trailer set-up

[gspig]

I have an unidentifyable trailer. It has 6 sets of keel rollers along with 4 bunks. The roller set consists of a grooved roller with a flat roller on each side. What I want to do is replace all the roller sets with one grooved roller and put side guide bunks on. Does the majority of the boat's weight rest on the rollers or the bunks?

 

[JB]

Re: trailer set-up

Depends on the boat, gspig.<br /><br />Boats with very strong keels and relatively flexible bottoms, like most of the classic Boston Whalers, should rest on keel rollers and use the bunks to stabilize.<br /><br />Other hull types that carry most of their strength spread across the bottom, like many bassrockets, rest mainly on the bunks and use the rollers for centering.<br /><br />What boat are you gonna carry and how is the hull constructed?

 

[gspig]

Re: trailer set-up

The boat is a 21' Winner cuddy cabin. NADA still lists it and says it weighs 2400 lbs. Fiberglass hull with no wood stringers, I have found out and replacing a wood reinforced transom. The boat came on this trailer, and I find loading the boat difficult, it drifts over the bunks. I think that adding side guide bunks will eliminate the loading problem and since it will center much better, I can get rid of the extra rollers.

 

[JB]

Re: trailer set-up

I would rest that Winner on the keel rollers, gspig. Bunks for stabilizing.<br /><br />Side guiding rollers or bunks are a great help in centering the boat for loading.<br /><br />Good luck.

 

[gspig]

Re: trailer set-up

Thanks for the opinion, I will have more information if I can get the beastie off the trailer. Can't do anything with it at the moment as I only have half the transom glued in.