Keep in mind that's also your bilge...assuming there's a bilge pump down there, that's pretty critical water can get in there to be pumped out

Fact is, IF they steal your batts it will only be for scrap... They AIN'T gonna carry two batts 100 yards for scrap and load em on a busy street..... Just install in the usual way and if ur worried install a motion sensor light on the back of the garage.

I wouldn't carry a battery 20 yards for $5.

i would put a sigh on my boat that says
nothing on this boat is worth your life
that should do it

Well, since then, my wife watched the trailer launch and recovery process of that big boat and suggested we get a Marina slip for at least the summer. My photo shows the boat there. Pretty handy! We can park in a owners-only lot, walk through a card-entry gate, and down to the boat sitting ready to go.

I suppose there could be theft or vandalism there, but not likely! There are many eyes on many boats with people living aboard. I don't tempt otherwise honest people by leaving expensive tools visible in the boat, but I don't worry about the batteries, etc. My boat is probably the least expensive in the whole marina! Most are 30' + sailboats and some BIG motor launches. Those owners have more invested in just the canvas than I have in my boat, motor, and trailer! ha

While the boat is in the water, I am having my trailer re-built. After the boat was off, I could really look at the trailer. I realized I was lucky to have made it to the marina! One spring was broken, rusted through, and all the rollers were frozen, the guide railings were about to fall off and the bunkers DID fall off! A local company is replacing almost everything but the frame, new hitch, new winch, new modern folding jack. The total rebuild will cost $2000, which seemed high until I learned that a new tandem trailer for a Wellcraft V20 would cost $5K+.

Larry

sounds WAY high to me..... I'd get a second opinion.... BTW there never were any bunkers on your trailer... bunkers are holes in the ground...


It's bunk as in bed IE where the boat sleeps.


You should be able to buy a NEW trailer for 2k or so

For $2000 you could definitely buy a new trailer for your boat or at least a good used one. It's easy to dump more money into a trailer than its worth. Five grand should get you a nice trailer with another V20 on it.

X2

5 grand is WAYYYY too high. Hell, 2 grand is nearing my threshold for a new trailer. Check on Craigslist, I'll bet that you can find a really nice tandem trailer for less than $1500. It took me less than 3 minutes to find this one on CL. http://longisland.craigslist.org/boa/4482682005.html

Destroyer, that trailer is way too beautiful to back it down the ramp into saltwater.

A week ago I bought a "LONG" brand roller trailer like Skunkboat's for $500. Tandem axle, galvanized, electric winch, no rust except for some surface rust on the springs, built like a tank. Needs 3 keel rollers replaced and has one mismatched wheel.

I will say this, Working on old rusty boat trailers sucks and working on one that's not even your own sucks even more. I'll bet a good part of that 2 grand is labor.