So here's what I've got. The boat is a 99 201 Pro Elite. The trailer is the one that the boat came from the factory with.
First, I'd like to understand why it is that my stopper (or roller, or whatever it's called) is on this spring loaded swinging arm? In the pictures below you can see that when fully retracted the stopper is up where I need it to be. When pushed down towards the frame of the trailer, the spring stretches and the stopper arm goes way down flat... What the hell for? I've looked at it a thousand times and I can't understand the benefit. Why isn't it just solid? It must not have been a very good idea because I can't say I've seen the same design on many other boat trailers.
Second, I'd like to know if anyone else with this same trailer has troubles with their boat loading too far onto the trailer and their eyelet jumping over the stopper when power loading? I've owned several different bass boats and loading has always been very simple. With this one I have nothing but trouble. If I don't short stop the stopper, I'm almost always guaranteed to end up with my winch strap eyelet six inches ahead of the stopper, causing me to have to back everything way into the lake and having to manually crank the boat into place. It's extremely annoying and frankly a little embarrassing after a tournament when it takes me three times longer to load than everyone else. Am I doing something wrong? Or am I safe to blame the trailer?
Part of me thinks that if I could readjust that arm so that it would be a little higher before stopping I might solve my overshooting issue. If I were to grind off the little bar the stops the arm from going higher and weld a new one just an inch or two higher I think I might be in business. Please, someone stop me if I'm going to far here.
So there it is... My cry for help. Please share any tips that you might have with me.