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Originally posted by gpbst3:
Did we have our first successful stump the forum winner? I know it been a whopping 6 hours, anyone else willing to call it

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Originally posted by bendable:
Tongue piercing is all the rage these days,
It's decoration.

Looks like a goth trailer, so yeah , decoration.

It probably has chains dangling on it ,elsewhere.

Bendable for the win!

If it's not for a hinged tongue, it's probably to remove when backing up a hill. Mine has a thing like that and when I remove it, the trailer brakes won't activate - useful at times.

Trailer looks to have 4 wires, so electric brakes should be out of the equation.

I think it's just an extension that can be removed to close the garage door. Instead of hinging it so it can fold back, they just used a larger tube and made it removable.

Tie down point for a boat cover?

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Originally posted by Excam_Man:
Trailer looks to have 4 wires, so electric brakes should be out of the equation.

The pin is required on surge brakes, not electric, and it looks like it may have been removed on the tongue in the OP photo.

Here's a new one.
https://forum.gon.com/threads/...with-trailer.910412/

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Originally posted by SBrooks:
If it's not for a hinged tongue, it's probably to remove when backing up a hill. Mine has a thing like that and when I remove it, the trailer brakes won't activate - useful at times.

Surge brakes lock-out pin, old style. It keeps the actuator from engaging with the ball hitch.

I think it may be a mounting hole for a power winch. Someone saw that hole and decided to drop a pin it it. It is a good spot to store the pin for the drawbar in a receiver hitch. BTW, I made the mistake of leaving my drawbar in the hitch for too many years once and it cost me about 4 hours of beating on that drawbar with a 4 lbs. Engineers Hammer.

It's as simple as,
A place to put your winch hook when the boat is not on the trailer.


So it ain't flailing around as you drive down the road.

Pull the hook down and see if it hooks right in there .

( What do I win ?)

Joe123 was correct. I've never seen one of this design.





Kinda a complex set up. I need to clean it up The grease is old n hard.

This sits on it. Looking forward to warm wx now!



I just need a 5 hp kicker and I'm set.

It's so you can turn tight corners.

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Originally posted by sigmonkey:
It's so you can turn tight corners.

Monkey in for the win..again!

Interesting. That looks like an incredibly small hinge point that, along with the pin, is carrying the load. I guess that's only about a 2,500-3,000# rig though, so probably not a huge issue?

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Originally posted by Georgeair:
Interesting. That looks like an incredibly small hinge point that, along with the pin, is carrying the load. I guess that's only about a 2,500-3,000# rig though, so probably not a huge issue?

I agree.....never seen a hinged trailer tongue quite like that.

No trailer brakes, so the trailer and boat are under 3K. The boat is under 1500 lbs.

Nice rig there Colorado! My much smaller Alumacraft is 39 years old and still tight and dry as a bone. Happy fishing.

It’s as big as the pin holding the hitch in the receiver.

Well that explains why there’s no visible pivot point. Looking back at the first picture, I can now barely make out the split. That area looked like one piece the first time around.

Nice boat.

Thanks for the updated pics... nice to see the workings.