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Have you had a chance to try these out yet? Looking for something similar for my wife to be able to help her center the boat on the trailer. Strong cross wind and current at the ramp we use. We to go to know if you can “bounce” or “pivot” the boat off of these or not
I have used them 1 time since installing them. They are very stout and have no play/flex which is what I was looking for. I haven't tried to bounce/pivot from them yet, but that is the secondary thought behind installing these for those exact situations. On our only load up since installing these, I would say I may have barely nudged them as the conditions were great for loading. As stout as they are, I have faith that one could bump/pivot from them as long as you aren't buzzing the tower at mach speed. I would think that if you bump them at a reasonable approach speed, they will hold up just fine. The main reason I went with these was to get the boat to settle/center on the trailer. I got tired of pulling the trailer out to find we were not centered and would have to re-dunk her to try again. This mainly happened on windy days and I hate being "that guy" who takes forever on the ramp. It has also been known to happen when "the crew" "forgets" to sit still and not move around the boat (trying to gather their personal belonging) causing too much weight on one side of the boat while pulling her out.
Does anyone have a login there? Clicking the link that comes up on the search function requires a login. Don’t think this is the post @buckbuck is talking about, but it’s the only one I could find so far.
any worry screwing them down? Going through something critical, like the hull? haha. I've been scarred by that picture of screws through the hull
I mean, i just had to check my placement and make sure there was room. Wasn't too bad at all! Plus, i had seen some pics of other guys moving their batteries to this same location. I will eventually build a sliding tray for them so they are easy to mount and secure, then just slide back into that hole and will be completely out of the way. That's a project for this fall/winter though.
Nice! Was that a custom job? Do they flap and beat up the gel coat during trailering?
Oh no... u dont trailer with them... it's just to keep the sun iff of the gel coat while sitting outside.... it was a company y out of South Carolina that makes them... if anyone is interested I can look up the name. It's very heavy material.
Who makes them?
