Trailer problem.......Sort of!!!!!!

[BassChump]

I have a question about how my boat sits on the trailer. When I put the boat on the trailer, the bow eye sits exactly where the front of the boat hits the rubber mount where the boat is supposed to rest on the trailer. What this ends up doing is making the boat sit back on the trailer a few inches since the bow eye isn't going over or under the rubber stop. This causes the tongue weight to be too light and the bow tends to bob up and down just a little while going down the road because it isn't pulled up tight to the stop.

Obviously I can't change the position of the bow eye so I must either change the position of the stop or get a different stop altogether.

Any suggestions??????

[BassChump]

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[fishstick]

This may not be a possibility, but can you adjust the height of the bunks that your boat rests on? If so, you may be able to lower them a couple of inches and get the clearance you need.

[simplejoe]

I really don't the answer, but my idea is what if you took off the roller and got somekind of rubber bump stops and put them on the outside where your the head of the bolt and the nut is  then your bow eye will sit inbetween the bump stops. (remember just a thought)

[BassChump]

Unfortunately I can't lower them. The boat sits about a 1/2 inch above the wheel wells. The boat hits the wheel wells if I hit a big enough bump in the road. I am going to buy some sliders for the bunks and that will raise it 1/2 inch. I can't raise it much because the boat is already hard enough to get on and off the trailer. Well, not hard but I have to put the trailer so far in the water already. The water is well above the wheel wells just to get the thing off the trailer. It's an odd setup and I've never had any of these problems with any other boat I've had before. Just minor problems really. Nothing to complain about too much.

The trailer is stock and came with the boat so it's just a bad design. This trailer came with many different models of boat so it wasn't made specifically for this type of boat. That's the price I pay for owning a cheaper made boat. It's a Trophy made by Bayliner.

I'm very happy with the boat though and I don't have hardly any money into it at all. I only paid $1000.00 for the boat and trailer so I can't complain much. It's been very good to me so far.

[gatorblazer]

Swap the strap to an overhead pull position rather than under (think toilet paper roll being over or under), and run it over the rubber guide.  That should enable you to pull the eye over the guide.  Worked for me.

[BassChump]

Yes I have tried that and I can get the eye over the stop. It sits right on the trailer but it makes it very difficult to get off the trailer the next time I go fishing.

I usually fish by myself so it would be nice if I can get the boat off the trailer as easy as possible.

[jbh3]

If the winch capstan is bolted to the trailor frame, you should be able to move it forward a couple of inches. This will increase your tounge weight and allow you to winch the boat up to the bow eye. Good luck!

[CFFF 1.5]

If the winch capstan is bolted to the trailor frame, you should be able to move it forward a couple of inches. This will increase your tounge weight and allow you to winch the boat up to the bow eye. Good luck!

this would my suggestion too. I have kind of the same problem with my boat. My winch strap is over top of the stop and the eye goes over the stop so it is difficult to get off but if you get the boat in the water enough you can just lift up the bow and push a little bit and it will come off.

[jhoffman]

Ive never seen the strap go under the roller. Thats gotta be your problem. As for making it harder to get off, submerge the trailer more. I wouldnt pull it sitting like that, the keel should be right on that roller.

Pull the strap the whole way out, wind the other way, put the hook outside the roller, should bring you right on top.

[HPBB]

leave it under. that will make it easier to get off the trailer

both of my boats and most I have seen all sit under the roller

jhoffman, look at more trailers most are under the roller.

if the eye hook sit over the roller it may hook up when launching and make it hard to get off, plus you don't want the winch stand holding the weight of the boat up. the weight of the boat should be on the bunks and the boat should just be resting against the bow roller

try raising the rear of the bunks so that the nose sits down. you say you can lower them any more and that is problally your problem, they are to low, well in the back. just raise the rear of the bunks 2 inches or so and that should change the angle of the boat and make it sit better on the roller

[BassChump]

I took that center roller out and now the strap goes thru where it should be although the problem I'm having now is that the boat goes almost too far up the trailer so that the handle for the crank hits the boat.

I gotta figure out something in between. I'm thinking about one of those double rollers that are about 10 inches apart so the strap can go thru the middle.

How do you think that would work?????

[burleytog]

Stoltz Ultimate Bow Stop @ BPS

[Dogface]

Your winch strap should come off the top of the roller not the bottom. If you reverse it then it will pull the eye right over the roller.

[slice]

I was told by a dealer that the eye should always be below the roller and the winch strap should be too. The reason for this he said was so that the winch pulls the bow down onto the roller and prevents the front of the boat from hopping up and down while the boat is being towed down the road. He said that any amount of hopping up and down while on the trailer would cause damage to the hull structure over time.

[LA Basser]

I agree with jhoffman and dogface. Your winch strap should come off the top of the roller not the bottom. If you reverse it, it looks like it will raise your strap 3-4". I would have the same issue with my trailer if it roll out from the bottom.

[gatorblazer]

and your toilet paper should be over and not under as well.  everyone knows this  

[harshman]

Ive never seen the strap go under the roller. Thats gotta be your problem.

I've gotta disagree here I have never seen a strap go over the roller, the roller should act as a bumper for the bow eye to hit and or rest against. You would use the strap to pull the boat to the roller.  Is the roller mount adjustable??? Most trailers you can raise and lower the roller to make it touch the boat.

harshman