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"Don White" wrote in message ... "John H" wrote in message ... On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:01:12 -0800, "Bill McKee" wrote: "John H" wrote in message ... On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:08:59 -0800, "Bill McKee" wrote: "Wayne.B" wrote in message om... On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:19:47 -0800, "Steve B" wrote: I cant understand why anyone would own a Bunk Trailer. Bunks support the hull more evenly, no risk of "roller dimples". Rollers require replacement and maintenance, bunks last a long time. Rollers however are better on difficult ramps or launching with no ramp at all. The best is bunks with plastic on top. Boat slides easily. Lots of support. Bill, I think I saw in an earlier post a mention of a special plastic. What was it, and how is it mounted on your bunks? -- John H UHMW. Screwed to the bunks. The new trailer is aluminum bunks, but you can also get slide strips at West Marine. UHMW is available at a good plastics supplier. http://www.midlandplastics.com/srtd_polyolefins.htm They use it in rock trucks to protect the bed and make the rocks slide out easier. OK, that's a help. Now, is it cut into 2" strips and screwed on? How thick are the pieces. I assume the screws are countersunk, so the strips must be 1/2" or thereabouts? I'm trying to picture this, but have never seen it before. Have a picture by any chance? -- John H Good Lord. A lot of trailers I've seen come with the 'plastic coverings'. Go look at Venture Trailers. I believe they call theirs 'poly sleeves' So he has not seen them and is asking questions. Sounds a lot smarter than you. My bunks are 4" wide and the plastic shop will cut the material. Mine is about 1/2" but you could go a little thinner, but the cost is probably close. And the screws are countersunk flatheads. |
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"John H" wrote in message ... On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:01:12 -0800, "Bill McKee" wrote: "John H" wrote in message . .. On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:08:59 -0800, "Bill McKee" wrote: "Wayne.B" wrote in message m... On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:19:47 -0800, "Steve B" wrote: I cant understand why anyone would own a Bunk Trailer. Bunks support the hull more evenly, no risk of "roller dimples". Rollers require replacement and maintenance, bunks last a long time. Rollers however are better on difficult ramps or launching with no ramp at all. The best is bunks with plastic on top. Boat slides easily. Lots of support. Bill, I think I saw in an earlier post a mention of a special plastic. What was it, and how is it mounted on your bunks? -- John H UHMW. Screwed to the bunks. The new trailer is aluminum bunks, but you can also get slide strips at West Marine. UHMW is available at a good plastics supplier. http://www.midlandplastics.com/srtd_polyolefins.htm They use it in rock trucks to protect the bed and make the rocks slide out easier. OK, that's a help. Now, is it cut into 2" strips and screwed on? How thick are the pieces. I assume the screws are countersunk, so the strips must be 1/2" or thereabouts? I'm trying to picture this, but have never seen it before. Have a picture by any chance? -- John H http://www.roguejet.com/aluminum_trailers.asp will show you a trailer like mine. |
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"Bill McKee" wrote in message ... "Don White" wrote in message ... "John H" wrote in message ... On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:01:12 -0800, "Bill McKee" wrote: "John H" wrote in message m... On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:08:59 -0800, "Bill McKee" wrote: "Wayne.B" wrote in message news:n79pg55rcscp2tqn0tbovgp3vsjua1gpa8@4ax. com... On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:19:47 -0800, "Steve B" wrote: I cant understand why anyone would own a Bunk Trailer. Bunks support the hull more evenly, no risk of "roller dimples". Rollers require replacement and maintenance, bunks last a long time. Rollers however are better on difficult ramps or launching with no ramp at all. The best is bunks with plastic on top. Boat slides easily. Lots of support. Bill, I think I saw in an earlier post a mention of a special plastic. What was it, and how is it mounted on your bunks? -- John H UHMW. Screwed to the bunks. The new trailer is aluminum bunks, but you can also get slide strips at West Marine. UHMW is available at a good plastics supplier. http://www.midlandplastics.com/srtd_polyolefins.htm They use it in rock trucks to protect the bed and make the rocks slide out easier. OK, that's a help. Now, is it cut into 2" strips and screwed on? How thick are the pieces. I assume the screws are countersunk, so the strips must be 1/2" or thereabouts? I'm trying to picture this, but have never seen it before. Have a picture by any chance? -- John H Good Lord. A lot of trailers I've seen come with the 'plastic coverings'. Go look at Venture Trailers. I believe they call theirs 'poly sleeves' So he has not seen them and is asking questions. Sounds a lot smarter than you. My bunks are 4" wide and the plastic shop will cut the material. Mine is about 1/2" but you could go a little thinner, but the cost is probably close. And the screws are countersunk flatheads. Well...here's something to ponder genius... I was told that if grit gets between the plastic and a gelcoat surface, it's more likely to scratch than if the grit gets caught up in a carpeted bunk. I was told to apply 'Joy' or 'New Dawn' liquid dish soap on the bunks. When they get wet, they'll be slippery enough and when dry..hold the boat in place a bit better. |
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Don White wrote:
"Bill McKee" wrote in message ... "Don White" wrote in message ... "John H" wrote in message ... On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:01:12 -0800, "Bill McKee" wrote: "John H" wrote in message ... On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:08:59 -0800, "Bill McKee" wrote: "Wayne.B" wrote in message ... On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:19:47 -0800, "Steve B" wrote: I cant understand why anyone would own a Bunk Trailer. Bunks support the hull more evenly, no risk of "roller dimples". Rollers require replacement and maintenance, bunks last a long time. Rollers however are better on difficult ramps or launching with no ramp at all. The best is bunks with plastic on top. Boat slides easily. Lots of support. Bill, I think I saw in an earlier post a mention of a special plastic. What was it, and how is it mounted on your bunks? -- John H UHMW. Screwed to the bunks. The new trailer is aluminum bunks, but you can also get slide strips at West Marine. UHMW is available at a good plastics supplier. http://www.midlandplastics.com/srtd_polyolefins.htm They use it in rock trucks to protect the bed and make the rocks slide out easier. OK, that's a help. Now, is it cut into 2" strips and screwed on? How thick are the pieces. I assume the screws are countersunk, so the strips must be 1/2" or thereabouts? I'm trying to picture this, but have never seen it before. Have a picture by any chance? -- John H Good Lord. A lot of trailers I've seen come with the 'plastic coverings'. Go look at Venture Trailers. I believe they call theirs 'poly sleeves' So he has not seen them and is asking questions. Sounds a lot smarter than you. My bunks are 4" wide and the plastic shop will cut the material. Mine is about 1/2" but you could go a little thinner, but the cost is probably close. And the screws are countersunk flatheads. Well...here's something to ponder genius... I was told that if grit gets between the plastic and a gelcoat surface, it's more likely to scratch than if the grit gets caught up in a carpeted bunk. I was told to apply 'Joy' or 'New Dawn' liquid dish soap on the bunks. When they get wet, they'll be slippery enough and when dry..hold the boat in place a bit better. Another problem reported with the plastic sliders...the screws that fasten them to the wood bunks sometimes come loose, leaving a screwhead exposed to grind its way through the gelcoat on the bottom of your boat as you launch and retrieve it. The liquid soap works. I use a silicon spray, forgot the trade name, that is sold to lube trailer bunks. We're also "blessed" with some decent ramps around here, well-paved, and steep enough to make launching and retrieval fairly easy. -- If you are flajim, herring, loogy, GC boater, johnson, topbassdog, rob, achmed the sock puppet, or one of a half dozen others, you're wasting your time by trying to *communicate* with me through rec.boats, because, well, you are among the permanent members of my dumbfoch dumpster, and I don't read the vomit you post, except by accident on occasion. As always, have a nice, simple-minded day. |
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On Thu, 26 Nov 2009 21:24:19 -0800, "Bill McKee"
wrote: "Don White" wrote in message .. . "John H" wrote in message ... On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:01:12 -0800, "Bill McKee" wrote: "John H" wrote in message m... On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:08:59 -0800, "Bill McKee" wrote: "Wayne.B" wrote in message news:n79pg55rcscp2tqn0tbovgp3vsjua1gpa8@4ax. com... On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:19:47 -0800, "Steve B" wrote: I cant understand why anyone would own a Bunk Trailer. Bunks support the hull more evenly, no risk of "roller dimples". Rollers require replacement and maintenance, bunks last a long time. Rollers however are better on difficult ramps or launching with no ramp at all. The best is bunks with plastic on top. Boat slides easily. Lots of support. Bill, I think I saw in an earlier post a mention of a special plastic. What was it, and how is it mounted on your bunks? -- John H UHMW. Screwed to the bunks. The new trailer is aluminum bunks, but you can also get slide strips at West Marine. UHMW is available at a good plastics supplier. http://www.midlandplastics.com/srtd_polyolefins.htm They use it in rock trucks to protect the bed and make the rocks slide out easier. OK, that's a help. Now, is it cut into 2" strips and screwed on? How thick are the pieces. I assume the screws are countersunk, so the strips must be 1/2" or thereabouts? I'm trying to picture this, but have never seen it before. Have a picture by any chance? -- John H Good Lord. A lot of trailers I've seen come with the 'plastic coverings'. Go look at Venture Trailers. I believe they call theirs 'poly sleeves' So he has not seen them and is asking questions. Sounds a lot smarter than you. My bunks are 4" wide and the plastic shop will cut the material. Mine is about 1/2" but you could go a little thinner, but the cost is probably close. And the screws are countersunk flatheads. Gotcha, thanks! -- John H |
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"H the K" wrote in message ... Don White wrote: "Bill McKee" wrote in message ... "Don White" wrote in message ... "John H" wrote in message ... On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:01:12 -0800, "Bill McKee" wrote: "John H" wrote in message ... On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:08:59 -0800, "Bill McKee" wrote: "Wayne.B" wrote in message ... On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:19:47 -0800, "Steve B" wrote: I cant understand why anyone would own a Bunk Trailer. Bunks support the hull more evenly, no risk of "roller dimples". Rollers require replacement and maintenance, bunks last a long time. Rollers however are better on difficult ramps or launching with no ramp at all. The best is bunks with plastic on top. Boat slides easily. Lots of support. Bill, I think I saw in an earlier post a mention of a special plastic. What was it, and how is it mounted on your bunks? -- John H UHMW. Screwed to the bunks. The new trailer is aluminum bunks, but you can also get slide strips at West Marine. UHMW is available at a good plastics supplier. http://www.midlandplastics.com/srtd_polyolefins.htm They use it in rock trucks to protect the bed and make the rocks slide out easier. OK, that's a help. Now, is it cut into 2" strips and screwed on? How thick are the pieces. I assume the screws are countersunk, so the strips must be 1/2" or thereabouts? I'm trying to picture this, but have never seen it before. Have a picture by any chance? -- John H Good Lord. A lot of trailers I've seen come with the 'plastic coverings'. Go look at Venture Trailers. I believe they call theirs 'poly sleeves' So he has not seen them and is asking questions. Sounds a lot smarter than you. My bunks are 4" wide and the plastic shop will cut the material. Mine is about 1/2" but you could go a little thinner, but the cost is probably close. And the screws are countersunk flatheads. Well...here's something to ponder genius... I was told that if grit gets between the plastic and a gelcoat surface, it's more likely to scratch than if the grit gets caught up in a carpeted bunk. I was told to apply 'Joy' or 'New Dawn' liquid dish soap on the bunks. When they get wet, they'll be slippery enough and when dry..hold the boat in place a bit better. Another problem reported with the plastic sliders...the screws that fasten them to the wood bunks sometimes come loose, leaving a screwhead exposed to grind its way through the gelcoat on the bottom of your boat as you launch and retrieve it. The liquid soap works. I use a silicon spray, forgot the trade name, that is sold to lube trailer bunks. We're also "blessed" with some decent ramps around here, well-paved, and steep enough to make launching and retrieval fairly easy. -- If you are flajim, herring, loogy, GC boater, johnson, topbassdog, rob, achmed the sock puppet, or one of a half dozen others, you're wasting your time by trying to *communicate* with me through rec.boats, because, well, you are among the permanent members of my dumbfoch dumpster, and I don't read the vomit you post, except by accident on occasion. As always, have a nice, simple-minded day. I run a 3/16"thick aluminum boat. Run the flat head screws through the wood bunk and use a lock nut. A little grit will just polish the bottom. There are also Glide strips, check West Marine, or Cabela's etc. May be better on a glass boat. |
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On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 11:19:38 -0800, "Bill McKee"
wrote: "H the K" wrote in message ... Don White wrote: "Bill McKee" wrote in message ... "Don White" wrote in message ... "John H" wrote in message ... On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:01:12 -0800, "Bill McKee" wrote: "John H" wrote in message ... On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:08:59 -0800, "Bill McKee" wrote: "Wayne.B" wrote in message ... On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:19:47 -0800, "Steve B" wrote: I cant understand why anyone would own a Bunk Trailer. Bunks support the hull more evenly, no risk of "roller dimples". Rollers require replacement and maintenance, bunks last a long time. Rollers however are better on difficult ramps or launching with no ramp at all. The best is bunks with plastic on top. Boat slides easily. Lots of support. Bill, I think I saw in an earlier post a mention of a special plastic. What was it, and how is it mounted on your bunks? -- John H UHMW. Screwed to the bunks. The new trailer is aluminum bunks, but you can also get slide strips at West Marine. UHMW is available at a good plastics supplier. http://www.midlandplastics.com/srtd_polyolefins.htm They use it in rock trucks to protect the bed and make the rocks slide out easier. OK, that's a help. Now, is it cut into 2" strips and screwed on? How thick are the pieces. I assume the screws are countersunk, so the strips must be 1/2" or thereabouts? I'm trying to picture this, but have never seen it before. Have a picture by any chance? -- John H Good Lord. A lot of trailers I've seen come with the 'plastic coverings'. Go look at Venture Trailers. I believe they call theirs 'poly sleeves' So he has not seen them and is asking questions. Sounds a lot smarter than you. My bunks are 4" wide and the plastic shop will cut the material. Mine is about 1/2" but you could go a little thinner, but the cost is probably close. And the screws are countersunk flatheads. Well...here's something to ponder genius... I was told that if grit gets between the plastic and a gelcoat surface, it's more likely to scratch than if the grit gets caught up in a carpeted bunk. I was told to apply 'Joy' or 'New Dawn' liquid dish soap on the bunks. When they get wet, they'll be slippery enough and when dry..hold the boat in place a bit better. Another problem reported with the plastic sliders...the screws that fasten them to the wood bunks sometimes come loose, leaving a screwhead exposed to grind its way through the gelcoat on the bottom of your boat as you launch and retrieve it. The liquid soap works. I use a silicon spray, forgot the trade name, that is sold to lube trailer bunks. We're also "blessed" with some decent ramps around here, well-paved, and steep enough to make launching and retrieval fairly easy. -- If you are flajim, herring, loogy, GC boater, johnson, topbassdog, rob, achmed the sock puppet, or one of a half dozen others, you're wasting your time by trying to *communicate* with me through rec.boats, because, well, you are among the permanent members of my dumbfoch dumpster, and I don't read the vomit you post, except by accident on occasion. As always, have a nice, simple-minded day. I run a 3/16"thick aluminum boat. Run the flat head screws through the wood bunk and use a lock nut. A little grit will just polish the bottom. There are also Glide strips, check West Marine, or Cabela's etc. May be better on a glass boat. I suppose a real dumb ass would allow the screws to come loose and scratch up the bottom of the boat. My trailer manufacturer, Venture, sells them as an accessory. I'll check them out once the holidays are over. Thanks for the info, by the way. -- John H |
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On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 14:33:32 -0500, Gene
wrote: On Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:57:11 -0500, H the K wrote: We're also "blessed" with some decent ramps around here, well-paved, and steep enough to make launching and retrieval fairly easy A point to be made is that this plastic is SO slick you'll winch your boat on and off of them.... assuming the ramps are as steep as ours. Another Catch-22 is that if you are considering bunks for an aluminum boat, don't use treated lumber. The new stuff is VERY corrosive.... especially to aluminum..... Thanks Gene. I winch mine for both launching and retrieval so they'll be a help. -- John H |
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Don White wrote:
"Bill wrote in message ... "Don wrote in message ... "John wrote in message ... On Wed, 25 Nov 2009 13:01:12 -0800, "Bill McKee" wrote: "John wrote in message ... On Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:08:59 -0800, "Bill McKee" wrote: wrote in message ... On Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:19:47 -0800, "Steve B" wrote: I cant understand why anyone would own a Bunk Trailer. Bunks support the hull more evenly, no risk of "roller dimples". Rollers require replacement and maintenance, bunks last a long time. Rollers however are better on difficult ramps or launching with no ramp at all. The best is bunks with plastic on top. Boat slides easily. Lots of support. Bill, I think I saw in an earlier post a mention of a special plastic. What was it, and how is it mounted on your bunks? -- John H UHMW. Screwed to the bunks. The new trailer is aluminum bunks, but you can also get slide strips at West Marine. UHMW is available at a good plastics supplier. http://www.midlandplastics.com/srtd_polyolefins.htm They use it in rock trucks to protect the bed and make the rocks slide out easier. OK, that's a help. Now, is it cut into 2" strips and screwed on? How thick are the pieces. I assume the screws are countersunk, so the strips must be 1/2" or thereabouts? I'm trying to picture this, but have never seen it before. Have a picture by any chance? -- John H Good Lord. A lot of trailers I've seen come with the 'plastic coverings'. Go look at Venture Trailers. I believe they call theirs 'poly sleeves' So he has not seen them and is asking questions. Sounds a lot smarter than you. My bunks are 4" wide and the plastic shop will cut the material. Mine is about 1/2" but you could go a little thinner, but the cost is probably close. And the screws are countersunk flatheads. Well...here's something to ponder genius... I was told that if grit gets between the plastic and a gelcoat surface, it's more likely to scratch than if the grit gets caught up in a carpeted bunk. I was told to apply 'Joy' or 'New Dawn' liquid dish soap on the bunks. When they get wet, they'll be slippery enough and when dry..hold the boat in place a bit better. Who told you that? Rob |
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