Side Bunk Placement

[Bugzilla46310]

Will be replacing the side bunks as the wood is rotten. Going through the threads, I saw it was stated the bunks should be about 1” from the hull. Mine are about 4”. I could not find anything on the height. I was wanting to move the bunk brackets from the top of the trailer frame to the bottom. Are there any rule of thumb for side bunk location? The current bunks are 2x4. I may go a little larger as I have some rough cut 3x6 pine I can plane down.

 

[youmansjason]

If you lower the side bunks, keep in mind that when your boat is floating in the water it is sitting higher than when it's sitting on the trailer out of the water. Current height looks pretty good. If anything, you might want to consider making the wood bunks longer and/or shifting forward the mounting bracket a few inches.

 

[redneck joe]

I put mine less than an inch and are prob 2" higher and 4" farther forward. Been a game changer for loading in the wind/current. Thinking about adding a small set forward of the wheels.