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trailer mods
thought i'd share my trailer gutters with you guys. i've owned this trailer for 17 years and am on my 3rd set of torsion axles. i get about 8 years out of them. they fail where the angle bracket attaches to the tube of the axle. i noticed when i pull out, the carpet drips on the axle for quite a while. i split a piece of 6" pvc and screwed it to the bottom of the bunk to divert the water off the axle.
will it help, who knows, but it can't hurt.   also replaced my "carpet" on the front bunks. these signs work great, virtually bullet proof, and slippery when wet. also more "cushion" that carpet. plus they don't hold water 
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06-19-2015, 08:11 AM
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Good ideas Phat. The next time I re-do my trailer I'm going with a lot less carpet, only putting it on top and a little down the sides of the bunks to hold less water.
I've thought about those plastic starboard like strips for on top the bunks instead of carpet, but don't know how they will treat an Awlgrip paint job.
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1985 Wellcraft V-20, Evinrude ETEC 150: SOLD 1979 Marine Trader 44, twin Ford Lehman 120s 2006 Panga 14, Tohatsu 20
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06-19-2015, 10:10 AM
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i like the grip of the carpet. i unhook my winch cable in the parking lot, back down the ramp, float the transom and tap the brakes, boat floats off. when i retrieve, i back down to a mark on my guide poles and power up till the bow hits the chock. wife drives the tahoe up and i don't winch till i'm in the parking lot.
i know i'm breaking about 4 or 5 cardinal rules of launching, but it's worked for me for 17 years with this trailer. when i'm at a new or different ramp, i follow normal procedure.
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06-19-2015, 10:36 AM
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God)  Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.
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06-21-2016, 07:16 AM
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backing trailer mod
Nothing to do w bunks or rollers, but anyone having trouble backing the trailer, then this Red Green trailer mod could be the answer.....add a PTO and you could power the winch too!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=viHDD3-dVpM 
Last edited by 13Echo70271; 06-21-2016 at 07:25 AM.
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06-21-2016, 07:40 AM
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beef up those trailer chains, what they are really for
this caught me by surprise, I totally thought trailer chains were for something else..........I know, Im on a trailer binge.........
Last edited by 13Echo70271; 09-01-2016 at 02:33 PM.
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06-22-2016, 01:48 AM
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OMG They probably saved that persons life.
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1987 V20 w/1987 150HP Yamaha on a Shoreland'r Trailer 1978 16.5 Airslot w/1996 120HP Force on a Four Winns trailer 1996 V21 w/1993 200HP Mercury on a Shoreline Trailer All towed by a 5.7L Hemi Durango. If God didn't have a purpose for us we wouldn't be here, so Live simply, Love generously, Care deeply, Speak kindly. (Leave the rest to God) Silence, in the face of evil, is itself evil. Not to speak is to speak, not to act is to act. God will not hold us guiltless.
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06-22-2016, 04:23 PM
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someone commented that the boat may have pushed the truck off the edge. But that starts a whole new brakes for trailers discussion..........uh oh
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