why i like bunk trailers

[phatdaddy]

this is why i like drive on bunk style trailers as sen from the trailers point of view

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20OqaNlTywk

i know, you guys are tired of my videos, well i'm just learning how to edit, so bear with me. also real slow this time of year, so lotta free time.

one day i hope to get as good as skunk boat

[SkunkBoat]

HA! I hope you don't mind staying up til 2 am...listening to Allman Bros....

[phatdaddy]

I do that anyway.

What edit software do you use? This is with the GoPro studio. My son showed me what he uses at work, Vegas, i think. Seemed very complicated. He says not bad once u get used to it. Need to add titles and work on fades.

Definately more fun to harvest footage than edit it

[Pipe_Dream]

I like it! Looks like your rig has a snug place to rest.

[bradford]

I dig it Phatdaddy. Excellent music choice.

[macojoe]

very nice good job backing up the very tight place looks to get in and out of

[SkunkBoat]

What edit software do you use? ...
Definately more fun to harvest footage than edit it

set the GoPro to 1080 S-30. Super wide so you don't have to be aiming the camera. Also, it curves the horizon which looks cool.
GET A FLOATY BACK so it won't sink!!!!

I have a MAC and use iMovie. EVrytime I get used to where things are Apple updates it and moves everything...

If you have a PC, Windows Movie Maker used to be OK, haven't used it in years.

There is a lot to do... You can't just let it run...trim it down to what gets the point across. You gotta use "Ken Burns" which zooms/pans in or out...makes it look like the camera was moving. Throw it some still shots. You can pull really great stills out of HD video

The hardest part is finding the right music and timing the video to breaks in the song...
"Catching" good shots has become ALMOST as rewarding as catching fish...

and when you have the first tuna of the season on the line, put the camera down and concentrate on gaffing it....ask me how I know..

[phatdaddy]

Good points skunk, I need to keep working on my framing. The new one has the led screen on the back, so it makes it a lot easier to preview. I have a floaty, but I also use the backpacker extra battery. The floaty won't float it.
I'm going to tie a Clorox jug to this one

The program my son has will let u do the zoom in on a shot, pretty cool

Thanks for the tips

[randlemanboater]

What do you have lying over top of the front bunks?

[phatdaddy]

http://i377.photobucket.com/albums/oo214/gls216/NCM_0149_zpsu8lscnor.jpg (http://s377.photobucket.com/user/gls216/media/NCM_0149_zpsu8lscnor.jpg.html)

they are old political signs. work great. very slippery when wet, give about as much cushion as carpet, last 3 times as long, and don't soak up salt water and drip on your trailer.

Forgot to add, they are also very cheap.

[inaforty]

Wow that's some good work backing up the trailer!
I'm terribly at it.

Question....
What is the piece of PVC pipe attached to the Bimini top used for?

I use Wondershare for my video editing. Works OK for me but I'm NOT professional.

[phatdaddy]

Na40, that's a 12 volt fluorescent light. Wires run down the Bimini tubes and to a switch on the dash.

My dad had a u-haul dealership when I was young and learning to drive, it was my job to line the trailers up. I got a lot of practice and if I messed up, it wasn't our trailers. If you see a u-haul with a dinged fender, it was probably in Florida in the 70's.

[inaforty]

That light is a great idea.

[Starzofchaos]

The guy that recovered my bunks used something like this stuff...
http://www.gatorbak.com/

http://www.astroplastics.com/astro_slip.htm (http://www.gatorbak.com/)

Not sure if its it, but he told me its 100x better than carpet.

[phatdaddy]

looks like good stuff. anything that gives cushion and dosen't hold water would be better than carpet.

[bgreene]

Excellent work with the bunk trailer.

Where I launch, if I didn't have roller, I'd be out of luck and have to wait for tides to either come in our out. ......and I hate waiting.

[Troutkiller2006]

i think you need a couple more coolers!

[phatdaddy]

can u really have enough coolers. those are the outside ones, i keep the good ones on the back pourch

[garbubba]

OK, so whats the big deal about the carpet holding water? My bunks are 4x10 cypress, I'm sure they are original from 1988. Replaced the carpet once. It's the steel on my trailer that gives me fits. Cypress is the wood eternal.

Priced new cypress bunks a while ago, wow!, I hope mine hang in there.

[bradford]

Carpet holds a lot of salt water and slowly drips it all over your trailer all day while you're out on your boat. Less carpet would be better.

[phatdaddy]

what b said, that's why i put the "gutters" 0ver my axles, channels saltwater off the metal