Bow stop vs bow roller

[JimS123]

The ramp was at a steep angle so, yes the whole boat was floating, otherwise the bow was a foot below the bow stop.

Yesiree, intodeep. That's the proverbial problem 90% of the time. It's not hard to figure out.

The angle of the dangle is of lesser importance. Its the depth of the water at the tires that counts. Novices are often afraid or don't want their wench to get the job done. That's what she's for. I've had V-stops and bow rollers on big boats and little boats. They both do the job and I personally don't see the difference. I use whatever the manufacturer provided.

 

[freerider8]

You load too deep. V stops dont flip. The stem touches them and then you're done. The problem is that your transom is floating.

Well mine would flip as soon as the boat came off of it so either way I wanted to replace it. The roller type is much better.

 

[alldodge]

Its simple, G Dad always said it right

 

[Drcoffee]

For me its a little more involved. The bunks on my trailer are very rotten, ready to be replaced (I just bought the boat) and dragging 3,000 pounds up rotted boards would not have ended well. Im going to replace the center 2 boards on the next outing.

 

[JimS123]

A little cornfusing here. Now I see we are responding to 2 threads, someone must have hijacked the other.

Rollers are meant to roll. As such, they have a sleeve busing and they are intended to be installed loose enough to do as intended. OTOH, bow stop rollers are intended to be fixed.

If the boat rides up on the bow roller (or V-stop), then if replacing it with a roller the roller must be dynamic. Even poly will mark a stem if the boat scrapes against it.

If the trailer bunks have outlived their useful life, and thus are crap, that's a whole different story and everyone knows that they should be replaced before asking a question.

 

[Drcoffee]

If the trailer bunks have outlived their useful life, and thus are crap, that's a whole different story and everyone knows that they should be replaced before asking a question.

…not to be difficult here, but I dont recall asking a question. I was just participating in the conversation and responded to why I did not Muscle my boat onto the trailer.

but I do like your idea of using a vertical tie-down at the bow. Smart thinking. Im going to steal your idea.

 

[JimS123]

Well I hate to be difficult as well, but I usually am. I just am quite bothered when common items are omitted because we just don't care or just don't know. When I first got into boating eons ago and didn't know crap I went to the library and read a book. Awesome technology. It was a "Trailer Boaters Guide Book".

Not my idea. I just assumed that everybody knew. I guess I was wrong. I guess nobody reads anymore except for Farcebook.

BTW, the "Bow Tie Down", as it's called, was an OEM part that was added by the trailer manufacturer. His idea. In 53 years of boat ownership I never trailed a boat without one.

I have nothing to add to this thread....