B.E. Anderson
Cadet
- Joined
- Aug 17, 2003
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- 11
Re: What can I greese the trailer's bunks with?
This is really strange... I have the opposite problem. Real long story short, I completely rebuilt a 16' bass boat and the trailer. It is an older bass boat - 1988 Foxcraft. It was heavy in the backend to begin with, and I added to it with an onboard battery charger, jack plate, extra trolling motor battery, etc.. While I had the boat apart, I suspended the hull and compounded / waxed the bottom real good. <br /><br />The trailer has brand new bunks with new carpet stretched as tight and pretty as I could get it.<br /><br />The day for the maiden voyage finally came. I went to the lake and got everything ready to launch. Then, I backed onto the ramp, exited my truck and released the winch. I watched in absolute horror as my rig slid right off the trailer and onto the asphalt! And wouldn't you know it, the area was congested with people everywhere for a bass tourney weigh in. Nobody could believe it. Luckily, these were nice folks so I had plenty of hands to heft the rig back onto the trailer.... One of the guys told me that this (the boat sliding off so easy) was a problem that others would love to have and wanted to know what I lubed my bunks with. I didn't have a clue what he was talking about until I read this thread.<br /><br />Brian
This is really strange... I have the opposite problem. Real long story short, I completely rebuilt a 16' bass boat and the trailer. It is an older bass boat - 1988 Foxcraft. It was heavy in the backend to begin with, and I added to it with an onboard battery charger, jack plate, extra trolling motor battery, etc.. While I had the boat apart, I suspended the hull and compounded / waxed the bottom real good. <br /><br />The trailer has brand new bunks with new carpet stretched as tight and pretty as I could get it.<br /><br />The day for the maiden voyage finally came. I went to the lake and got everything ready to launch. Then, I backed onto the ramp, exited my truck and released the winch. I watched in absolute horror as my rig slid right off the trailer and onto the asphalt! And wouldn't you know it, the area was congested with people everywhere for a bass tourney weigh in. Nobody could believe it. Luckily, these were nice folks so I had plenty of hands to heft the rig back onto the trailer.... One of the guys told me that this (the boat sliding off so easy) was a problem that others would love to have and wanted to know what I lubed my bunks with. I didn't have a clue what he was talking about until I read this thread.<br /><br />Brian
