Repositioning a 25' Boat on its trailer while in the driveway
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- Опубліковано 3 жов 2024
- I wanted to adjust the position of my 25' Cobalt 250 on the trailer but I didn't want to have to splash the boat. So lifted the boat up off the bunks and made some adjustments. I also added some UHMWPE slides to the bunks while I was at it.
Thanks! Worked great! I did one more step. After I lowered the front of the boat/trailer, I then Jacked up the back of the trailer until I started to see some stress in the trailer. This was to ensure I was taking into account the "lift" from the trailer suspension. I could not get enough clearance on teh back of the boat until I added this step. Thank you for the vid, was great help.
Wow! Impressive. My 17’ boat sits very slightly off on the trailer, so the bow doesn’t quite fit the yellow rubber bumper perfectly. Now, I will do what you did to solve this. I would not have thought of doing this, until you showed us how you did it. Thanks for making this video.
Clever lever approach by dropping the trailer tongue- nice stone wall
Thanks I’m going to do mine and this helped. Looks like you need a keel guard!
Nicely done man. Doing mine in the next couple of days. Thanks for the vid
I had just done a version of this. I bought a new trailer and the boat was on blocks. I had to jack the boat up a long way and shim my blocking very often. Eventually I bought some boat stands and these made the project much less difficult and much more safe. I find jacking a large heavy and awkward load like a boat quite stressful but with the stands a lot less so.
Seems to me launching the boat would be easier. Also, always make sure to use glides that screw on the sides to eliminate the possibility of screws backing out and ruining your gel coat.
Great video
Be careful with that style of plastic sliders i had them on my trailer and over time the screws backed out slightly and wore holes in the gellcoat. I won't use anything that screws down from the top now
i jam replacing the aluminum bunks on the front of my grady white trailer because they were stolen. the main bunks had the black stuff like you mentioned that wrap about an inch down and attach to the side of the bunk. i just figured that was because they were aluminum. im using glide sliks on the ones im replacing that screw from the top. couldnt find the ones that attach from the sides. oh well, i guess ill have to carry a screwdriver with me and check at landing or maybe just use a ton of locktite on the screws when i install them. thanks so much for the tip. never would have thought of that in a million years.
Can someone tell me if my trailer is leaning back would I still be able to attach it to the ball hitch. Just bought a new boat and the boat and trailer are leaning back kind of higher then where the hitch would be
you should be able to lower the tongue using the tongue jack. If the tongue jack is not touching the ground that you have different problems and your trailer is not safe to pull. Hope this helps!
I did this a couple times on my 20ft bowrider, i never enjoy doing it or being under the boat while its on two block stacks and a jack stand
Hey there it’s 2023.. I’m painting the bottom of my 25 foot day cruise (3000 pound weight); there’s no issue lifting my boat from the bottom with a block like you did with that much weight? Newbie here.. the hill will hold?
Should be fine. You'll see boats supported like that all over boat yards.
@@SlideruleRacingProducts thank you! I start painting after Labor Day. This reply is so timely thank you!
oh my god, the pressure on that hull :)
Say what you want about my process, but this is how hulls are supported at boat manufacturers and marinas everywhere. In fact, adjustable boat stands are rarely placed in locations as strong as where the transom and chine intersect - as I have in the video.
@@SlideruleRacingProducts I work at a marina. While it's true that we like to put blocks in the stern, we always put a pair of backstands down there. I mean if it were my boat, I would get some 8x8 blocks in the stern, along with two backstands, and a pair of 3 foot stands in the bow area with more 8x8 blocks.
again, thats how I would do it. The way you did it worked so im not going to knock you. good job.
I followed your advice. Now I have a question. After the boat falls and pinches my arm, what is the best way to lift the boat back up if I'm only able to reach the bunk area?
It must be pretty embarrassing to be a Conquistador that gets pinned down by his own boat. Sounds like a South American version of Monty Python...
I wouldn't have thought that was possible! Very impressive. Need to do a similar job myself so was wondering what does your boat weigh, do you know?
Hi Dominic - my boat weighs about 6000lbs with all of the stuff inside. Good luck!
I see you added more support to the front keel bunk. My trailer is set up the same way for my 28' NauticStar as your boat is and I feel its not right. Looks like you added a 4x4 under it. How did you secure it down?
I had lag bolted it to the cross bar. Since this video was taken, though, I've since upgraded to forward bunks which is better. It helps align the boat much easier when pulling onto the trailer. Good luck!
How come those bunks are not angled like others?? Thanks!
The top of the bunk is cut at an angle.
How well does the bunk sliders work with unloading and especially loading and winching it up to the front??
It's less friction than the carpets, but it's not like rollers.
Curious why you wouldnt just crank the front back up support the front of boat then lower the trailer again
Because if that was all you did, the boat would still just be sitting on the trailer at the stern.
* Perhaps, one could block the boat, then completely deflate the tires and lower the tongue accordingly. Might get you the clearance you need without jacking the boat up. Just a thought.
Hi.. I am going to use Mary Kate spray liquid rollers first.. Have a new R3 4500 and trailer 800 to pull with a Highlander about a mile to the ramp. Does your Jeep handle the boat ok and how is the tongue wt. ....?? And is it a v6 in the truck.
Hi Gary, I have a Suburban with a 6.0L V8. With the adjustment to the position, the tongue weight is about 700 lbs.
@@SlideruleRacingProducts Hi Chris - You answered my question and will have no problem with your suburban. I will have to upgrade to a Tacoma eventually....for any bigger distance than a few flat miles. Thanks.
what did you end up with for the TW? couldn't see the back fully, but it looked like your weren't quite even with the back of the boat on the bunks. i'm ever so slightly adjusting my R5 on a Venture trailer... very similar setup.
When I used the scale and the lever approach, I had about 680 lbs. Still a touch under 10%, but better than where it was, for sure. Good luck!
Good video. I need to move my 22' Century Raven back about a foot, to reduce tongue weight.
I know this is and old video I'm looking at a 250 cobalt but it has no trailer, i was looking at some ventures what size did you go with thanks
I have the VATB-7225 and it's more than big enough.
In the last few frames looking under boat. Why is their light between the bunk and bottom of boat? Isn't the keel not suppose to be sitting on front roller?
If you are talking about 6:07ish, where there is space at the top edges of the V-shaped 'bunk' then the keel is on that bunk at the keel, but the v of the bunk is a different angle than the hull, so it doesn't touch at the top edges. When the winch is cranked fully, the hull was not touching the roller, but in this case I hadn't fully wrenched up on the winch yet, so it may appear that there was more weight on the roller than there should be. Since this video, though, I replaced the front lower roller and v-bunk with forward bunks, which work much better than the arrangement in this video.
The boat is covered
I'm not trying to sound pessimistic but removing the bunks to install the slides is a bad idea...
Your trick to raise the boat while on the trailer to adjust the bunks is the best way to do just that, adjust the bunks.
Could have installed the slides on your next boating trip when your boat is in the water, just have to bring a drill with a screw driver bit along.
Just saying as to promote safety
I wanted to get this project done without waiting 8 months when the boat was going back in the water. I needed to move the bunks anyways to get them adjusted better to be closer to the strakes and adjust them for the boat being further forward on the trailer, so it made sense for me. I would never have taken this project on *just* to put the slides on. That wasn't the main purpose.
How do you like that Trailer?
After adding forward bunks, I like it a lot.
I need to do this because I hate the rollers on mine.I truly can't understand why they would put rollers on a trailer.I truly 100% hate them.there just like my mother in law. Nothing but a headache and I truly TRULY HATE THEM.
So.... what you're saying is.... you really hate roller bunks? 🙃
It would’ve been easier to just put the boat in the water
Not around here! Closest place for this size boat is about 3 hours round trip. Going in and out over and over with this boat and trailer combo would be stressful and cost me $20 each pull and I would have been guessing on the best width for the bunks. Thanks for the helpful comment, though!
That trailer setup kind of sucks. Get rid of that 1980’s keel roller and get some bunks to support the keel up forward and a boat of that size replace the bow roller with a cow/bow catcher.
Haha.. Already did.
sir, great idea, but it was an ems call waiting to happen. next time please buy and use some 6x6 boards with cross braces side by side forward or back. i know you werent dumb enough to put you arm between that heavy ass boat and the trailer and you worked from underneath but wandering kids and dogs dont. not preaching, just saying after 15 years ive been to more than a couple similar calls and its never the person aware of the danger whose entrapped. either way, nice boat bro, get the captains choice exhaust. i bet that would sound awesome.
Do yourself a favor and buy a dozen 4"x4" x2' and build a proper stack when moving your boat.
Sketchy
Camera work?
? Sorry, I don't understand what you're asking.
Get some real boat stands. Those stacks are absurd. The stands are cheap.
Boat stand tripods wouldn't be able to pickup the hull with where the trailer was - I checked. As for the strength of the 'absurd stacks', I'm certain that the compressive strength of that stack exceeds any boat stand tripod ever used beneath a 25' bow rider.
That looked sketchy asf.
Go walk around a boat yard some day. They pretty much do the same thing all the time
Brother that's so ghetto. 😂😂😂😂
Ghetto or not, it works fine and I'd do it again if I needed to!