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No seismic events here but we did have some really high winds while it was up on chocks.Very good job!!, the picture with the boat in the air supported by 2x4 make me so nervous, living in a seismic country doesn't help.
To me, the question is why is the opening of the thru hull pointing in the wrong direction?Here is another view of the livewell pickup. The boat is still jacked up with the trailer underneath so there is a gap, but it shows relationship forward and aft to the livewell pickup and the slides.
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The roller position was never moved. I left that part on during the rebuild so it is in the exact same position as when I got the boat. At least it was until today.Just wondering if you marked the initial roller support position and replaced it where it was? Could account for the difference.
I remember that thread as well…I have no idea where it is though.The roller position was never moved. I left that part on during the rebuild so it is in the exact same position as when I got the boat. At least it was until today.
I was looking for a thread I vaguely remember seeing where someone was saying the spare tire was bending the frame out but I bet it is bow roller position too. I would really like to find that thread.
So when you say you adjusted the bow roller, did you just slide the whole roller / tower assembly aft? Yellow arrow.I had a chance to launch the boat with the rebuilt trailer and it wasnt enough experience to determine yet whether or not I like the bunk slides. However, while working on the boat today I notices that the bunks werent making good and even contact, something I wouldnt have noticed with the carpet. I also made an observation that the equalizer bars were maxed out front high, which I thought was weird since the trailer tongue was raised up. As it turns out, thumbing thru the before pictures, it was the same situation with the carpeted bunks. Keep in mind the left tire in this picture is forward and the tongue elevated.
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I took out my level and noticed that the aluminum I beams were bending to the point that it was causing the equalizer bar to max out fromt tire high, even with the tongue elevated. So I pulled out the jack amd started lifting the bow of the boat. Low and behold, the pads started making even contact and the equalizer bars leveled out. Now with the boat in what I think is the proper position, this is what the bow roller position looked like.
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I adjusted the bow roller position and everything seems now to balance out appropriately. Has anyone else with an aluminum trailer seen anything like this?
I think Shorlandr states 7% on the tongue? While a science project to be sure, seems pretty straight forward…the axle assembly is just a truck that’s bolted to the actual boat hauling cradle. Wonder if using a different position on the adjustable bunk holder brackets would be in order?I moved it up and back to get to the proper boat position. I dont like it though because it means that i transferred some load from the front crossmember to the bow roller and on second thought I dont think that is a good idea. It is starting to turn into a science project but I think I need to experiment with moving the boat back to distribute more of the load onto the back crossmembers and then adjusting the bow so that it just supports in the right position. Then I would need to look at moving the wheels potentially to get the right weight on the tongue.
Any updates?I did not move the roller until after I loaded the boat on the new bunks. I did notice the equalizer bar bottomed out though, I just wasn't sure what to do about it yet.What i am about to do us just take the boat down to the ramp, bring some wrenches, a level, and a tape measure, and start loading at different places on the bunks and see what I can find out. Dont worry, Ill take lots of pictures!