Sydwayz

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Shoot a PM to "Obnoxus" on here to get Keith's contact info. He's up there in McHenry or close by; not the same place you mentioned. I've never met Keith, but he's as honest and good a person as they come, I was introduced to him via phone via a recommendation from here on OSO. He used to take care of my Mom's car and let her drive his while he was working on it. He is rerigging a 42 Fountain for one of the other Chicago area boaters.

I grew up in NW Indiana, boated on the Chain with family as a kid; and my Mother and Grandparents are interned in McHenry.

Good luck with whatever direction you take.

Awash

Thanks again I will check with him and get a contact.

mittens

My 3423 has a alumium 2 big buncks and it can be a pain for it to settle dead center. thnking about the guild poles my self. but damn i hate the look of them

Boomer35

had the same issue once. Turned out the 2 covered boards in the front of the trailer were a little cocked, they seem to guide the boat as well as support it. If you think about it, the V sits right in them, the rest of the boat does what its told from there.

Sydwayz

iTrader: (1)

Easy to make guide-ons removable. You could mount them square receivers on the trailer and a pull/clip; identical to the way you change/remove your trailer hitch receiver.

They are often seen installed via U-bolts on the top or bottom of the I-beam on an aluminum trailer. Instead of U-bolting the guide-ons directly on, bolt on a square tube that is just slightly bigger than the square tube of your guide-on. Slide the guide-on pole in the "receiver" and drill a hole to insert/remove a pin allowing you to remove the poles for when they are not needed. You could even get really fancy and have two holes in the guide-on poles allowing "loose or tight" tension on the boat's rub rail.

http://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_trks...at=0&_from=R40

Awash

Just a follow up, The solution was the simple one suggested here, put the trailer in till the front most bunks are just covered with water and crank it on the trailer, centers every time that way...... trailer loading issue was resolved thanks everyone for the help!

Now I'm just finding how much deeper in it can go and still load ok but my guess is front bunks 6-12" beneath the water.

hoff2483

Great looking boat. Glad to hear you resolved the problem.

mittens

glad its workign for you.

the 12 inch of the front bunks in is what i do, this get its centered, but once it am hooked and have it pulle dup i let it all slide back in the water a little more so i am not dragging all that wieght across the bunck.s

Awash

Yep good idea was planning on trying that next time.

Gunner

I have the same boat the same trailer and same problem. I get the boat up to the roller where I want it then have my wife pull the truck up real slow. When you feel the boat start to tilt I tell her to stop. At this pointing turn the wheel to the direction it needs to go and put one drive in reverse. It will drop right in at this point. Do this as easy as you can to keep from putting to much pressure on the strap up front. This really helps on those windy days.