mrmamiller
Petty Officer 2nd Class
- Joined
- Mar 7, 2011
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I am starting to address several trailer deficiencies and the first one is the keel rollers. The trailer is a bunk trailer with two keel rollers. The rollers are 12" with 5/8" shaft. The rollers that came with the trailer were deformed because of too much weight on the rollers. I adjusted the bunks so as to take a lot of pressure off the rollers and put on two new rollers, which I thought would be good. The new rollers are poly with a supposed steel insert. One of the rollers bent easily. I understand that the keel rollers for a bunk trailer are merely to keep the keel from contacting the crossmember during launching/loading. That said, I need the roller to take just a "smidge" of pressure off the bunks, which aren't the strongest in the world. To avoid the whole mess of new bunks and what not, I am looking to find a really heavy duty 12" keel roller, one which has a really heavy duty insert. Every manufacturer touts his roller as being heavy duty, not buying it. (FYI, the boat weight is close to 1900# and the trailer is rated 2000#; ....; I know, get a new trailer).
Question: On your experiences, who makes the strongest 12" tapered keel roller? (I'm avoiding black rubber due to marking, it's a white fiberglass boat).
Question: On your experiences, who makes the strongest 12" tapered keel roller? (I'm avoiding black rubber due to marking, it's a white fiberglass boat).