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Looking for help on the correct depth to put the trailer in. I got the winch post with the spring. http://www.bassboatcentral.com/smileys/doh.gif Im always ramming in to the winch post instead of going over top of it. Goin on 2 years now and still cant get it right. Thanks
I suppose I am lucky because I have read post from other people with the same problem and I rarely have an issue with mine...(knock on wood) My boat is a 99 and I have owned it since 01 so I have loaded and unloaded it hunderds of times. The only time the spring loaded post is in the way is when I am on a severly steep ramp. To load properly on very steep ramps I do not get the trailer as deep as I normally do. I let the boat slide onto the bunks very slowly and give it just enough throttle to load the boat about 3/4 of the way. Then I back the truck down a few more inches and power load until the boat is 90% loaded and hand crank the rest. There is one particularly steep ramp that I use every once and a while in the winter and that is the only time I have an issue. On a "normal" slope ramp I set the trailer depth to what it needs to be and power load all the way in one try.
Too lose of a spring and it will drop to far and the bow eye will not catch and push up the arm. Too tight/ no play in the spring and the nose of the boat will want to go under the roller. With no boat on the trailer, correct tension is about 2 inches of movement.
Wether I am loading or unloading my boat or another persons boat, I always back down very slow and pay attention to the trailer depth in the mirrors. I make a mental note of how deep the trailer was to float the boat off. Then when it is time to load up I back the trailer about 85-90% of the way that it took to float off. A boat will load more shallow than it will unload.
try not dropping the trailer in so deep.
My rule of thumb is to let the top of the fenders show when you back the trailer down to load the boat.
Most trailers will have a sweet spot, mine is to leave back rollers 4'' out of the water no matter angle of ramp it loads perfect everytime! http://www.bassboatcentral.com/boardstuff2/beers.gif