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Bohinny 
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 Topic: Securing boat to trailerPosted: April-04-2012 at 10:45pm |
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I am a new owner of a 1995 SNOB and I trailered it one time to the lake and the back of the boat bounced the entire way. What is the best way to secure the boat. I see 3 options. 1)Hook the straps to the swim platform, which does not look very strong. 2) Pull the little black covers off that cover the lifting eyes, what are the black covers for and why cover up the lifting eyes? 3) Put a big strap all the way around the top of the boat and strap it down, seems like a pain in the @ss.
I am also looking for the center section of the walk thru windshield if anybody know where I can find one Thanks Billy |
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SNobsessed
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Posted: April-05-2012 at 1:09am |
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Most guys tie down from the platform bkts. I use a full gunwale strap. I wouldn't use the lift ring. Not sure what the covers are that you asked about.
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KRoundy
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Posted: April-05-2012 at 2:10am |
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Pictures would help. No idea what the plastic covers are you mention?
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Foot_Fungus
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Posted: April-05-2012 at 2:24am |
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plastic covers are to keep exhaust from coming up the back of the transom inbetween the swim platform. Apparently people complained of an exhaust smell so CC added them to address the concern in the early 90s.
All.. he's referring to the covers that go over the rear lift rings. Seems most people take them off exactly for the reason you mentioned. From other posts I've read seems they don't make that big of a difference anyways. Only reason I haven't is b/c I'm too lazy to fill in the screw holes with 5300. To answer your original question I just use a gunwale strap(fancy/technical name for ratchet strap over the back). I put a piece of cardboard under the corners where it contacts the hull just to prevent rubbing, sometimes you'll get some light rub marks if you don't put anything between the strap and the hull depending on the strap and the ride. |
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Posted: April-05-2012 at 2:28am |
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he means these...
transom cup in fact they cover the lifting ring from below, also they are there to prevent CO2 build up... |
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Bohinny
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Posted: April-05-2012 at 4:33am |
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Thanks I will get a ratchet strap (gunwale strap I learned something new)I took the transom cups off but if anybody complains about exhaust smell it will be my wife
 so I will be putting them back on. Has any body heard of someone ripping the swim platform brackets off?Thanks for the info Billy |
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Posted: April-05-2012 at 8:59am |
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Billy,
No on the lifting ring. Yes on the gunwale strap and yes on the swim plateform brackets. No you will not rip off the platform brackets - the load is is "shear" and less than the tension load when someone is on the platform. |
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Posted: April-05-2012 at 9:48am |
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I too use the swim platform brackets in a "X" patten. For any distance towing I also use a small ractchet strap from the boweye back to the trailer which keeps the boat from moving foward in a hard stop.
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Posted: April-05-2012 at 12:37pm |
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So you guys recommend platform brackets over rear lifting rings? Seems redundant here...
"Billy, No on the lifting ring. Yes on the gunwale strap and yes on the swim plateform brackets. No you will not rip off the platform brackets - the load is is "shear" and less than the tension load when someone is on the platform. " So since this load is "shear" why not use the lifting rings? Anyone actually rip/loosen those up on a 90-newer boat? |
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Hollywood
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Posted: April-05-2012 at 1:10pm |
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Lifting rings are fine to use. There really isn't that much force there, the boat pulls the trailer up.
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storm34
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Posted: April-05-2012 at 1:23pm |
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No one has asked how the boat is bouncing?
If it's bouncing at the nose then it's a different problem, you need to pull the nose down instead of forward like you would with a winch for example. I too have a SNOB (with a Road Runner trailer) and if it's not sitting up on the stop with the winch tight it will bounce. I really need to add a turnbuckle to pull it down, but that's a ways down my project list. |
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Posted: April-05-2012 at 2:09pm |
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I have two Harley Davidson ratcheting straps (they use to strap the rims down to the crate when they ship) and wrap around the outer swim platform brackets where they're bolted to the boat and the frame on the trailer. Have never had an issue with them. Been doing so for years to keep the boat from sliding back and forth up against the guide poles in tight turns after I sprayed the bunks down with silicone. I'll take a picture of my set up when I get home.
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Posted: April-05-2012 at 3:13pm |
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Boat is on a Ramlin and I use the turnbuckle, and it is the back of the boat that bounces when hitting bumps in the road. Houston does not have the best roads. Here are some pics. Thanks for the info
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Posted: April-06-2012 at 11:27am |
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I think you are good to go!
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Posted: April-06-2012 at 2:32pm |
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Here are the pictures of how I have the stern of the 88' strapped down.
 
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Posted: April-06-2012 at 6:46pm |
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Smell is the least of one's worries. We are talking about engine exhaust. Humans pass out and die when breathing engine exhaust. We had a young girl in our community pass out form the fumes, fall overboard, and drown before anyone could find her in the water.
To suggest that most people remove the transom cups, or that they serve no purpose is, in word, dumb. My boat weighs a lot more than a 95 SNOB. I've used tie down straps to the swim platform bracket for 11 years now, including a trip form CA to WI and back, with no issue. BKH |
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Posted: April-08-2012 at 11:55am |
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For the relatively short trips I generally take, I don't tie down the transom. The boat doesn't have any bounce on the Ramlin.
I'm confused on those cups. How is the exhaust getting to the passengers, and what do the cups seal off? |
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Posted: April-08-2012 at 12:05pm |
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I don't understand the concept of those covers either. Standing by.
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Posted: April-08-2012 at 12:55pm |
At some point they decided to make the platform pretty much solid, with the idea (I'm guessing) that the exhaust would be carried further out the back and not be able to waft up the transom towards the back seat passengers. They also put the lifting rings, in line with the platform, basically along the same line as the platform brackets, but more interior. They're mounted along the horizontal transom surface, unlike the bow lifting rings and the transom rings of previous models. These lifting ring points present the only void in the solid transom idea. I guess they would allow a space for exhaust to still waft up. So, the cups cover the void along the bottom side. and allow you to still access the rings from above. Unfortunately, the cups also block the path of a tiedown giong from the lifting rings to a trailer.  |
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Posted: April-08-2012 at 9:54pm |
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bohinny I like your winch pass thru catcher's mitt post. I think I may go cut a hole in mine. getting it on the trailer without a winch on my steep ramp is about as easy as nailing jello to a wall.
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Posted: May-18-2012 at 4:15am |
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We have tied our 94 SNOB over the swim platform shown in the picture above. We have had zero issues with boat bouncing using simple 1-inch lever straps from our dealer.
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I share a 1996 SNOB.
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