roller trailer

[1986DIPLOMAT]

Has anyone figured out a secret to roller trailers getting the boats straight on them?? Such a pain in the butt messing with the boat in the water on them never getting it straight I know 2 other people who have same issues.. I'm prob gonna swap mine to bunks like my other boats have had just wondering what others think of rollers?

 

[Jetmate]

Go with the bunks!

 

[keith4216]

I'm the opposite. Bunks always coched over. Roller pulls up streight every time. Sounds like your backing it down to deep.

 

[RNGRDVE]

I prefer bunks to rollers. As Keith said try not going in so deep in the water.

 

[1986DIPLOMAT]

I've tired it with just about entire trailer outa the water winching it up the whole way and still sucks.. I'm guessing stuff might not be set up right for this boat.

 

[oddly excitered]

Bunks also way better at distributing the load on the hull during storage / transport!

 

[Jimway]

I like the bunks too, but wind, current, jet skis, and tournament boats can make vessel loading lots of fun. Vessels with less 'V' on the hull can tend to load crooked. Ramp angle and the depth of the trailer into the water can help or hinder. A couple of plastic pipes sticking up near the end of the trailer can help one judge how centered the boat is in relation to the trailer. A well adjusted boat trailer can be a thing of beauty and will impress and garner looks of jealousy when you load or unload the vessel with ease. When you are enjoying the festivities at the local ramp ( dead batteries, empty fuel tanks, lack of bilge plugs, addition of alcohol or pharmaceuticals, forgotten keys, fiberglass or skegs dragging on the ground, and other stuff like this) look at how the other boats like yours are situated upon their trailers as far as angle to the trailer, roller placement, and angle of pull of the winch. See who loads good and see who loads not so good. Might get some ideas for your setup. Might get a good story or two also.

 

[ckaluger]

I have had several roller trailers and several bunk trailers, if the roller is adjusted correctly and all of the rollers turn freely, it should load near perfect every time, on the other hand I have had the rollers slightly dimple the boat haul until I started moving the boat every so often so it's loaded position was not always the same spot.

 

[DropTop5.0]

I've only had two boats/trailers and they both had bunks: The first one was a giant pain in the arse and the second one is set up beautifully. There is a lot of value in having a properly set up trailer. I usually load in a tidal affected river and always go in half crooked but the prettier half just latches it on and cranks it up on the bunks straight and true. She makes my piss poor driving look good!

 

[Marlboro]

Shifted the bunks around on my trailer last year. I bought it separate from my boat so it wasn't really even close to sitting nice. Not that I'm a pro or anything but I find the boat centers itself if I leave half the bunk length out of the water. I drive a Predictor so its not that big a deal to winch. Most problems I see at the dock revolve around people totally submerging the rollers/bunks and it just ends up being a total crap shoot as to how it sits when they pull the thing out of the water.