I had a Seaward Fox that had skid boards on the trailer. I once had to use a shallow ramp and ended up winching the boat in. Those boards roughed up my gel coat pretty bad. I don't believe that rollers would have done that.
Joe On 9/20/06 2:53 PM, "Howard Audsley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Most of the original Trail Rite trailers that these were shipped out on > had a single keel roller. The weight is carried on the bunks and that > one keel roller, and it is a lot of weight for one roller to carry. Tod > modified his to add one or two extra. I wish mine had at least 2 and 3 > or 4 would be better. Boat and trailer are now over 25 years old, so I > guess the match worked! > > The roller allows me to launch and retrieve from slightly shallower > water than a skid board would. To retrieve, I now winch it on, which > centers the keel on the roller. First time, every time. A skid would be > ok, but I suspect it would mean I'd have to back up a few feet farther. > On most ramps, that puts my exhaust, and a large part of the back of > the Suburban under water. If he puts a tongue extension on, it would be > a little more work at the ramp, but should solve the problem. > > Howard > > > On Sep 19, 2006, at 5:06 PM, Robbin Roddewig wrote: > >> I am having a trailer made up for a '75 M-17 that I purchased. >> Instead of keel rollers the boat trailer dealer (Dave's boat trailers >> in Bowie MD) is recommending a skid for the keel support. I do not >> recall any trailers having this configuration. Any thoughts on >> whether this is a good/bad idea? >> >> Thanks >> Robbin >> >> _______________________________________________ >> http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats >> > > > _______________________________________________ > http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats > _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
