fishingdan
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Here is a dumb question. I have always had bunk trailers and have never had a problem launching or retrieving. <br /><br />I picked up a used boat over the weekend and it has a very good condition trailer. The trailer is 100% rollers. The boat is about a 3000lb 20' boat. The rollers are well positioned and there are a fair number of them. I'm sure the hull is supported fine.<br /><br />Here comes the dumb question. I normally back the boat down the ramp, disconnect the winch strap and push off the boat. With the roller trailer, I would expect that as I back down the ramp, the boat will start pulling (because of the rollers) against the winch cable and there may not be any slack in the cable that would be required to unhook the connector. What do you folks do? <br /><br />With my bunk trailers, I have often been able to unhook the boat completely at the top of the ramp, back the boat into the water and let the boat simply float off by itself. I am assuming that this is totally out of the question because the boat would roll off the trailer. Correct?