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Location: Eau Claire, WI | Bob,
One other thought here; talk to Steve Worrall and Steve Bendall (one of Fiberdomes owners) It is quite possible that they could get a single axle trailer made for you that would have an axle weight rating sufficient to support the 1890. Get it with a swing-tongue and your in business.
Previously to my current boat I ran a Ranger 690. 19' boat with a 175 EFI, 9.9 kicker 43 gallon fuel tank, etc. A big water boat by most musky fishers standards. It was on a single axle trailer, Ranger offered it both ways. I bought the rig used so I got what I got.
I never had an issue with that single axle trailer, tongue weight was fine, tracking was fine. The only thing I noticed is that the tires wore just slightly more on the outter edge of the tread. But the original tires went well over 40k miles and were in fair shape when I changed them. I was able to move that boat around just fine in the shop by hand.
Do some checking with Tuffy, nice thing about dealing with a smaller company is you just might be able to get the boat you want on a trailer that will work for you. The place that makes their trailers for them I'm sure could figure out the axle placement, it's not that hard to do. They already have single axle fenders for their other models. Trust me, this would be quite an easy fix to your situation.
Just keep working on it, you'll be much happier with the 1890 you want instead of compramising on the 1760 simply because of the trailer. 1760 is a nice boat but is quite small compared to the 1890.
Edited by Mark H. 11/27/2006 12:38 PM
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