From: "William B. Riker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> John,
My #184 came from Texas and has a Dilly tilt tongue. Haven't heard of any other boats with that trailer. Maybe a Texas distributor had a connection with Dilly. It seems much more substantial than the standard rig. Bill Riker Bill, I suspect you are right. Wokini was originally registered in Texas with a build date of December '81, The trailer data I had listed it as an '82 model so I'm pretty sure it's the original trailer. How is your trailer equipped? Mine had a bunch of stuff on it that I don't think was original. In addition to the standard carpeted bunk boards, I have a U-shaped trough or guide for the keel that runs the length of the keel. It's made by laying a wide board (2X10 I think) flat under the keel then building the sides up with 2X4's on edge. It has a keel roller at the aft end of this guide and another at the front. The tront one is raised above the level of the keel so that it catches the bow of the boat and acts as a stop block. There are two more rollers mounted at about a 45 degree angle near the bow that hold the bow in place, a pair of short bunks (about 2-feet long) that were mounted forward of the wheels and also appear to be there to keep the boat from slipping from side to side. Finally there were a pair of the guides made from PVC pipe uprights at the very rear. Most of this is in poor condition and I've removed the bow rollers and the PVC uprights. I've moved the short bunks to the rear to help giuide the boat onto the trailer (replacing the PVC uprights) and I'm thinking about removing the fore and aft keel rollers as well. Can't see where they perform any useful purpose. I would like to know what, if any, of this gear is on your trailer. I can't get any useful information from the guy I bought the boat from, He had it less than a year and never put it in the water. Thanks John Roland - M-15 #194 Wokini _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
