Steps wrote: I have never seen keel rollers work very well Its called maintenance... how many times does one see the boat dropped off, the trailer parked up, and then each of the rollers given a spin? Or see at a ramp a boat dropped off and a couple guys up at the trailer removing each of the roller and a pot of grease? Come summer time, the number of trailers stuck on the side of the road with a wheel missing because a bearing has been neglected so badly its collapsed. Or snapped a couple wheel stud because to damn lazy to take 30 secs out each time they get home and walk around the boat/ trailer with a can of CRC? The problem is not with keel rollers not working .. the problem is with the ppl who have keel rollers not working |
Steps wrote: Side question : why dont trailers , in particular boat trailers dont have a sacrificial anode? And would thjere be any benefit to bolting one on? A few American, eg Chev from at least around the late 60s used to have an anode fixed into the rear pillar. |
Steps wrote: I've had centre roller trailers and if your tinny (or any boat) can go on a multi roller trailer you won't look back. Hell yeah...with a keel .. usually u have to lift the bow over the centring roller to some degree .. unless using the trailer tilt and a muliti roller the boat is floated right into the trailer which means often less than 1/2 the distance to winch up. At moment looking at possibility of moving the rear cross member and centring roller forward .. up to the 3rd roller from the rear....the keel is higher at the rear on the commander and doest sit/ supported on the rear rollers when right up on the trailer. Still have the original rear upright 'guide poles' which until the boat is 1/'3 on are a waste of time in a cross wind whatever... but if the boat can be lined up further into the trailer they then become significant 'tools' |
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