I bought a 86 Regal 185 with a shoreline trailer. I've gone through and read the last 30 pages or so of posts to get a idea of what to do. I know in my mind that everything is covered but as my wife likes to remind me "Your not Mr. perfect shouldn't you have someone else look at it too"
Step one, set up safety chain for bow stop
Step two, remove POS big box winch and get a real one with all the teeth on it
Step three, Modify keel rollers to support the weight of the boat. I will need to cut off the aft roller and raise it to contact the keel edge. The middle and forward roller are adjustable so no issues. I know some people would say to bring the other keel rollers down to match the aft, but I cant even lower the stern drive all the way down unless I use my floor jack on the coupler to bring the tongue down. I'll be damned if I have to use loading ramps every time I come home to bring the stern drive down (joking). Unless there is a different way to approach this?
Step four, Replace bunk boards and carpet. Does it matter that the bunk boards don't match the contours of the boat just perfect? I have a funny feeling I'm going to get a lot of stuff for this question. That's okay I have more Ars than you have teeth chew away
I have read that if a boat is a few inches off the trailer no biggie, just to check that theory though, is six inches too much? I don't think so, second thought I'll follow my wife's advice, What do you guys think?
The rest I have already done LED trailer lights, replaced trailer coupler, new bearing and hub seals (rubber boots you smack on after your done, Sorry forgot the name of them), new tires, keeping my rusty crusty rims though.
That's about all, thanks for taking the time to read all of this.
Step one, set up safety chain for bow stop
Step two, remove POS big box winch and get a real one with all the teeth on it
Step three, Modify keel rollers to support the weight of the boat. I will need to cut off the aft roller and raise it to contact the keel edge. The middle and forward roller are adjustable so no issues. I know some people would say to bring the other keel rollers down to match the aft, but I cant even lower the stern drive all the way down unless I use my floor jack on the coupler to bring the tongue down. I'll be damned if I have to use loading ramps every time I come home to bring the stern drive down (joking). Unless there is a different way to approach this?
Step four, Replace bunk boards and carpet. Does it matter that the bunk boards don't match the contours of the boat just perfect? I have a funny feeling I'm going to get a lot of stuff for this question. That's okay I have more Ars than you have teeth chew away
I have read that if a boat is a few inches off the trailer no biggie, just to check that theory though, is six inches too much? I don't think so, second thought I'll follow my wife's advice, What do you guys think?
The rest I have already done LED trailer lights, replaced trailer coupler, new bearing and hub seals (rubber boots you smack on after your done, Sorry forgot the name of them), new tires, keeping my rusty crusty rims though.
That's about all, thanks for taking the time to read all of this.