Hi all
I have a 15-16ft flat bottom boat and the back end of the trailer is rusted out so i am going to rebuild the back 2/3rds. The boat often launches in extreamerly shallow water and it almost kills me to shove it backwards off the trailer and into the water. (there is oftern a foot drop between the back roller and the water.) On normal boat ramps with water and an incline this is not too bad but on a horizontal ramp into a foot of water it is back breaking. I do wonder if a broke back trailer would be the solution but this is probably past my stick welding abilities. It is still hard to push off on a normal ramp so i think it needs work anyway.
The trailer has 2 rollers and 2 skids.
The boat winch's back onto the rollers and skids perfectly every time.
I am wondering if i just need to raise the rear roller and add a middle roller?
Or perhaps i need to replace the skids with rollers? (it gets back on the trailer so well i want to keep the skids)
Or add a middle roller and 2 sets of outside rollers.
Any idea's or suggestions would be appreciated.
I'll add photo's in the next post.
Thanks.
I have a 15-16ft flat bottom boat and the back end of the trailer is rusted out so i am going to rebuild the back 2/3rds. The boat often launches in extreamerly shallow water and it almost kills me to shove it backwards off the trailer and into the water. (there is oftern a foot drop between the back roller and the water.) On normal boat ramps with water and an incline this is not too bad but on a horizontal ramp into a foot of water it is back breaking. I do wonder if a broke back trailer would be the solution but this is probably past my stick welding abilities. It is still hard to push off on a normal ramp so i think it needs work anyway.
The trailer has 2 rollers and 2 skids.
The boat winch's back onto the rollers and skids perfectly every time.
I am wondering if i just need to raise the rear roller and add a middle roller?
Or perhaps i need to replace the skids with rollers? (it gets back on the trailer so well i want to keep the skids)
Or add a middle roller and 2 sets of outside rollers.
Any idea's or suggestions would be appreciated.
I'll add photo's in the next post.
Thanks.