Boat trailer

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A boat trailer is a Trailer (vehicle) designed to launch, retrieve, carry and sometimes store Boats.

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[edit] Commercial Boat Trailers

Commercial hydraulic boat trailers are for marinas, boatyards, boat haulers, boat dealers and boat builders.[1] Generally this type of trailer is not used for storage of the boat.

[edit] Hydraulic

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[edit] Non-Hydraulic

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[edit] Self-Propelled

Self-proppled boat movers are not trailers in the strictest sense of the word. They are Hydraulically operated boat movers, with their own Prime mover (tractor unit). They share all of the features of hydraulic boat trailers.

[edit] Non-Comercial Boat Trailers

This type of trailer is usually used by the boat owner/operator. The trailer is also used for storage.

[edit] Roll on

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[edit] Glide Path

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[edit] Coupling Types

Ways of connecting tow vehicle to the trailer.

[edit] Ball Hitch

The trailer tongue [US] or coupling [non US] slips over a tow-ball. Tow-balls come in various sizes depending on the load they carry and the country of operation. See Tow hitch

[edit] Pintle Hitch

A Lunette ring is a type of trailer hitch that works in combination with a pintle hook on the tow vehicle. A pintle hook and lunette ring makes a more secure coupling, desirable on rough terrain, compared to ball-type Tow hitchs. A Lunette ring is also refered to as a pintle ring.

[edit] Swan-neck

Swan-neck tow-balls are often removable to avoid the inconvenience of a tow-ball protruding from the bed of the vehicle when not required. Also known as Goose neck, or Horse Neck.

[edit] Fifth Wheel

The coupling consists of a coupling pin (or king pin) on the front of the semi-trailer and a horseshoe-shaped coupling device called a Fifth wheel on the rear of the towing vehicle.

[edit] Notes

  1. ^ HOSTAR Marine Transport Systems, Inc. - Press Release

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