How far foward on trailer ?

Alan,

Your setup sound nice, The guides on my trailer are PVC over the metal pipe, they are a bit low and are somewhat close together, whenever launching I slide the PVC up a bit so the top does not end up under the rub rail which can occur on a steep ramp, I also remove my decorative trailer guide pads or they just get destroyed from the rub rail.

Also, my gas caps are both exactly next to the guides which makes filling up on the trailer a bit challenging, usually need to remove the PVC cover to make just enough room to get the pump nozzle into the filler, PITA.

Just goofing aound and came across this...when I made my trailer guides I welded the top and bottom of the post to keep water out of them. AIR the original guides had a hole in the botom to let moisture out...mine must have clogged and they rusted away, even though the trailer was in great shape.

Since it is tubing and being bent it is better to dimention the inside radius as that is what you need to know. Otherwise you have to subtract the tubing O.D. to figure it out.

skicat wrote: Alan, I could use a set of the trailer guides sent to Duluth GA 30097. Let me know the cost & I will get you the funds if you can do them. No rush on mine!

Greg, I sent you an email on the guides but it bounced back. Shipping cost to GA is $14 and I have a set ready to ship today. Let me know that you still want them and I'll get them out asap.

AA

skicat wrote: Here is a drawing of the bow stop. It is drawn for a 11" x 17" print size, but you can read it ok at 8 1/2" x 11". Let me know if you need any more dimensions. bowstop.ZIP

Looks like we're in bidness, guess I better get to work, Thanks again

Here is what I ended up doing for my trailer. It was off a Malibu, so I had a lot of modifications to make. I simly copied the CC trailer.
http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=2748&yrstart=1986&yrend=1990
Dan

Greg, Thanks for providing this info to Alan.
This is really appreciated.

Roger

Alan,

I took some pictures & got some dimensions of my bow stop tonight. It is not put on my trailer yet, so you can see it pretty well. Here are the pictures & tomorrow when I get to work, I will draw it up with the dimensions. They do have the pywood pads to go on it. They are 6" wide x 18" tall & 3/4" plywood. Let me know if you need anything else.

I could use a set of the trailer guides sent to Duluth GA 30097. Let me know the cost & I will get you the funds if you can do them. No rush on mine!

That trailer looks really great....lets see some more pics.

Rob

nc2001 wrote: anyway you could bend up another set for me????

Jon or anybody interested, I would be happy to bend up a set of trailer guides for anyone that needs them. Here are the details, I am only providing the 2 pipes, you would have to cut them to width and length, and then weld on the flanges to mount them to your trailer. I'd love to be able to make complete sets but I think there are many variations of these trailers and I don't want to have any issues with them not fitting correctly. The bends I came up with seem to fit my boat well and that is what I would provide. Here are a few pics.

I will provide 2 pipes with about 8" of pipe at the bottom so you can custom fit them for your application. There are 2 sets in this photo, the flange material I used is 3/8"x 2" but I will not supply that as I'm not cutting any more of that stuff by hand, my metal working tools are minimal. Any hardware store will have it.


Here is my finished product. I've left these a little tall to accomodate steep ramps but I may trim them back once I launch a few times.



Here's what the flange looks like, I cut 6" off of mine to fit.


Anyone interested please send me an email with your address and I'll tell you what shipping will cost and where you can send your check.

anyway you could bend up another set for me????

Roger, Your trailer guides are ready. If you want me to ship them to you it's no big deal as I have a regular UPS pickup everyday at the shop. email your address and I'll get you a cost. No need to wait til July to get them.

Also, could you post a photo of your boat from the side, to me it looks like it's too far forward. Do you know if that's a #2 or #3 trailer?

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That is one fine looking rig.
Now you need a white 81' F-150 to pull it.

Steve

TRBenj wrote: If I had to guess, I would say that the engine should be just forward (a few inches) of being centered on the axle.

Tim,

I have a double axle trailer, so should the engine be just forward of the middle of the two axles? It's too much forward now and we are going to work on the trailer this weekend.

Ok, you sold me.
I really like the ones you made for Tim.
I can do the welding and mounting.

You use PayPal ?
I can pay you for the Guides in advance and just pick them up in Green Lake if it works for you.
As for the Bow Stops, I am in. When you need the contribution"s", let me know.

My dad is a retired Electrician. Has a ton of tools. Next time I see him, I have to ask if he has a thick wall conduit bender. Looks like one of those can come in handy.

Thanks for working with me on this. I really appreciate all the information. I plan on positioning the boat on the trailer correctly this weekend.