Re: good ideas?
Dont suppose the trailer is the tilt type? If so your job just got a lot easier. Do as JT described but undo the tilt lock. The trailer will tilt up as the boat comes off and basically adjusting its self. I do it that way and support the boat onto old tires. You will need to service your winch and rollers, make sure you replace that dodgy old cable (?) with a new one cause if its gunna break it will break while youre winching it back on. Simply do what you did to get it off but in reverse using the winch, have somebody sitting in the car and make sure your on level round, you may find at the start that the trailer and the car actually move back under the boat rather than the boat get dragged onto the trailer. Somebody in the car can be ready with the brake if need be but leave it off so the car and trailer can move as your winching it back on. Join a gym and work on those biceps, your gunna need em! If the trailer is not the tilt type than you need to try and keep the boat close to the same height as it is when its on the trailer. Mate of mine does it with his 4x4 which has an electric recovery winch and a trailer hitch on the front, makes it real easy. Good luck.