Don't expect to do much "winter" boating, gets too rough. Boat has bottom
paint so I'm concerned about too much friction with the bunks. Only worry I
have with rollers is the smaller area of support. Seeing some trailers with
30-40+ rollers though. Thanks for the tip on a power winch.
Thanks for the feed back
David
"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in message
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On Tue, 21 Sep 2004 14:05:37 GMT, "Don White"
wrote:


"Short Wave Sportfishing" wrote in
message

snip....
and using your trailer for
winter or long term storage, bunks are the way to go.

If you are trailering the boat from place-to-place, then rollers are
the way to go.

In either case, and in particular with the bunks, I would get a power
winch to put the boat properly on the trailer.

Later,

What if you do both...store boat on trailer for 7 months and then use it
to
trailer around for 5 months? Only time boat is off trailer, is when it's
in
use.

Punt? :)

I would use bunks then.

Or a combination which I've seen from time-to-time. If you are buying
a new trailer, they can be made that way.

Take care.

Tom

"The beatings will stop when morale improves."
E. Teach, 1717

On Wed, 22 Sep 2004 04:29:44 GMT, "David"
wrote:

Don't expect to do much "winter" boating, gets too rough. Boat has bottom
paint so I'm concerned about too much friction with the bunks. Only worry I
have with rollers is the smaller area of support. Seeing some trailers with
30-40+ rollers though. Thanks for the tip on a power winch.

Sportsman Trailers in south Houston used to make bunk trailers with
lift up rollers in the middle. Roll the boat on the trailer then lower
the boat onto the bunks - worked great. I don't know if they still
make them but I saw their place a few weeks ago so I guess they're
still around. If you use bunks I would recommend that you use UHMW in
place of carpet. Boat will slide on easier and it will not rot.