You should have 10-15% of the total trailer weight as tongue weight. If your boat and trailer weigh in at 8500#, then you should have at least 850# of tongue weight.

My aluminum trailer for the Pantera is set up exactly the same as yours. The bunks extend 2+ feet past the end if the I beams. As long as the tansom is sitting on the wood bunks, its fine. You may need to move it up for the tongue weight issue though.

must be ok then if yours is setup the same way.
im going to put a scale under the tongue to see what i have. i guessed 200 lbs but i really have no idea. i know it doesnt squat the truck down much at all.......

thanks everyone!

because boats trailer so much better than box trailers, the rule of thumb for boats is 7 - 10 % tounge weight.. 5,000 lb boat should have between 400-500 lbs of tounge weight..

No, I said my bunks stick 6" rearward past the TRANSOM (of the boat). The bunks stick probably 2 feet or so rearward of the rearmost aluminum cross support just like yours.

Looks like you got your boat parked even with the bunks.

If you don't have 600 to 800 pounds or so of tongue weight, then you're giving up a lot of stability like the others say.

This might be a dumb question but I just purchased a 25 outlaw with a performance trailor with the bunks sticking out the back. The trailor has two bunks at the back and three rollers in the front. I have never owned a trailor like this so what is the best way to load it. The prev owner told me he puts the trailor in the water up to the roller's making sure the two bunks are under the water. My last trailors have been the multi bunk trailors where it was so easy to load. Just looking for some advice when trying to load on this type of trailor.

not the answer your looking for but my trailer has a plastic keel pad in the front with short vee shaped pvc tubes on each side for guiding the boat on. doesnt work to good so im adding forward bunks to help better guide the boat on. it also had the long verticle pvc tubes in the back for guiding but ive already removed them cuz they were wearing on my rub rail. they could be adjusted away to stop the wear but hopefully i wont need them after i install the forward bunks.

The key I have found when loading is to put the trailer in as shallow as possible. That way the boat doesn't float around when its winched up all the way. For me, the front of the bunks are just below the water. Every boat and trailer are a little different.

Steve my Magic Tilt bunks are the same way, I actually have about a foot of bunk running out past my transom. I think your prabably set up right.

dropped the boat in a local lake today and when loading her back on i stopped the trailer just as the front of the bunks went under water. helped a great deal getting it centered. i think i was backing to far before. thanks for the tip Griff!

TFLB , ive concluded its fine the way it is. just have to get used to it..........