Re: [OMC-Boats] Sportsman trailer

Yep, what you described is what I need. Never thought a U-Haul trailer
would be using that type of coupler, I never have rented a trailer from
them. I took a look and the on on eBay seems to be the right one. I
will do some more checking, but it appears that the Fulton (U-Haul) kit
will work just fine.

I had looked high on low online for the right parts and kept coming up
with the lever style couplers. My local boat dealer does not have a lot
of inventory, just standard items. Now that I know that Fulton makes
the kit (and I have a part number), I see that they are readily available.

Thanks,

Carl

Ethan Brodsky wrote:
> On Mon, 15 Jun 2009, Carl wrote:
>
>> On the subject of Evinrude trailers, does anyone have a source for the
>> coupler knob and the internals (bolt and ball clamp). I have a 1970
>> Evinrude Explorer and Evinrude trailer that I purchased last year and I
>> had to borrow the coupler parts from another trailer to get it home. Do
>> they even make couplers with a knob anymore?
>>
>
> Are you talking about the assembly that locks the coupler onto the tow
> vehicle's trailer hitch? My trailer came with a large square "hand-nut"
> that goes onto a bolt that attachs to a wedge that pinches the ball - I
> assume it's original. I wanted to replace it with a modern "cam" coupler
> that could be locked, but the dimensions on my tongue didn't match up with
> the bolt-on couplers I could find locally, and I didn't feel like cutting
> and welding.
>
> Fortunately, I found the pieces to repair the original coupler (new nut,
> bolt, wedge, and pin) at a local boating store. They can't be that
> uncommon - it was the first place I'd looked after realizing I needed to
> repair the coupler. Unfortunately I don't know what they're called, so
> they'll be tough to search for - I can look back if you want and see if I
> have a part number, but I'm guessing no. I was going to suggest taking it
> into a decent trailer shop to ask, and started writing that a decent
> trailer shop meant somewhere other than U-Haul, when I remembered that
> U-Haul uses that same coupler on some of their trailers. Here one is:
> http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/U-Haul-%2F-Fulton-Trailer-Coupler-Repair-Kit---2%22_W0QQitemZ370204439859QQcmdZViewItemQQimsxZ20090521?IMSfp=TL090521183005r20081
>
> No guarantee that's the right part, but it looks like it.
>
> Ethan
>
>
Received on Tuesday, 16 June 2009