New Trailer Options

[Jumpus GooDarus]

Yeah Smelly tailropes onto the back bollard only work if someone else is with you to turn the winch handle else they're as usefull as tits are on a bull

I'll take some pics of the boat 2day it come up pretty good

[SUMOFISHIN]

The Trailer has come up trumps Jumpus, how did you handle it? your approach guide looks a little low but that depends on how far you put the trailer in the water. I had the problem of my 19 footer rolling back off the trailer when driving on so I worked out a position where the trailer didn't go in as far which made the boat actually climb on the trailer for the last 4ft and it held firm, But it depends on the actual grade of the ramp and theyre never the same.

[Jumpus GooDarus]

Dont know if you've ever used skids SUMO but they are slippery little buggers unlike rollers which can cease or bottom out on the pin when pressure/weight is applied.

Have had the boat on the new trailer only to check that everything aligned up so dont really know till I get it on the ramp to see how much it slides backwards.

Either way the boat is pretty light & cant see any probs @ all.

With the big boat well there's a hell of alot more weight there & it tends to rest about 30 cm's short of the winch post & shackle, could winch it up but find it just as easy to to put one of the motors into gear & propel the boat 4ward till shackle is secured.

Mind you I'm always in the boat & dont have to climb in & out, If someone is with me it takes no more than 30 seconds to both launch or retrieve the big boat you get it down to a T.

We really get pee'd off when fools are @ the ramp fart arsing about & you'll always get them, I generally have a laugh watching peeps jaws drop when they've seen how easy it is to retrieve my big tub.

That's the main reason for the new trailer, I was turning into one of those clowns with the old trailer some days it was a nightmare to retrieve the boat

[Fed]

Is that Teflon skid stuff expensive Jumpy?
I put some PVC stuff on my trailer side runners, it was as dear as hell and not very slippery.

[Jumpus GooDarus]

Depends on what you define expensive as Fed ?

A 3000 x 900 x 12 mm sheet is around $500 but you'd never use anywhere near a full sheet little trailer cost me around $140 & not even 1/2 of that went towards the trailer got extra for cutting boards.

If you compare it to having to buy rollers etc it's a hell of alot cheaper but the best part it's maitanance free.

Dont have to worry about roller pins ceasing etc

ps] PVC is not very good @ all in fact it's quite CRAPPY as it dosen't have the skid capabilities if fact I think it's more likely to grab than help the boat slide

[Fed]

I just checked the price for the PVC stuff and it wasn't as expensive as I thought.
It makes no difference if it doesn't work anyway.
Can you buy the Teflon in strip form, I'm looking for maybe two lengths 2M x 50mm x whatever thick. (12mm).
Where do you get it?

[Jumpus GooDarus]

Yep they'll cut it to size for you what I do is run the router over the edges facing up to bullnose them as well

I've been kicking around 2 scrap pieces on the floor I know they're 2.4 meters long I'll check 2day but think they're only 40 mm wide

[Spudly]

Good job jumpas, When i get a boat i think ill definatly be converting the trailer to something similar!

[hustler57]

yeah great job so far. id like to see the end result in person, it should last you 50 or so years

[Jumpus GooDarus]

Hey Fed !

Those scrap pieces I was refering to are 2400 mm x 32 mm but material is only 6 mm thick

was going to use them on the inside of the main guiding track but found I didn't need them.

By the way guys for those who know the diffence all welds were TIG'd took alot longer than a MIG would've but TIG in my book is a far better job

Hey hustler they're gonna feature the trailer on the cover of next months PlayBoy Magazine

[SUMOFISHIN]

Hey Jumpus, will your trailer be wearing your Budgie Smugglers, or do you just use them now to polish it, and dream about days gone by when you missed your opportunity.

[STEVE.P]

Those budgie smaglers were teflon based , so they wouldn't leave skid marks

[Spudly]

Gooood one steve!!!