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11-10-2009, 07:18 PM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 353
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I'll agree with the "Bunk is Better". I had a roller trailer and it was possible to get the boat off-center all the time.
With a bunk trailer with forward/centering bunks or boards, the boat is impossible to load off-center. It is so easy to both load and unload everywhere I've been and I've used no less than 10 different ramps at all tide stages with no issues whatsoever.
No problems with the bottom paint either as the bunk-carpet does not wear it off. I keep my boat on a dock and trailer at the ends of each season.
Aluminum bunk trailer with torsion axles, Kodiak Stainless Steel rotors and calipers on both axles, cypress bunks, 2 speed winch, Sierra Dry Launch lights and guide poles, awesome!
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11-10-2009, 10:06 PM
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Old Guy
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Mansfield, MA
Posts: 8,760
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Full bunk for me in 2 years, Bassy has it right.
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11-11-2009, 08:07 AM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Quincy
Posts: 4,145
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Quote:
Originally Posted by BassyiusMaximus
I'll agree with the "Bunk is Better". I had a roller trailer and it was possible to get the boat off-center all the time.
With a bunk trailer with forward/centering bunks or boards, the boat is impossible to load off-center. It is so easy to both load and unload everywhere I've been and I've used no less than 10 different ramps at all tide stages with no issues whatsoever.
No problems with the bottom paint either as the bunk-carpet does not wear it off. I keep my boat on a dock and trailer at the ends of each season.
Aluminum bunk trailer with torsion axles, Kodiak Stainless Steel rotors and calipers on both axles, cypress bunks, 2 speed winch, Sierra Dry Launch lights and guide poles, awesome!
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What brand is the trailer? |
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Things done at the last possible minute are done with the greatest possible information. Procrastination is, therefore, the most efficient means of doing things.
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11-11-2009, 09:48 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Aug 2002
Location: RockVegas
Posts: 3,228
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What I've done with bunk trailers is once you learn the optimum depth to dunk at, I marked the water level on the trailer fenders. Then I placed reflective tape at that water line. This way when you back down, just stop at the tape line and you're good to go. The reflective tape is for night launches. The tail/backup lights from your truck will light up the tape so you can spot it in your rear views.
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The future ain't what it used to be. --Yogi Berra
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11-11-2009, 10:13 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cotuit MA
Posts: 295
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Van - I got my trailer (for 18 foot whaler) at coastline trailers in east falmouth - I believe he has a website. good guy and carries different brands and styles....reasonable $$$$....I love my bunk trailer - easy on and easy off even in shallow waters around cotuit, poppy, waquoit.....
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"Many go fishing all their lives without knowing that it is not fish they are after." - Henry David Thoreau
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11-11-2009, 07:26 PM
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Join Date: Apr 2002
Location: Quincy
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mekcotuit
Van - I got my trailer (for 18 foot whaler) at coastline trailers in east falmouth - I believe he has a website. good guy and carries different brands and styles....reasonable $$$$....I love my bunk trailer - easy on and easy off even in shallow waters around cotuit, poppy, waquoit.....
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I'll check them out, thanks.
I did more checking and kinda like this one.
It gives great evenly distributed support.
Load Rite Tandem Axle SA Bunk |
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Things done at the last possible minute are done with the greatest possible information. Procrastination is, therefore, the most efficient means of doing things.
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11-11-2009, 07:52 PM
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Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: On my boat
Posts: 9,703
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My opinion, the only down side of a bunk trailer is you need to set it up and fit it to your particular boat initially.
As other said, full bunks support the boat better.
Also, touching up bottom paint is much easier on bunk than a roller trailer
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