On my trailer, I have 2 short bunks on the rear of the trailer along with 3 keel rollers. The keel rollers on there now are maybe 3-4" wide. I want to add 2 self centering keel rollers as I have had a devil of a time getting my boat back on the trailer properly. I plan on removing the rear roller and putting 1 of the self centering rollers in its place. The brackets for the self centering rollers are 12" wide and have already found out that none of the existing bolts are going to line up. In order to mount it, I would also have to remove 2 other bolts that are going to be in the way. Instead of drilling new holes, I want to use u-bolts.
My question is, does it matter which side of the frame I mount the bracket to? If I go to the inside (towards the front of trailer) I dont have to mess with those bolts that would be in the way. I also plan on mounting my second centering roller on the next crossmember and that too has bolts in the way so I want to use u-bolts to also mount that bracket to the front part of the crossmember. My gut says that it shouldn't matter which side of the frame rail they are mounted too, only that they are properly adjusted in height to the keel.
My question is, does it matter which side of the frame I mount the bracket to? If I go to the inside (towards the front of trailer) I dont have to mess with those bolts that would be in the way. I also plan on mounting my second centering roller on the next crossmember and that too has bolts in the way so I want to use u-bolts to also mount that bracket to the front part of the crossmember. My gut says that it shouldn't matter which side of the frame rail they are mounted too, only that they are properly adjusted in height to the keel.
