trailer and boat on the extension inside the receiver.
In addition, some added drop axles to lower the trailer by 4 inches which made some difference. That issue of launching a fixed keel will always exist. In addition, some plastic pieces on the bunk boards for lack of name always helped but the boat has to be really secure in transit.
Anyway, Road King trailers and Phyllis in the Ashville, NC office should be able to tell the original poster if they have a design specifically for the Hunter 23 wing keel. I would go with a tandem axle to get the lower wheel configuration.
I am not sure when you were trying to extend the tonge of the trailer. The extension rest within a receiver. I use to tell my customers to take the trailer tongue jack and jack up the trailer if still attached to the tow vehicle until there was no pressure of the extension being exerted. Basically look at the extension to make sure there was equal space in the receiver on both top and bottom for it to slide out. Also carry a chock to block the wheel with. Otherwise it was difficult to pull out due to the weight of the trailer and boat on the extension inside the receiver.
In addition, some added drop axles to lower the trailer by 4 inches which made some difference. That issue of launching a fixed keel will always exist. In addition, some plastic pieces on the bunk boards for lack of name always helped but the boat has to be really secure in transit.
Anyway, Road King trailers and Phyllis in the Ashville, NC office should be able to tell the original poster if they have a design specifically for the Hunter 23 wing keel. I would go with a tandem axle to get the lower wheel configuration.
The second axle was a good mod for handling and capacity, I'm sure. For anyone else considering it, if there was a problem with not enough tongue weight in the original design, the addition of second axle forward of the first would exacerbate it.