RT188P loading on trailer problems

[sweet lou]

My 2019 is the same way loading with the fenders out of the water, if you have a strong cross wind it sucks no matter what you do. lol

[Johnnyred]

My 2019 is the same way loading with the fenders out of the water, if you have a strong cross wind it sucks no matter what you do. lol

^^^^^^ This

[GeauxTide]

Mounted a short bunk on the strake on either side of the middle roller.RT188 Bunk Adds.jpg

[Dmy-rt188p]

Just returned from being blown off the water with a 20+ mph cross wind and incoming cross-tide. My trailer is stock. I just back it down until the fenders are about 5 - 6 inches above water and come in hot with the boat (maybe 5 mph). Boat stops about 3/4 of the way up the trailer, then I use the big motor until it contacts the bow post. Boat typically centers itself, but today I had to give it a little sideways push to line up the bow roller.

[GeauxTide]

Extra Bunks.jpgBought the lumber and had dealer take care of the rest. These buggers need about 3-6" of hub exposed, but it no longer jumps off to the side on a less than level landing.

[rangerguy35]

Extra Bunks.jpgBought the lumber and had dealer take care of the rest. These buggers need about 3-6" of hub exposed, but it no longer jumps off to the side on a less than level landing.

Looks good!

[Crankinh20]

Sounds like y’all are taking outboard out of gear before your on trailer.
never had any problems with mine . Leave fenders out about 3 or 4 inches and never take it out of gear until on trailer.

[homebody]

GeauxTide
is that bare wood showing on 2spots side by side at the end of your left bunk?
reason I ask is my trailer is showing exactly the same type of holes to bare wood on my left bunk in exactly same place.
and the boat has been loaded less than 12 times since purchased new
really strange wear pattern and to happen this quickly

[FloridaFlyer]

Just returned from being blown off the water with a 20+ mph cross wind and incoming cross-tide. My trailer is stock. I just back it down until the fenders are about 5 - 6 inches above water and come in hot with the boat (maybe 5 mph). Boat stops about 3/4 of the way up the trailer, then I use the big motor until it contacts the bow post. Boat typically centers itself, but today I had to give it a little sideways push to line up the bow roller.

SAME HERE.... But I do it a little differently...but have NO PROBLEM with a stock trailer...none.. this is what I do - partly because I believe that some of the bow internal broken welds which results in cracks are caused by hitting the bow on the end of the bunks when driving the boat hard up on the trailer and the flexing and pressure it causes. I am more gentle with it. We always have wind here...flat and steep ramps...and Florida is flat and windy.

I put the trailer into the water with a little of the fenders showing. This allows the side rails to do their job....... then I push the boat on up toward the roller with the big motor making sure it is centered using the side rails as indicator. I get it on up there a bit where it is stable but not hitting the roller yet. I go up front and get out and hook the strap hook up to the eyelet and crank the boat on up until it gets hard to crank - still not hitting the roller most of the times. Then either my partner or I back the trailer in a little more and let the boat take the weight off. Then I crank it the rest of the way to the winch roller. Tales about 2 minutes longer but it works every time...never fails. I have never...not once...had trouble with this routine.

I believe it is also better on the aluminum braces and spot welds and the aluminum bow sheeting....and it works every time.

[GeauxTide]

Homebody, I had new carpet put on my old bunks when I had the new bunks installed because I did have some wood showing.

[homebody]

Was the wood showing just at the very back end of the bunk?
Was there same wear on both sides?

[GeauxTide]

Just the back.

[Slicefixer]

When I rebuilt my trailer I rigged the 4 guide posts so that the rear ones have about 3 or 4 inches of wiggle room on each side. The 2 that are toward the front are dead on my boats width at that portion of the trailer. Loads up dead on perfectly every single time, including in a heavy crosswind. I also added vinyl door jam planks as the outer bunks and treated/painted 2x4's wrapped in vinyl gutter material as my inner bunks. Back the trailer in and wet the bunks..... split the back guides.....and you're home free without any stress.


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[FloridaFlyer]

That is a dandy looking trailer slicefixer

[Slicefixer]

That is a dandy looking trailer slicefixer

Thank you Brother Flyer...👍 Coming from you, somebody that has built airplanes (I love to fly and love airplanes), that really means something to me!

[SChandler]

I have the same problem 2022 rt188 p and the same gouge ,call me 256 303 8512

[Madeintheshade]

Mine is showing the same wear pattern . Boat has 20 hrs on it and the carpet on the top of the fenders is wore through , as is the inside top of the side guides , and the very back of the bunks.
I wonder how much of this is due to poor quality carpet ? It also appears to me that the very rear of the boat is riding the bunks harder (probably the weld) is riding the bunk harder resulting in the wore through carpet.
If this is the case I wonder if relieving some of the wood under the high spot would alleviate the worn through spots on the rear of the bunks.
It would also probably alleviate some undue stress on those welds bearing excessive weight.

[homebody]

I sent pictures to my dealer and they said it was poor quality carpet that factory uses. They said the bare spots at the back end are typical of what they see. Mine had bare spots after loading only 6-7 times. Dealer said they will try to get Ranger to pay for new carpet but doubtful they would pay for it.
Apparently dealer has seen it often because they say they use a much better grade of carpet when doing a replacement. Dealer said they see many years of life with their replacement.
I thought it may be due to excess reinforcement on the transom welds but welds that I can see on each side of bunk look vey good.

[Madeintheshade]

On previous boats I have used king starboard for fender liners , and it worked great.
I have thought about Gatorbacks on the bunks , but don’t know if they would work very well due to how shallow the trailer needs to be to load.

[FrancoCialone]

Trailer too deep.

The trailer is too far into the water, try to determine at what point the boat slides off the trailer and try to bring the trailer a little more out of the water than when it slides off.