chrispbrown27
Well-known member
Today, while working on putting a new floor in the boat, I finally got around to checking why the front of the boat sits so low on my trailer. Just in front of the bunks was a roller that at some point had disintegrated. The boat was sitting on the metal bracket alone. I have no idea how long this has been going on but luckily the bracket hadn't worn a hole into the boat. Now I am trying to decide what to do. The bracket is welded to the top of the trailer just before the latch for the tilt so I am going to have to cut and grind the welds. Not having a welder it will have to be some sort of bolt on, but I can't decide if I should do another roller or something more like a bunk run crosswise. The boat is a 1648 so with motor, floor, batteries, etc. it isn't the lightest but I wouldn't say it is an excessively heavy boat either. I am leaning toward another roller of some sort which should make it easier to pull up on the trailer if I am a little short of the bow stop. Could anyone that has a roller at this point on their trailer post up a picture so I can get an idea of what you guys have done? Any advice would be appreciated too.
