MonArk Bow damage from trailer

[MikeM]

Just bought this boat. Discount due to damage from the trailer. Don't let it happen to you.

 

[Stand Up]

Ouch!!! That will be repairable I'm sure. Let us know how it works out.

 

[Broken-Mold]

Just bought this boat. Discount due to damage from the trailer. Don't let it happen to you.

That'll leave a scar.
How or why did that happen? Was it the wrong rubber stop on the winch arm? Should it have been a "V" shaped stop instead of the spool shaped stop? Did the boat slam into it or did it happen from vibration while transporting? More details will help prevent repeat performances by the rest of us.

 

[lckstckn2smknbrls]

I like a carpeted board for a bow stop

 

[MikeM]

That'll leave a scar.
How or why did that happen? Was it the wrong rubber stop on the winch arm? Should it have been a "V" shaped stop instead of the spool shaped stop? Did the boat slam into it or did it happen from vibration while transporting? More details will help prevent repeat performances by the rest of us.

I can't say exactly how it happened because I bought it that way. But I have ordered a new flat front boat stop and won't be pulling it real tight (bumpy roads around here). Also, I think it's worth noting that the stop on there was so old that it had hardened hard as a rock. Maybe that's worth considering for the oldies like mine (1978).

 

[airshot]

That is why so many folks are switching to the yellow poly rollers, they don't get rock hard and crack like the black rubber rollers do. Replaced an old rubber roller on my trailer last spring with another rubber roller ( yea it was cheap) big mistake, already hard and cracked !!

 

[LDUBS]

Yikes! I wonder how many of us went out to check our bow stops. I sure did.

 

[MikeM]

Pulled off the Johnson55, fixed the bow, rewired the bilge pump, new Millennium seats, a few other things, and have had a couple of weeks on my 10ac pond with friends. It's great. Love how it's stable at the landing vs a V or tri-hull.