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Liquid Rollers Bunk Spray
Now that we have a dock for our boat we don't trailer it anymore except to
tuck it away at the end of the season or when we want to bring it with us on vacations. We will be bringing the boat with us on the trailer to Put-In-Bay/South Bass Island on Saturday for a weeks vacation on the Island, and may be launching it from the public boat ramp when we need it rather than docking it for the week. I have heard folks talk about a product called Liquid Rollers (12 oz. aerosol, $12 retail) that is sprayed on the bunk carpeting to make them slick, resulting in an easy loading of the boat. Has anyone used this product? If so, what is your opinion of it? TIA!! |
Liquid Rollers Bunk Spray
JimH wrote:
Now that we have a dock for our boat we don't trailer it anymore except to tuck it away at the end of the season or when we want to bring it with us on vacations. We will be bringing the boat with us on the trailer to Put-In-Bay/South Bass Island on Saturday for a weeks vacation on the Island, and may be launching it from the public boat ramp when we need it rather than docking it for the week. I have heard folks talk about a product called Liquid Rollers (12 oz. aerosol, $12 retail) that is sprayed on the bunk carpeting to make them slick, resulting in an easy loading of the boat. Has anyone used this product? If so, what is your opinion of it? TIA!! I just had a custom combo roller/bunk trailer made for my sailboat. The guy who builds them recommended liquid dish soap to butter up the bunks for easy sliding. |
Liquid Rollers Bunk Spray
"Don White" wrote in message ... JimH wrote: Now that we have a dock for our boat we don't trailer it anymore except to tuck it away at the end of the season or when we want to bring it with us on vacations. We will be bringing the boat with us on the trailer to Put-In-Bay/South Bass Island on Saturday for a weeks vacation on the Island, and may be launching it from the public boat ramp when we need it rather than docking it for the week. I have heard folks talk about a product called Liquid Rollers (12 oz. aerosol, $12 retail) that is sprayed on the bunk carpeting to make them slick, resulting in an easy loading of the boat. Has anyone used this product? If so, what is your opinion of it? TIA!! I just had a custom combo roller/bunk trailer made for my sailboat. The guy who builds them recommended liquid dish soap to butter up the bunks for easy sliding. Thanks Don. That sounds like a reasonable (and cheaper) solution. ;-) |
Liquid Rollers Bunk Spray
If you REALLY want to make your boat slide out there, replace your
black rubber keel rollers with those translucent yellow-tinted rollers. Be sure and grease the roller axles while you're at it, too. Your boat will roll off the trailer like somebody was towing it off. In fact, you need to be careful, because when you're backing down a steep ramp with these, a MUCH greater proportion of the boat's weight is pulling on your winch cable/strap, to the point that it might break, with your boat rolling off onto the concrete. It can also make it harder to get your boat out of the water, because when you drive it up onto the trailer, it wants to just roll right back out the instant you turn off the engine. Ron M. |
Liquid Rollers Bunk Spray
" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message ... "Don White" wrote in message news:Iudvg. Now that we have a dock for our boat we don't trailer it anymore except I just had a custom combo roller/bunk trailer made for my sailboat. The guy who builds them recommended liquid dish soap to butter up the bunks for easy sliding. Thanks Don. That sounds like a reasonable (and cheaper) solution. ;-) And it keeps the launch area waters squeaky clean, to boot. Eisboch |
Liquid Rollers Bunk Spray
"Eisboch" wrote in message ... " JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message ... "Don White" wrote in message news:Iudvg. Now that we have a dock for our boat we don't trailer it anymore except I just had a custom combo roller/bunk trailer made for my sailboat. The guy who builds them recommended liquid dish soap to butter up the bunks for easy sliding. Thanks Don. That sounds like a reasonable (and cheaper) solution. ;-) And it keeps the launch area waters squeaky clean, to boot. Eisboch The problem now is deciding on Dawn, Palmolive, Ivory or Cascade. Decisions, decisions............. :-) |
Liquid Rollers Bunk Spray
JimH wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message ... " JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message ... "Don White" wrote in message news:Iudvg. Now that we have a dock for our boat we don't trailer it anymore except I just had a custom combo roller/bunk trailer made for my sailboat. The guy who builds them recommended liquid dish soap to butter up the bunks for easy sliding. Thanks Don. That sounds like a reasonable (and cheaper) solution. ;-) And it keeps the launch area waters squeaky clean, to boot. Eisboch The problem now is deciding on Dawn, Palmolive, Ivory or Cascade. Decisions, decisions............. :-) Too bad they don't make 'Joy' anymore. |
Liquid Rollers Bunk Spray
On Wed, 19 Jul 2006 02:03:44 +0000, Don White wrote:
Too bad they don't make 'Joy' anymore. Hmm, they still make it down here. Don't know if it's the same formulation and if it still works in sal****er though. |
Liquid Rollers Bunk Spray
JimH wrote: Now that we have a dock for our boat we don't trailer it anymore except to tuck it away at the end of the season or when we want to bring it with us on vacations. We will be bringing the boat with us on the trailer to Put-In-Bay/South Bass Island on Saturday for a weeks vacation on the Island, and may be launching it from the public boat ramp when we need it rather than docking it for the week. You can trailer a boat to South Bass Island? I have heard folks talk about a product called Liquid Rollers (12 oz. aerosol, $12 retail) that is sprayed on the bunk carpeting to make them slick, resulting in an easy loading of the boat. WD-40 works well, and is probably the same stuff, as is Reel Magic. |
Liquid Rollers Bunk Spray
"basskisser" wrote in message oups.com... WD-40 works well, and is probably the same stuff...... They're made by two different companies, one is petroleum based and the other is silicon based. |
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