NorthStar 120RF Manual

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NORTHSTAR MANUAL2913. TRAILERINGChoose the proper trailer for your boat. More damage can be done to aboat by the stresses of road travel than by normal operation. A boat hull isdesigned to be supported evenly by water. When transported on a trailer,your boat should be supported structurally as evenly across the hull aspossible. This will allow for even distribution of the weight of the hull,engine and equipment. It should be long enough to support the wholelength of the hull but short enough to allow the lower unit of the boatsengine to extend freely.• Rollers and bolsters must be kept in good condition to preventscratching and gouging of the hull.• Tie-downs and lower unit supports must be adjusted properly toprevent the boat from bouncing on the trailer. The bow eye on theboat should be secured with rope, chain or turnbuckle in additionto the winch cable. Additional straps may be required across thebeam of the boat.The capacity of the trailer should be greater than the combined weight ofthe boat, motor, and equipment. The tow vehicle must be capable ofhandling the weight of the trailer, boat, equipment, as well as the weight ofthe passengers and equipment, which will be carried inside. This mayrequire that the tow vehicle may need to be specially equipped with a(n):• Engine of adequate power.• Transmission designed for towing.• Larger cooling systems for the engine and transmission.• Heavy duty brakes.• Load bearing hitch attached to the frame, not the bumper. (Checkyour vehicle owner's manual for specific information.)Use a trailer suitable for the craft and its mass.Check Before You Go Out On the Highway• The tow ball and coupler are the same size and bolts with washersare tightly secured. (The vibration of road travel can loosen them.)• The coupler is completely over the ball and the latchingmechanism is locked.• The trailer is loaded evenly from front to rear as well as side toside.Too much weight on the hitch will cause the rear wheels of the tow vehicleto drag and may make steering more difficult