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R6outboard wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 10:43 am heater with pull out vents

Big Block Power wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 1:39 pm I would get the folding tongue no matter What. Sounds like a nice order. Can't wait to see what she will all look like together. Where are you going to be boating?
Windlass?

dustinm wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 1:51 pm Folding tongue for sure, if it will even be an option on your trailer. I would "think" you would need a minimum of a 10' door and 12' would be highly recommended. With a rotating shade is a folding tower an option?

R6outboard wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 8:12 pm

Big Block Power wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 1:39 pm I would get the folding tongue no matter What. Sounds like a nice order. Can't wait to see what she will all look like together. Where are you going to be boating?
Windlass?

Copy that on the tongue. See someone else suggest it also. Done!

Will be on a lake 90% of the time. We have mostly mud/clay bottoms. Very few clean rocky bottom lakes in my area of NC. And about 10% at the beach. Would be a docked type set up. Inner coastal, etc.

Thought about the windlass however the muddy bottom thing. Please note I dont have any experience with one. Would hate to have a muddy anchor on the front of the boat. Im sure I could clean it off but can see it being a hassle getting it clean enough to have the anchor out front on the boat. Figuring with a normal anchor I could store it in a bag or trash bag somewhat dirty. ??

R6outboard wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 8:19 pm

dustinm wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 1:51 pm Folding tongue for sure, if it will even be an option on your trailer. I would "think" you would need a minimum of a 10' door and 12' would be highly recommended. With a rotating shade is a folding tower an option?

You made me double check! Got a bit nervous. The sport tower as they are calling it doesn't fold. However the rotating arch does. That is the one I went with. Got it over the standard arch because all the videos I watched of the standard R6 (non outboard) had the rotating arch. Seems to have more bimini coverage and looks a bit better in my opinion. Plus the only way to get the sail shade out back. I wanted as much shade as possible when needed.

dustinm wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 8:59 pm

R6outboard wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 8:19 pm

dustinm wrote: Fri Nov 27, 2020 1:51 pm Folding tongue for sure, if it will even be an option on your trailer. I would "think" you would need a minimum of a 10' door and 12' would be highly recommended. With a rotating shade is a folding tower an option?

You made me double check! Got a bit nervous. The sport tower as they are calling it doesn't fold. However the rotating arch does. That is the one I went with. Got it over the standard arch because all the videos I watched of the standard R6 (non outboard) had the rotating arch. Seems to have more bimini coverage and looks a bit better in my opinion. Plus the only way to get the sail shade out back. I wanted as much shade as possible when needed.

I think you will need a 12' door with a non-folding tower. We tried getting measurements for our smaller boat on order and couldnt find any, ended up cancelling folding tower as I dont think it will fit in an 8' door.

Snowman8 wrote: Sat Nov 28, 2020 9:44 am Nice boat, you will definitely enjoy it. Without a folding tower you will need a 12’ door. I have a 10’ door in my building and I can’t get my R5 in with the bimini up. I am at least 6” too tall but I have a larger than average trailer. Even on my old trailer it wouldn’t fit in by a couple inches. My R5 even with the bimini off will not fit into an 8’ door. The windshield glass is too tall, even on my old EZ Loader trailer. My new trailer is a custom built Loadmaster trailer. I highly recommend them!!!

I am of the other opinion with the folding trailer tongue... if you have the room I vote not to get it. Some trailer manufacturers won’t even put the feature on larger trailers. I had a bad experience with my old one quite a few years ago. We spent the day on the water, and on the way home we stopped for supper, while in the restaurant someone decided they needed the keeper pin more than I did. We came out after supper and I checked the hitch before we left and the pin was gone. I am obsessed with checking my hitch because I pull trailers most every day at work. I know I checked it at the boat ramp and everything was okay. So there I was on a Sunday evening trying to figure out how to get the trailer safely home. Luckily I had my work truck so I had some miscellaneous nuts & bolts in my tool boxes and was able to put bolts in place of the long pin. Needless to say my trailer tongue was bolted solid after that experience. The likelihood of that happening again is rare but I have a 60’ long shed so I will never purposely own a folding tongue again.

okielaker wrote: Sat Nov 28, 2020 1:37 pm

Snowman8 wrote: Sat Nov 28, 2020 9:44 am Nice boat, you will definitely enjoy it. Without a folding tower you will need a 12’ door. I have a 10’ door in my building and I can’t get my R5 in with the bimini up. I am at least 6” too tall but I have a larger than average trailer. Even on my old trailer it wouldn’t fit in by a couple inches. My R5 even with the bimini off will not fit into an 8’ door. The windshield glass is too tall, even on my old EZ Loader trailer. My new trailer is a custom built Loadmaster trailer. I highly recommend them!!!

I am of the other opinion with the folding trailer tongue... if you have the room I vote not to get it. Some trailer manufacturers won’t even put the feature on larger trailers. I had a bad experience with my old one quite a few years ago. We spent the day on the water, and on the way home we stopped for supper, while in the restaurant someone decided they needed the keeper pin more than I did. We came out after supper and I checked the hitch before we left and the pin was gone. I am obsessed with checking my hitch because I pull trailers most every day at work. I know I checked it at the boat ramp and everything was okay. So there I was on a Sunday evening trying to figure out how to get the trailer safely home. Luckily I had my work truck so I had some miscellaneous nuts & bolts in my tool boxes and was able to put bolts in place of the long pin. Needless to say my trailer tongue was bolted solid after that experience. The likelihood of that happening again is rare but I have a 60’ long shed so I will never purposely own a folding tongue again.

I put one of those steel cables with combination lock (like on the spare tire) through the
handles of the pins (two pins) and around the trailer frame on my trailer. There is enough
slack to pull/place them without unlocking the cable.

Someone could still get them off with bolt cutters, but they would have to come prepared...
I rent my dry storage, and the trailer with boat would not fit, if it weren't for the folding tongue.
I'm a fan of folding tongues.

Haven't lost the winch crank handle, yet. Anyone know a way to secure those?