Ranger boat hardcover

[Redlinerobert]

Any of you guys see these?  What a fantastic idea.  Easier to keep your gear safe on the boat and overall protection from the elements.  I wonder if they're still available?  I'd not seen this anywhere, this picture is from 2008 or so.

 

[S Hovanec]

I bet the cover cost half of what the hull did.  Probably don't see them cause of the expense.

[Lures'n'Liberty]

I'd imagine that you could have your rods and electronics stolen off the trailer and replace them out of pocket at least 5 times before you pay for that cover.

 

[TOXIC]

Very expensive and no longer made.  That doesn't mean you couldn't have one fabricated but the company that made them is no more.  

[BrianinMD]

seems to be way to big of a hassle than any benefit provided.

[Redlinerobert]

I imagine that launching single handedly would be more difficult, other than that nos sure of any downside.  Oh and the price.

[WIGuide]

I don't know that they ever made it past the prototype stage. It's a cool idea though, but I'm sure the cost was too high to really make it feasible.  

[fishnkamp]

One nice thing you would never have to worry about water pooling issues on that cover.

[Redlinerobert]

I'm guessing you're right in regards to the cost.  Probably in the $8-$12k range is what I'm thinking. 

 

I keep my boat in a car port next to the horse stables.  It's covered on top and on both sides and open at both ends, so I keep the cover on it all the time.  During the winter water does pool on the cover from time to time.  Not too bad, but still.  At my old home Ii had a garage so the boat stayed in there year round.   Here on the ranch I have a car port. 

 

 

[WIGuide]

Looking at it, I think there could be some issues with access if it's inside a garage as well. If a person needed to get inside, they would have to have a high ceiling to allow clearance for the cover to lift or else hook it up to pull it out of the garage just to remove an item or two. 

[gim]

That's ridiculous!

[Redlinerobert]

Here's another one I found.  if it were available today, I'd have a hard time saying no....

 

 

[A-Jay]

11 hours ago, Redlinerobert said:

Here's another one I found.  if it were available today, I'd have a hard time saying no....

 

 

 Nice ~ but sort of looks like it would take 3 men & a boy to install & remove . . . . 

A-Jay

[boostr]

I would have to buy a cover for that cover.

[tcbass]

I don't know how you'd launch/load with that plus get in and out of your boat without.

 

 

But one of those at your house to put over the boat to keep mice out would be nice!

[WRB]

I remember seeing a few of those hard covers several years ago. There was another style that clam down onto the boat trailer as I recall. The draw back was you couldn't fish alone needing a driver to operate the tow vehicle while the boater stayed in the world boat until pulled onto a level ramp area. 

Must have been some liability with the design injuring the boater while in the boat on the trailer?

Tom

[Fishing Rhino]

Actually, it's not a cover.  It's a twofer.  Two boats on one trailer.  Want to fish a limited horsepower lake?  

 

Flip the top hull over.  Clamp on a trolling motor, and off you go.  With a little more ingenuity it could easily be converted into a house trailer.  That would make it a threefer.

 

Or, maybe, it becomes a life capsule.