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!!

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.

"Don White" wrote in message
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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. ;-)

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.

" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
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"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

"Eisboch" wrote in message
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" JimH" jimhUNDERSCOREosudad@yahooDOTcom wrote in message
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"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............. :-)

JimH wrote:
"Eisboch" wrote in message
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" 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.

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.

"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.

Jokerman wrote:
"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.

Odd, both my can of WD-40 and Blakemore's Reel Magic both say "contains
petroleum distillates", and they smell exactly the same. I'll have to
look into that!