That's what keeps it in top shape. It's always been a joy to use, except.. 
... all the other trailers and equipment on the farm have been converted to 2" tongues ... at least the ones we pull with the trucks. When we decide to go fishing we have been having to swap out to the 1-7/8 ball. Not that it's that big a deal, but ... why swap?I finally got around to ordering a 2" tongue for the Yakima trailer for the kayaks and I went out ten days or so ago to install it. Pull a few bolts, put them back and done, right?
Ah... no. 
Seems that the bolt pattern on the 2" coupler was a tad wider than the one on the 1-7/8 so it was going to take some finesse to get 'er done. Rather than have that happen IN the boathouse, where it was about 95 degrees, I decided to wait a few days, and pull the trailer into the woodshop where it was Air Conditioned and all my tools were, and do the job right. Rather than pull the entire trailer in, the yakima design let me pull the tongue and take just that. First step, pull the bolts, the handle, the security cables and all the hardware and lay them on the bench... after cleaning them all up.
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The unexpected downside... ? NO handle for rolling the kayaks around... I'll have to make one, or adapt the old one. We towed the trailer yesterday, and everything worked as advertised. Nice to use the drawbar already on the truck and not have to swap.
