SN200 trailer HELP

[Noelb]

Hello, my trailer has an adjustable (single) axle. I need to find out what's the distance I need to have between the middle of the axle and the boat's nose (say at the tow hook). My Boat is a Ski Nautique 200 OB witha a tower.

Can anyone help me with this?

[AirTool]

I can't say the dimensions. But, I'd say if you'd put the tongue on a scale....you'd want to measure about 400 lbs.

I weighed the truck and trailer and then the trailer with the tongue on a separate part of the scale....and both versions indicated I have somewhere between 400 and 450 lbs on mine (2006 206 w/single axle).

That number scares the heck out of me, but it sure tows nice and i never have to worry about the bow popping up when the trailer is disconnected and someone climbs on the swim platform.

[Rick]

My 2000 Ski weighs 325 at the tongue, but it's a dual axle. I have heard 300-500 lbs is proper. I think you could do this at home or at the lake with a household scale as they measure up to 350. Measure, float the boat , move the axle, reload the boat, try again. Good luck.

[Noelb]

I can't move the axle with the boat on the trailer, that's why I was hoping to get measurement from boat nose to axle.

[AirTool]

I can't move the axle with the boat on the trailer, that's why I was hoping to get measurement from boat nose to axle.

You could weigh the tongue and then calculate a new distance with just a simple moment calculation.

You could use two similar bath scales to split the tongue weight in half.

Single axle tongue weight is generally 10% of the weight not to exceed 350/500/1000 depending on the limit of the hitch and coupler.