javelin winch post

[gravytrain]

Looking for help on the correct depth to put the trailer in. I got the winch post with the spring. 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

[JR19]

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.

[rooster tail]

try not dropping the trailer in so deep.

[fastman151]

My rule of thumb is to let the top of the fenders show when you back the trailer down to load the boat.

[fishnfool38]

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!