Looking for boat trailer repair service

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Originally Posted by DBreskin

I'd like to shorten the tongue of my boat trailer by about 2 feet so it will fit in my garage. The tongue is a hot-dip galvanized steel 4"x5" box section. Does anyone have a recommendation for someone who can perform this work, including treatment of the cut surfaces where bare steel will be exposed?

While trailers appear pretty straightforward, their performance on the road can be negatively affected by altering their center of gravity.

If it were mine, I'd keep the original length, but weld on a heavy sleeve and two hitch pins. Yeah, it's likely to eventually rattle, but the pins would allow the tongue's removal to fit in the garage.



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