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Location: Greenfield, WI | Other items for your consideration:
-radial tires in lieu of bias tires sometimes provided with the trailer package. My last trailer moved all over the highway behind my truck. Once we put radials on the trailer it doesn't move off line!
-fenders (bumpers) for protecting the boat in tieing up to docks, seawalls, or other boats, each with 5'-6' of yachting line.
-a seperate set of grabers for tieing the fenders seperately from the lines that tie the boat off.
-yachting line of 3/8" diameter or larger for tieing the boat off. I use 4 sets at 20' long with a quality snap at one end of each line. Yauchting line is preferable to nylon because it compresses to hold tight in the grabers, and deals with water quite well. I replace the line every 4 or 5 years, as it starts to get stiff..
-a 100' tow line, which I stow in a heavy duty plastic bag to keep moisture off of it.
-a fire extinguisher
-a wind sock sized appropriate for your boat
-locks for the trailor hitch, trailor tongue, and outboard motor if it is small enough to be carried off.
-request (mandate) that all bolts, lock washers, and nuts used in rigging your boat are stainless steel, so that you aren't fighting rust in the future.
Edited by Steve Van Lieshout 3/30/2005 10:46 AM
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