Moving bow stop on a trailer?
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Topic: Moving bow stop on a trailer?
Posted By: TheSpleen
Subject: Moving bow stop on a trailer?
Date Posted: April-10-2009 at 2:22pm
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This trailer was used for an older ski nautique. My boats a little bit shorter, so I'd like to move the bow stop back about 4-6 inches. Any ideas
1. Get someone to cut off and weld back on the mounts. Guessing this will be a bit expensive. 2. Get one of those removable stops with a rubber V for the bow, bolts onto the trialer frame. Should work OK, but any other choices? PS why does the back part attach to the mount with a cotter pin, as if you would be taking it on and off a bunch?  
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Posted By: harddock
Date Posted: April-10-2009 at 5:09pm
| screw a carpeted 4X4 block to the pads that are there. easiest & cheapest |
Posted By: critter
Date Posted: April-10-2009 at 5:19pm
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Jared,
You want your tongue weight to be about 10% of the total weight. Is that why you are moving it back ? Looks like someone made the bowstop pivot. Not sure why. Maybe they put more than one boat on the trailer and needed to move the bowstop out of the way. You may want to make a base for your bowstop and weld that to the bowstop. Then use U-Bolts to mount the base to the trailer. This is the way most bowstops are mounted to the trailer that I have seen. Search Bowstop and you will see posts with pictures in them so that you have something to work from. Good luck and welcome to the site. ------------- 1980 Ski Nautique 1966 Barracuda |
Posted By: TheSpleen
Date Posted: April-11-2009 at 2:44am
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Thanks.
I'll probably try the wood inserts and see how that goes. I haven't actually weighed anything, but as it sits in the pics the engine is pretty much right over the axle, so I think it's about right. I'm afraid that if I go on a long trip the boat might scoot forward on the trailer, ending up with too much weight on the tongue. |
Posted By: bkhallpass
Date Posted: April-11-2009 at 3:07am
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The pin is so you can flip the crash pad forward. It's very helpful when you are trying to put a cover on the boat. A lot of guys complain they can't put the cover on when the boat is up against the crash pad. BKH
P.S. What's the boat. Looks like perhaps a Mastercraft? ------------- Livin' the Dream |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: April-11-2009 at 10:07am
Don't do anything until you determine (as recommended) the position of the boat to get the 10% tongue weight. Weigh it now with a bathroom scale under the jack stand. ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
TheSpleen wrote:Posted By: TheSpleen
Date Posted: April-12-2009 at 12:58am
Brilliant! I was actually thinking that once I get it set up I won't be able hook the cover over the nose of the boat, and that didn't occur to me. It's a '91 Ski Brendella. Not a great wakeboarding boat, which is what it used for, but it runs like an absolute champ. |