Whats your preference, rollers, carpeted boards or both?

[bonz_d]

Re: Whats your preference, rollers, carpeted boards or both?

Did we lose fannettx yet?

 

[smokeonthewater]

Re: Whats your preference, rollers, carpeted boards or both?

ROFLMAO


Btw, O/P I personally usually prefer as many rollers as I can get but also use silicone spray lube on my bunk trailers and they get pretty darn slick and work great.

 

[Home Cookin']

Re: Whats your preference, rollers, carpeted boards or both?

the question specifically is for a 15' tinnie. But topic drift starts after about 4 posts here.

The question is also non specific about fresh or salt water, which can be important.

As someone pointed out, "rollers" can be keel rollers, roller bunks, or wobbles--or combinations

Some hulls cannot take rollers on the hull and require board bunks; some hulls require all weight on the keel rollers with short board bunks for stability.

One of my favorite rigs was a tilt roller trailer with a power winch. Next is tilt roller trailer and my teen-age strength on a hand winch. These for a 16 tin bowrider. Axles and my feet never got wet once.

I love my keel roller/tilt on my 13' whaler. I have wobble rollers and power winch on a 17 and a 21 (both fiberglass) and I love those rigs, esp. on the 17'. Have a drive-on with bunks for a 19' skiff that I hate; preferred its predecessor: a tilt with bunks and a power winch.

 

[bonz_d]

Re: Whats your preference, rollers, carpeted boards or both?

I guess a 15' is right in the middle of my 14' and 16' Aluminums.

The Lund originally came on a tilt bed keel roller trailer. That trailer had 4 keel rollers and 2 short bunks, about 40" long. I later swapped that trailer out for a Spartan tilt roller trailer which worked even better on the shallow primative ramp I use.

The Alumacraft is sitting on an all roller Shoreland'r. Nice trailer but I wish it would tilt.

Straight bunks will work well if you are able to float on and off or if in your case the load is light weight. Would hate to have to winch a 14'-16' boat all the way on with just bunks at a shallow ramp.

 

[I`mNotMe]

Re: Whats your preference, rollers, carpeted boards or both?

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For my 17ft fiberglass boat, I prefer bunks on my trailer. Rug covered bunks.

IMO, the best option for either bunk or roller trailers is guides. Either single guide posts or 2 x supports with horizontal padded board guides. re: http://shadowtrailers.com/boat/boat_trailer_2.jpg or for horizontal board design, surf: http://www.etrailer.com/Merchant2/graphics/00000001/pics/C/E/CE27600_1000.jpg

Boat Trailer Guides = better than sliced bread (regardless if roller or bunk system).

 

[Thalasso]

Re: Whats your preference, rollers, carpeted boards or both?

My preferred option over carpet

 

[jcfitzgerald]

Re: Whats your preference, rollers, carpeted boards or both?

I have full length 3-1/2 inch wide by 1/2 inch thick HDPE plastic runners attached to 2x4 treated wooden bunks. Makes launching and retrieval much easier, and no carpet to get wet and rotted. No contact between wood and my 16 ft Xpress boat. I bought the material at a local plastics warehouse and cutting board maker. They sawed it to width for me.

 

[mrdancer]

Re: Whats your preference, rollers, carpeted boards or both?

I use both.