Trailer axles?? - Page 2

Seacrets · #11 01-19-2005, 09:57 PM

You may want to research the trailer and see if it originally came with 12" wheels. Maybe somebody switched it to the 12" because the boat sat too high on the trailer and they had difficulty getting it off at the ramp. Just a thought.

CT_V-20 · #12 01-20-2005, 01:27 AM

Wait a minute... are you guys suggesting I'm supposed to do more with my trailer (dual axle something-or-other) than pull it out of the woods in the fall to go get my boat and then stuff it back in there so the neighbors won't see it in the spring after I put another coat of bottom paint on it?! You actually know what size tires you have?! I might be in trouble here. You guys actually touch your trailers?!! You must have perfect, problem free boats!!!! ;D

P.S. I'm in Puerto Rico right now. It's 78 and raining rather than below freezing and snowing in CT. I wish I wasn't here for work, otherwise I'd go fishing. I'll keep my eyes open for V-20s down here.

Airslot · #13 01-20-2005, 11:58 AM

Yeah, I touch my trailer. It sees about 3000 miles a year and is single axle. I take good care of it and expect the same in return. Big thing for me is that I don't dunk on the launch / retrieve. I do really wish I had brakes on that trailer. May look into it this summer.

Airslot

#14 01-20-2005, 01:43 PM

Airslot, I give up. How do you NOT dunk you trailer when launching or retrieving ????????? Capt K

Airslot · #15 01-20-2005, 03:09 PM

I back my trailer in so that the bottoms of the tires and maybe 2" of the wheels are wet. The brearings and axle stay dry. When I release tension on my winch the boat rolls of without even a push. I then walk down the trailer and unhook the winch hook. Retrieval is exactly the same in reverse.

Airslot

#16 01-20-2005, 05:47 PM

Do you have a power winch??
My 86 Steplift is a bear to winch on. I drive it on as far as I can when retrieving. Capt K

Airslot · #17 01-20-2005, 11:42 PM

Roger that on the power winch, model #912 set up for single line pull. I was running a double line w/ pulley but it took longer than it should and I watch guys with bigger boats go w/ single line. Also have to say that I can hold my own at the ramp as far as getting out of the way. One of the keys for me is a 30' line w/ eyes in each end. When I launch it's tied to the bow cleat and the trailers winch post. After she rolls off the trailer I walk her back and put the other end on the stern and loop it over the pilings. When I return to the dock I have my line on both ends and drop it over the pilings, fetch the truck, take the line off the stern and pull the boat up to the rollers, take a couple wraps and a half hitch on the winch post, walk the trailer to hook up the cable, winch her up and gone. Takes longer to read this than I take at the ramp.

Airslot

macojoe · #18 01-21-2005, 12:37 AM

No power winch here. All but one place I go, I drive on and have who ever is with me hook it and then pull the truck up for me.
In the one place that they don't allow you to drive I sink the trailer so all I have to do is pull it on give 5 cranks on the winch and pull it out.
A new trailer set up the right way makes fishing much much more enjoyable thats for sure!!

#19 01-21-2005, 03:22 PM

I do it like Airslot does, but separate bow and stern lines.

Mac_Attack · #20 01-21-2005, 07:38 PM

Tandem is the way to go! *My Gruman 16'CC was light and had a single axle roller trailer. *I liked it a lot both backing up and the ease of getting the boat off and on. *My trailer now for the V20 is a tandem bunker. *I like having two tires on each side incase of a flat. *Longer cuts going backwards and I have to go deeper into the water to launch. *I too use two lines when launching or hauling out. *Here's a photo that shows trailer's position at haul out. *Bill Mc ;D