Need Boat Trailer Help

[Jacobs]

I have a Shorelander roller bunk trailer with a 16' Aluminum boat. When I load the boat, I normally use a shallow launch and winch the boat on the trailer. When the boat is loaded, it will move to the right side of the trailer so that the keel will fall off the trailer keel roller. I can push the boat to the left and finish loading but it is a pain. I have two 6 gal. gas cans on the right side of the boat. The battery and live well are on the left. I have tried changing the roller height in the rear but it does not seem to help. Any help would be welcomed.



Thanks



Bruce

 

[bighammer]

I'm not a boat expert, but in my little bit of experience I've learned that balancing the boat so it sits level in the water is just half of it. You also need to get the trailer level in the water. Either a concrete ramp and a straight back-in, or adjusting trailer angle for a non-level ramp. I use my fenders to guage the levelness (is that a word?) of the trailer as it goes in.



Hope that helps.

 

[TORQUE THIS]

The fender thing is a must... too much or too lottle either way makes a huge difference.



I insatalled a set of these and it makes a huge differnece...

 

[Jengle]

Jacobs, I too have the shorelander trailer and same problem as you, except a FG boat that rides about a half inch off each fender, if it's perfectly level. Otherwise one of the sponsons on the boat will ride and eat on the fender. Same PIA as you to load it. I have tried everything, and now after seeing TorqueThis trailer, those rollers are a must have. I am going to install a set real soon.

 

[CChase]

Yep, guide rollers or posts are the way to go. Then dip the trailer a little further in and let the posts do the centering work. My trailer doesn't have them yet, but they will be added shortly, because I am tired of wading out into the water to right the boat on the trailer as it's being winched on...