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Trailer build questions

1.5K views 15 replies 11 participants last post by  Payphone Jones  
#1 ·
Well I'm taking a break from redoing my boat (sorry I'm not a big picture taker so I can't do a build thread for y'all) and I'm fixing to redo the trailer. Just replaced all the lights with LEDs, waiting on some 'cool guy' wheels and tires to show up, and repainted the joker so now it's time for the bunks. The bunks on her now ain't bad at all and really don't need to be replaced but it's kind of a pain launching my boat on the carpet. Trying to decide if I want to do slick boards or if I wanna go with rollers. What are yalls thoughts? The boat is an 1870 flat and the 150 hanging on the back has no problems loading it on the trailer but getting it off is a headache sometimes if the ramp isn't steep
 
#2 ·
Never used rollers or seen them in action but I'm thinking I would stay away from them my opinion there's not enough surface area in contact with the boat and would eventually leave dents. But i may be wrong. I would go with poly on the bunks if it where mine.
 
#4 ·
With rollers, if for some reason your strap brakes or you just forget to hook it in the loop. The boat will just roll off the trailer. Either on the ramp or running down the highway. I've not done that before. But I've seen a 24ft all boat sitting on the ramp 40ft from the water.
 
#5 ·

This is what I have in mind because like I said, the wood and carpet on the bunks is in good shape. I don't have any experience with rollers either CR. I have a couple friends on the east coast with big ocean boats that have rollers so that's what got me thinking about em. Yall have any thoughts on where to order this stuff from because the reviews I'm finding on most of the kits are terrible
 
#12 ·
Can get bunk slicks locally around here