Trailer has the belly basket for the spare, which I prefer to the side carry style. Clearance of the keel to the spare was close before, now the spare won't fit with the Hamby's on. The tire is about 8 1/4" wide, and I have 7 5/8" clearance currently.
If I drop the basket 3/4" I'll end up with probably around 9" clearance between the spare and the ground. That's my main concern, that would put the low point about equal distance between the rear axle of my tow vehicle and the front axle of the trailer, which seems like a bad thing to me.
I could make spacers for all the bunk perches and raise the whole boat up, but then I'd have to deal with a new bow roller pier and that all seems like way too much hassle. But I think that is the root of the problem - the whole boat is too low. Not much doing about that at this point.
I thought about making a carrier to go between the first and second main cross members of the trailer, concern here is that it might float the trailer with a fifth tire submerged when loading/unloading.
Should I lower this basket and see what happens or just get a side mount? Not sure which way to go.