Wheelhouse Experts HELP

[Iambjm]

I have a 6.5 x 12 Yetti I finished by myself. I am having one terrible time with the front cable. I have broken it 3 times, had the crimp fail on me twice, I even tried the pictured fastener but no matter how tight I got it, it didn't hold/ I am using 3/16th wire cable and even switched to 1/4". I am at my ropes end, no pun intended.

[Esox_Magnum]

Are you putting the one pictured on right? cable over the saddle, u bolt over the tag end...As the saying goes never saddle a dead horse, meaning it will slip if the tag end is in the saddle....You may need 2 if you have the room....

[Lip_Ripper Guy]

When you crank it up, are you doing it in the proper order? Wheels first?

[mmartin]

make sure the clamp isn't hitting the hole in the tongue before it is all the way up. I had the same problem with my yetti and just made sure the clamp wasn't hitting before. Haven't had a problem since.

[R_B]

I use the fastener in your pic. Works fine for me.

[Iambjm]

Cranked it up in the proper order, back wheels first, front last. I try the clip again and see if it works

[Bulldoggr]

yep, as it was said never saddle a dead horse. also use at least 2 clamps.

[stealth3350]

Wait a minute. When raising the wheels come up first?. I have allways done the tounge first when lowering and tounge first when cranking it up. Have

i been doing this Bass ackwards for 3 years now? I have

never had any Problems

[Hoey]

I am guessing there is some other problem such as the pivot mechanism being seized up.

[Sea Hage]

I think you have been lucky !, Why put all the weight of the whole house on the tongue jack, much better to do wheels down then tongue up

[stealth3350]

SORRY WASNT TRYING TO HIJACK THE THREAD.. SO WHEN LIFTING OF ICE.. WHEELS FIRST. THEN TOUNGE.. BUT WHEN LOWERING IT ITS TOUNGE DOWN FIRST THEN WHEEL RIGHT

[Sea Hage]

Yup

[minnbowhunter]

My house has a ton of tongue weight, I always move all of my heavy gear to the rear of the house to help offset the weight. My house is 16 ft long and with a 230lb guy standing at the rear of the house with the wheels down, 2 guys still can't lift the tongue by hand.

[Feldy]

Yes try to keep weight of house on axle not the tongue. You need to crank up house in rear first then raise tongue. Or you will bend your tongue. Opposite when lowering. Lower tongue then lower rear.

[boxcar46]

I had the same problem with my dads. Always tried lifting the tongue first. BANG their goes cable. Haven't had a problem since lifting the wheels then tongue.