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12-04-2015 | 11:16 AM
#82
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Wow, thread hijack.
I've said this many times before. I trailer is a tool that accompanies your boat.
You can buy a Phillips screwdriver from Wal*Mart.
You can buy a Phillips screwdriver from a SnapOn wagon.
They both do the job.
But...
How long they do the job.
How well they do the job.
And the investment made by professional who wants a quality tool...
--are vastly different conversations.
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I've said this many times before. I trailer is a tool that accompanies your boat.
You can buy a Phillips screwdriver from Wal*Mart.
You can buy a Phillips screwdriver from a SnapOn wagon.
They both do the job.
But...
How long they do the job.
How well they do the job.
And the investment made by professional who wants a quality tool...
--are vastly different conversations.
[ATTACH=CONFIG]548295[/ATTACH]
Last edited by F-2 Speedy; 12-04-2015 at 04:23 PM.
12-04-2015 | 11:40 AM
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No, your right, a company who has been building trailers since 1953 probably has no form of engineering department. I guess they've just got lucky winging it, right buddy?
I guess only the "Elite" manufacturers build trailers that work properly. I guess only the "Elite" manufacturers build boats that are safe also. Lets kick the other 95% to the curb and all buy Skaters with Mycos so we can be sure those fiberglass diving boards are never seen again.
I guess only the "Elite" manufacturers build trailers that work properly. I guess only the "Elite" manufacturers build boats that are safe also. Lets kick the other 95% to the curb and all buy Skaters with Mycos so we can be sure those fiberglass diving boards are never seen again.
You must not read, I just elaborated on how I purchased a non myco trailer that was built well and fit the boat correctly. There are other trailer companies that follow this same philosophy.
It comes back to the original discussion. What do people think or consider good enough. Different levels of standards.
12-04-2015 | 01:56 PM
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With this topic it would appear that 95% of the trailers out there are at the lower end of the "good enough" spectrum according to the experts in this thread.
12-04-2015 | 02:46 PM
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In Government Contracting, we have something called LPTA: Lowest Price, Technically Acceptable.
I call this an LPTA boat trailer, for X length of boat:
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You get the above trailer when the buyer says: "I want the cheapest boat trailer that fits the boat."
But there is no need to bring butt-hurt in here because it's winter time.
There ARE OTHER OPTIONS that are middle ground,
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I call this an LPTA boat trailer, for X length of boat:
[ATTACH=CONFIG]548321[/ATTACH]
You get the above trailer when the buyer says: "I want the cheapest boat trailer that fits the boat."
But there is no need to bring butt-hurt in here because it's winter time.
There ARE OTHER OPTIONS that are middle ground,
[ATTACH=CONFIG]548322[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]548323[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]548324[/ATTACH]
[ATTACH=CONFIG]548325[/ATTACH]
Last edited by Sydwayz; 12-04-2015 at 03:26 PM.
12-04-2015 | 02:46 PM
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Although I have seen variation within a given trailer company, some models with a lot of overhang and others not. That would bring into question that engineering department and process control!!
12-04-2015 | 03:54 PM
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Consider this..... maybe, just maybe the wood bunks have a greater support capacity that the aluminum I-beam the trailer manufacturer uses. Sooooo, at that point the wood beam (aka bunk) is really holding up the I-beam and not the other way around.
12-04-2015 | 03:57 PM
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Are you holding a 10,000 lbs. boat down to the trailer?
Or are you old a 3.000 lbs. trailer up to the boat.?
