1993 ski Nautique Trailer ??
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Topic: 1993 ski Nautique Trailer ??
Posted By: flyweed
Subject: 1993 ski Nautique Trailer ??
Date Posted: July-12-2018 at 9:48pm
Ok guys. This being my second year of ownership of my 93 NWZ, I figured I'd give it some time to figure out the best way (easiest) way to load my boat onto the trailer after a day on the lake. My trailer has the tall (4 ft) foam padded guide posts on the rear end, but they are spaced so far out, they really do little for guiding the boat onto the trailer, centered and sitting correctly (i.e. not on a wheel well) I have resorted to having one of my kids sit in the boar and keep it held center evenly between the wheel wells while I pull the trailer and boat out of the water.
So...m.y question is..do you guys enlarge your carpeted wheel well back boards, so it acts as a guide, or do you add aftermarket guides? Does anyone powerload anymore?
I just have not gotten the hang of putting my boat onto my trailer quickly, and centered nicely. or am I just being too damn picky??
Thanks for any input
Dan
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'93 Ski Nautique NWZ, Air Boom Tower
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Posted By: Orlando76
Date Posted: July-12-2018 at 10:20pm
Sounds like you may be putting trailer in too deep?
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Posted By: flyweed
Date Posted: July-12-2018 at 10:29pm
I generally put the trailer in until top of my wheel fenders are just barely underwater. I did that with my old (4 winns) boat and trailer..and seemed to always work for me..guess I never thought it would be different on my S.N. how deep (or shallow) should I go? Is there a rule of thumb??
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'93 Ski Nautique NWZ, Air Boom Tower
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Posted By: TRBenj
Date Posted: July-13-2018 at 12:06am
You won’t end up on top of the Fenders unless you really dunk them.
Love the way my 93 trailer loads... keep the Fenders just above the surface and you can’t miss. The guides aren’t narrow enough to center the boat but you don’t need them. Not sure why you’d avoid power loading unless local officials don’t allow it and actually ticket. All power all the time in these parts.
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Posted By: bb12
Date Posted: July-13-2018 at 12:43am
Sounds like you’re too deep. As TRBenj said, top of the fenders level or just below the water is where you need to be. Loading with the CC drive-on trailers should be a breeze.
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1989 Ski Nautique 2001
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Posted By: flyweed
Date Posted: July-13-2018 at 2:20am
yeah, I must be putting trailer in too deep. this next time I take her out, I'll leave the top of the fenders just stick out of the water. I've never powerloaded my S.N yet..usually pull boat to dock, power off, go get truck and trailer, back trailer down, and float SN onto trailer..connect winch strap and crank forward into place. Which leads to me next question..should the nose of the boat be touching the two carpeted "stop" blocks just above the winch? I've never been able to crank my boat up enough to actually touch. Just too hard to crank up that far.
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'93 Ski Nautique NWZ, Air Boom Tower
Drink Tonight..for tomorrow We Ride!
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Posted By: Orlando76
Date Posted: July-13-2018 at 8:57am
The bunks do more guiding than the guide poles. I’ve never not power loaded an inboard. I don’t like my bow touching bow stop because in my experience the bouncing of the boat has rubbed the rub rail in that area too much and has split it. Just my preference leave an inch gap, plus helps when covering.
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Posted By: TRBenj
Date Posted: July-13-2018 at 9:08am
If towing any significant distance, the nose should be firmly against the bow stop. As it’s name implies, it is there to help load the boat. If you don’t have a strong DOWNWARD pull securing it (like the stock turnbuckle- the winch used in later models is insufficient alone) then the rub rail will chaffe on the stop. Downward pull, it will stay put.
The original cc trailers were very functional and well thought out. The people who struggle with them tend to not be using them properly. They load and tow great.
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