Clint KY
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I am still in the planning stage of the rebuild of the trailer for my 16’ jon boat and started looking at pictures of new ones to get some ideas. I noticed that most of them had two short bunks, some about 4 feet long each and a single roller or sideways bunk on the center beam farther forward.
As my trailer has 3 twelve foot long carpeted bunks, I wonder if I really need that much. I had already planned to put only two bunks spaced one rib in from each side, and topped with plastic cutting boards to aid in loading and unloading.
Is there any advantage or downside to the very short bunks? It seems like the boat would be very easy to launch since the rear of the boat floats first and would totally be off the bunks in much less water, but am wondering about loading it back on.
Does anyone have any experience good or bad with the short bunks?
As my trailer has 3 twelve foot long carpeted bunks, I wonder if I really need that much. I had already planned to put only two bunks spaced one rib in from each side, and topped with plastic cutting boards to aid in loading and unloading.
Is there any advantage or downside to the very short bunks? It seems like the boat would be very easy to launch since the rear of the boat floats first and would totally be off the bunks in much less water, but am wondering about loading it back on.
Does anyone have any experience good or bad with the short bunks?