Save a lot of grief

[fshrmnhn1]

Everyone who doesn't already, shoud check your trailer bunks from time to time. I think they are called bunks, the 2 x 4's covered with carpet that your boat slides up on when you load it. I didn't know there was a problem until I went to load the boat one day and couldn't get it to set level. The bunks had rotted and the lag bolts fell out. Should have been simple to see but with the boat sitting on the trailer you don't see them. The problem occurs when you are at the lake and get ready to leave. I was lucky that I had tools and some lag bolts with me to make a temporary repair.......Henry

[AJ]

seen someone cpl weeks ago set big bad heavy speed boat on trailer at launch and with kids still sitting in back pull out of water to have hitch come unlatched and roll back into chains..... long story short he let his 6 yr old hook up his 75k boat and didnt check the hookup


some ppls


good tip tho

[ss454]

seen someone cpl weeks ago set big bad heavy speed boat on trailer at launch and with kids still sitting in back pull out of water to have hitch come unlatched and roll back into chains..... long story short he let his 6 yr old hook up his 75k boat and didnt check the hookup


some ppls


good tip tho

yeah that's a likely story.  I don't know which part makes him sound dumber...the part where he didn't latch the trailer and had his boat jump off the hitch or the part where he lies and claimed his 6 y/o hooked the boat up so it was HIS fault...

[AJ]

he thought someone unlatched and and kept lookin at me where i was fishin the dock  his son came up and told him "well remember dad you had me hook it up" then he hustled and left post haste

[Bassinkorea]

Everyone who doesn't already, shoud check your trailer bunks from time to time. I think they are called bunks, the 2 x 4's covered with carpet that your boat slides up on when you load it. I didn't know there was a problem until I went to load the boat one day and couldn't get it to set level. The bunks had rotted and the lag bolts fell out. Should have been simple to see but with the boat sitting on the trailer you don't see them. The problem occurs when you are at the lake and get ready to leave. I was lucky that I had tools and some lag bolts with me to make a temporary repair.......Henry

This is a good tip and one that we all needed to hear, you'll never know when this could happen to you. The bunks could actually fail whilst on the road on the way to the water and could cause a serious accident.

[scatch1]

I made my bunks out of polymer plastic.works well

[javelin225ho]

my lags shook loose at the southeast regional.  went to put the boat on the trailer and one of them floated away......i got it taken care of though....spare lags helps alot!

[BW]

  A couple of years ago I saw a trailer with a big cruiser loaded on it jump off the ball at KY Dam ramp. The boat was about five feet from the water when it happened.  The boat had been in a slip for a while and they were taking it home.  He had put the wrong draw bar on, it had a smaller ball for a different trailer.  Just lucky it happened there instead of at 70 mph on I-24.  It did tie up the ramp for a long time.

[capt ken]

In a pinch, a stick of driftwood and a couple of really heavy duty Zip_Ties will get the job done.  You can bet that the "U" bracket will penetrate a hull in a heart beat if you don't do somethng about it.

Remember, Duct Tape, Zip-Ties and baleing wire are your friends.  Keep them in a place of honor like under the seat of your truck.

[Fish_myster]

Them are a maintenance mans best friend Capt 
I just replaced my bunks this year when I seen mine coming loose.

[left_turn56]

Anybody ever tried using TREX for bunks...seems like it would keep the rotting issue out of the equation