How Good Are Bass Cat Trailers

[mossie3]

My 14 Puma doesn't load particularly well. If loading solo, while exiting the boat on my very last step, the boat will slide back off the roller about 4 inches 75% of the time. So, I just keep the motor in gear running until I get out and winch it up. You can also go off to the side of the bow roller, even with the hull correctly on the bunks. If you try to compensate by not backing the trailer in as far, you are at near full throttle trying to get it fully loaded. There is a very, very, very narrow sweet spot, for the stars to align to load solo.

[1958]

My 14 Puma doesn't load particularly well. If loading solo, while exiting the boat on my very last step, the boat will slide back off the roller about 4 inches 75% of the time. So, I just keep the motor in gear running until I get out and winch it up. You can also go off to the side of the bow roller, even with the hull correctly on the bunks. If you try to compensate by not backing the trailer in as far, you are at near full throttle trying to get it fully loaded. There is a very, very, very narrow sweet spot, for the stars to align to load solo.

Sounds to me like you are backing the trailer too deep

[Bass Cat Boats]

That is true on most we find, they are loading too deep. We find that on over 9 out of 10 with loading issues. Today’s trailers do require more depth than older models. And it also could be our staff on the bunk alignment. We don’t blame all poor loading trailers on customers.

Sounds to me like you are backing the trailer too deep

[rlb8s]

My 14 Puma doesn't load particularly well. If loading solo, while exiting the boat on my very last step, the boat will slide back off the roller about 4 inches 75% of the time. So, I just keep the motor in gear running until I get out and winch it up. You can also go off to the side of the bow roller, even with the hull correctly on the bunks. If you try to compensate by not backing the trailer in as far, you are at near full throttle trying to get it fully loaded. There is a very, very, very narrow sweet spot, for the stars to align to load solo.

mossie3 - You may want to look into getting one of these - https://www.boat2trailerhookup.com/b...ic-boat-latch/. I put on on my Puma STS trailer and really like it. I installed the short manual handle so I need to remember to reset it after launching, but it will latch automatically which will solver your slide back issue. A trick step and this boat 2 trailer latch make launching/recovering by yourself a breeze.

[caddyjoe77]

mossie3 - You may want to look into getting one of these - https://www.boat2trailerhookup.com/b...ic-boat-latch/. I put on on my Puma STS trailer and really like it. I installed the short manual handle so I need to remember to reset it after launching, but it will latch automatically which will solver your slide back issue. A trick step and this boat 2 trailer latch make launching/recovering by yourself a breeze.

thanks Richard, I was looking for this as i launch by myself 99 percent of the time.