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I have had a full roller trailer under my '88 model since it was new and don't have any indentions or roller marks. The key is to get plenty of rollers. Many manufactures skimp on them. I bought the best trailer I could find and then added a few more rollers just for kicks. I would recommend this trailer(Holesclaw) but they went out of business 10 years ago. The trailers were functional and most people want pretty.

I use my rollers too. I just back the trailer down near the water and roll the boat off. Then I use an electric winch to pull her back on. Never get the trailer wet. It is a little extra work but my trailer is 17 years old and has very little rust and I have never had any bearing problems. I have never seen a ramp that I could not launch at and by keeping my drive tires far from the water I have never spun a tire pulling out.

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I have the rollers also but I still have to back trailer well into the water to load it especially

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I will usually bow to Lord Skools opinion on such matters and I have to replace the rollers and add some rollers on mine so I want to know more about why you prefer bunks and what will I have to do to change over to bunks. If you please Mr. Skools

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Willy, Phester and Groover said it above...it's what you become accustomed to...if you already got rollers and they are 90% or better in good shape, then I'd repair...but if I had lots of rollers in need of replacin', I go bunks faster than grease thru a goose... ;) ;D...

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Why RAP, the bunk trailers, at least the ones I've had you have to dunk that whole trailer each time you launch and recover, don't that wear the h@ll out of the lights bunks bearings etc

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hey willy just hose pipe the bunks so you can put someone in the boat and back down the ramp and just as the boat enters the water nail the brakes and the boat will slide right off into the water just like it's on grease.

I've changed several over to bunks. just take the outter rollers off and the make your bunks long enough to work with your boat and then mount with bunk brackets on the trailers cross braces.

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I'm slow Skools so what do ya mean hose pipes ???

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your home water hose and wet the bunks before you launch. i always crank my motor before i go to the ramp then wet the bunks or rollers too. then it unloads very easy. Plus it starts right up too lol.

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I do the same thing too Skools, that is, start 'er up b4 I get to the ramp. Dunk it in,touch the key, park the truck,jump in the boat and go. I've seen countless weekend boaters take 20 mins. to launch, and then jump in their boat, back out into a current that can be ripping...STALL....then ...SMASH...then he yells at his kids or wife