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As to #1.
My personal opinion, I'd get rid of the strap on your winch and go with a 5/16" steel cable. In my opinion straps are fine for smaller boats but I prefer cables for 20' and larger boats. Use some kind of boat strap..either belly or stern, to keep your boat from bouncing on the trailer. (Personally I like the belly straps, but I know that lots of guys here like the stern straps). Use a short (18")? separate cable (or chain) attached to your winch post on one end and to your bow eye on the other end as a safety measure while trailering. That way if your winch or cable or strap should break, the safety cable (or chain) prevents the boat from sliding backwards off your trailer.
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06-26-2012, 09:55 AM
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Hope that helps.
A much better setup is for the chain to be as short as possible and attached directly beneath the winch. My thought was something is better than nothing. And I didn't trust the 37 year old winch stand. That's the trailer bought with the boat in 1975.
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06-26-2012, 10:04 AM
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I always use a cable on the winch, the strap is junk, and if your in salt water it will rust your winch to junk in no time!! I also WD 40 the winch cable, hook and winch after each trip just to keep from rusting.
safety chain from bow eye to stop, is a must! you are right you don't want to look in mirror and see boat sliding the the road behind you!! when i had the V i use to transom strap it to trailer, belly strap to much trouble and the boat heavy enough to not bounce off. just don't forget to take them off when putting boat in water! I watched a guy yelling and screaming one day at the ramp he couldn't get boat off trailer so he pulled it out and saw straps, was funny site!!
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