I am buying three hourglass rollers for the keel of my boat. The keel does
not have a kickout where I can use a regular spool roller. I measured a
couple of places where I want to put the rollers, and there is a different
angle. I take that back, the front receiving roller will be a spool roller,
as at that point of the keel, there's an aluminum cover that kicks out about
1.5". The rest is just a vee'd seam with a strip of joining metal.

Do the hourglass rollers come in a lot of angles? There is a large
difference in the prices due to different materials. Is the differences
softness, UV durability, what?

BTW, thanks for the West Marine suggestion. That's about a block from my
doctor's office, and I'll be going there very soon.

Steve

On Dec 20, 11:56*am, Gene wrote:
On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:34:04 -0800, "Steve B"

wrote:
Do the hourglass rollers come in a lot of angles? *There is a large
difference in the prices due to different materials.

Hourglass rollers are that shape to center the boat, not to support on
the angle. *Unless your boat is bottom painted black I would buy a non
marking variety....
--
It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are
enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.
*-Thomas Sowell

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepage
*http://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net/boating/the_boat/my_boat.htm

Forté Agent 6.00 Build 1186

That's wht the deal is with mine. on the small boat it has the bow tie
rollers and tsure enough, there's black streaks underneath, especially
right down the center. It has some rollers that need redone due to the
center bushings being gone and a couple are splitting. , so I'm
thinking on getting some pretty yellow ones and re-do the trailer. I
was thinking of something like these

http://www.championtrailers.com/ROLLERS.htm

I'll do some shopping around and see what i can find.

On Dec 21, 9:06*pm, Gene wrote:
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:55:08 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:



On Dec 20, 11:56*am, Gene wrote:
On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:34:04 -0800, "Steve B"

wrote:
Do the hourglass rollers come in a lot of angles? *There is a large
difference in the prices due to different materials.

Hourglass rollers are that shape to center the boat, not to support on
the angle. *Unless your boat is bottom painted black I would buy a non
marking variety....
--
It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are
enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.
*-Thomas Sowell

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepage
*http://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net/boating/the_boat/my_boat.htm

Forté Agent 6.00 Build 1186

That's wht the deal is with mine. on the small boat it has the bow tie
rollers and tsure enough, there's black streaks underneath, especially
right down the center. It has some rollers that need redone due to the
center bushings being gone and a couple are splitting. , so I'm
thinking on getting some pretty yellow ones and re-do the trailer. I
was thinking of something like these

http://www.championtrailers.com/ROLLERS.htm

I'll do some shopping around and see what i can find.

I gotta say good things about Champion Trailer. Katrina came through
their home, Slidell, LA, *and absolutely handed them their ass... that
was in August of 2005. Three weeks later, they shipped me good product
with same day shipping. I was and AM impressed....

For those of you that think that is a done-deal..... my wife and I
picked up a truck in San Antonio and drove back through New Orleans
this February..... 4.5 years later it still looks like Armageddon in
many neighborhoods... 20 miles on either side of NO.... and the levees
STILL aren't fixed..... (don't start.... it is legally an Army Corps
of Engineers mandate).
--
It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are
enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.
*-Thomas Sowell

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepage
*http://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net/boating/the_boat/my_boat.htm

Forté Agent 6.00 Build 1186

Your recomendation works for me, Gene.

"Gene" wrote in message
...
On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:55:08 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Dec 20, 11:56 am, Gene wrote:
On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:34:04 -0800, "Steve B"

wrote:
Do the hourglass rollers come in a lot of angles? There is a large
difference in the prices due to different materials.

Hourglass rollers are that shape to center the boat, not to support on
the angle. Unless your boat is bottom painted black I would buy a non
marking variety....
--
It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are
enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.
-Thomas Sowell

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepage
http://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net/boating/the_boat/my_boat.htm

Forté Agent 6.00 Build 1186

That's wht the deal is with mine. on the small boat it has the bow tie
rollers and tsure enough, there's black streaks underneath, especially
right down the center. It has some rollers that need redone due to the
center bushings being gone and a couple are splitting. , so I'm
thinking on getting some pretty yellow ones and re-do the trailer. I
was thinking of something like these

http://www.championtrailers.com/ROLLERS.htm

I'll do some shopping around and see what i can find.

I gotta say good things about Champion Trailer. Katrina came through
their home, Slidell, LA, and absolutely handed them their ass... that
was in August of 2005. Three weeks later, they shipped me good product
with same day shipping. I was and AM impressed....

For those of you that think that is a done-deal..... my wife and I
picked up a truck in San Antonio and drove back through New Orleans
this February..... 4.5 years later it still looks like Armageddon in
many neighborhoods... 20 miles on either side of NO.... and the levees
STILL aren't fixed..... (don't start.... it is legally an Army Corps
of Engineers mandate).
--
It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are
enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.
-Thomas Sowell

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepage
http://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net/boating/the_boat/my_boat.htm

Forté Agent 6.00 Build 1186

I am also impressed with the service from Champion Trailers. But Slidell
was nowhere as devastated as NOLA proper. They had water damage up to five
miles from the lake, but the water did not stay for weeks. Also, Slidell is
a lot more middle class and self sufficient. I went to Slidell with the our
local Presbyterian Church. Buddy is a member of it to help Habitat for
Humanity. Lots more community involvement.

On Dec 22, 12:03*am, "Bill McKee" wrote:
"Gene" wrote in message

...





On Mon, 21 Dec 2009 16:55:08 -0800 (PST), Tim
wrote:

On Dec 20, 11:56 am, Gene wrote:
On Sun, 20 Dec 2009 10:34:04 -0800, "Steve B"

wrote:
Do the hourglass rollers come in a lot of angles? There is a large
difference in the prices due to different materials.

Hourglass rollers are that shape to center the boat, not to support on
the angle. Unless your boat is bottom painted black I would buy a non
marking variety....
--
It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are
enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.
-Thomas Sowell

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepage
http://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net/boating/the_boat/my_boat.htm

Forté Agent 6.00 Build 1186

That's wht the deal is with mine. on the small boat it has the bow tie
rollers and tsure enough, there's black streaks underneath, especially
right down the center. It has some rollers that need redone due to the
center bushings being gone and a couple are splitting. , so I'm
thinking on getting some pretty yellow ones and re-do the trailer. I
was thinking of something like these

http://www.championtrailers.com/ROLLERS.htm

I'll do some shopping around and see what i can find.

I gotta say good things about Champion Trailer. Katrina came through
their home, Slidell, LA, *and absolutely handed them their ass... that
was in August of 2005. Three weeks later, they shipped me good product
with same day shipping. I was and AM impressed....

For those of you that think that is a done-deal..... my wife and I
picked up a truck in San Antonio and drove back through New Orleans
this February..... 4.5 years later it still looks like Armageddon in
many neighborhoods... 20 miles on either side of NO.... and the levees
STILL aren't fixed..... (don't start.... it is legally an Army Corps
of Engineers mandate).
--
It is usually futile to try to talk facts and analysis to people who are
enjoying a sense of moral superiority in their ignorance.
-Thomas Sowell

Grady-White Gulfstream, out of Oak Island, NC.

Homepage
http://pamandgene.tranquilrefuge.net/boating/the_boat/my_boat.htm

Forté Agent 6.00 Build 1186

I am also impressed with the service from Champion Trailers. *But Slidell
was nowhere as devastated as NOLA proper. *They had water damage up to five
miles from the lake, but the water did not stay for weeks. *Also, Slidell is
a lot more middle class and self sufficient. *I went to Slidell with the our
local Presbyterian Church. *Buddy is a member of it to help Habitat for
Humanity. *Lots more community involvement.- Hide quoted text -

- Show quoted text -

Here here for champion. Not just good service but they are the best
prices I've found as well. Great company.