Drive guard on a trailer
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Laszlo, You may want to have Ron set-up your bow stop "below" your bow eye. Mine bow eye presently is about in the middle of the bow stop and when my boat "floats" off the trailer the bow drops and rubs the first chine below the rubrail which is where my paint starts on my boat. I've had some damage to the painted area so I'm going to lower the stop between the 2nd and 3rd chine. I wish I would of had him do a power tongue jack on mine, but he talked me out of it. Let me know how yours works out, I've got to have him add one. By the way, I have a 33' AT, so if you have the paint starting there, you'll want to look into that. Steve
I have a Manning steel and love the drive guard. Only draw back is the time to swing before launching. If I plan to pull the drives I open the drive guard before backing into the garage. I also had Ron put tie down loops on the inside of the drive guard about 1/2 way back to strap the boat transom loops. He may put these in anyways, but anything you want make sure to specify, I created a list of options to give him.
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I thought of a couple things that scare the chit out of me w/ the driveguard. The ramps that I use are long and sloped gently, I almost always pull up to the dock, get the truck and back in and pull the boat onto the trailer - no problem, blood pressure stays normal. A couple of times I had a good friend meet me at the ramp and he would back the trailer in before I was at the dock, pretty normal in many parts of the country - I am always scared chitless that I am going to get the boat out of whack and scrape those two daggers sticking 4-5' past the bunks on the bottom of the boat. The other scenario is steep ramp w/ short dock. The beams of the guard will be pretty high up as you back down, make sure you don't poke one into the nice shiney bow of your boat. Just a couple things to be aware of when you start using your new trailer.
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The guard swings out of the way for loading on one side with a hinge as fas as i can see. Do you guys open it up when loading ? does it have a catch to hold it when in open position ?
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The back opens like a side swing tailgate. The builder will usually put a pin hole all the way back 270* from it's original position to hold it open.
What I am referring to is traversing a steep grade. The tail ends of the frame rails are likely to drag the ground when transitioning up and down said grade.
OldSchool had a drive guard built for his aluminum I-beam trailer that is completely removable.
What I am referring to is traversing a steep grade. The tail ends of the frame rails are likely to drag the ground when transitioning up and down said grade.
OldSchool had a drive guard built for his aluminum I-beam trailer that is completely removable.
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only two major things to caution on....
one - dont forget to open the gate when you back in to retrieve your vessel.
two- it can drag on really uneven road surface or entering or exiting gas stations with big pitch differences.
two- it can drag on really uneven road surface or entering or exiting gas stations with big pitch differences.
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