Trailer for Silencer 280??
 

I'm a bit confused as to what trailer is appropriate for a PQ 280 Silencer with the single stepped hull.

Some Eagle trailers I've seen have straight bunks that make no special provision for the step. Instead, there is a gap right at the step and the hull bottom makes contact at the front before the step and then right at the very rear. These Eagle trailer do not have the Powerquest name anywhere on them. Coincidently, these were found on 1999 boats which were the earlier 280s.

Were these trailers purchased after the fact? Is it ok not to make full contact on the bottom of the hull?

Here's a thread with a pic of what I'm talking about...

http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...=silencer+prop

That was my old boat, Slider1 bought it and was amazed as how I kept it. The trailer and boat were purchased together from the dealer. I trailered the boat everywhere I took it and it never ever gave me any trouble including loading and unloading.

It is NOT a good idea to leave a stepped boat on a trailer not provisioned for such, long term.

What you can do, is shim the rear most portion of the bunk with additional wood, and carpet over the additional piece.

I have seen first had that storing a step bottom boat on a straight bunk (lift, but same result) can alter the shape of the step, and drastically ill affect the handling of the boat.

The only pitfall to having a step bottom boat, and trailer fit for such, is you have to have enough water to float the boat up over the additional bunks when launching. Often, on a straight bottom boat, once you get it wet, it will just slip right off. Not so on a step bottom boat.

I wonder why Powerquest did this? Newer model 280s have a stepped trailer to fit. Maybe it was just so new that PQ didn't get a trailer re-designed for their boat in time.

bimmer, don't know BUT I do know the years I had it as well as Slider, both will agree that the trailer did nothing to the boat/step. I am sure it still handles as well and motors as fast :)

Heritage, Myco, Eagle all work with Boat manunfactures.

Intergrity Trailers in Nunica, MI is about 30 miles north of Powerquest factory and built the majority of the PQ trailers. The website even shows a couple of PQ's on their trailers. One shows the PQ name on the side.

I have their trailer on my PQ 270. It's been great and seems very well made.

I'm sure if you contacted them they will have the exact bottom specs for any PQ. I talked to them last year and they are ready to build trailers for PQ if they ever get going again. http://www.integrity-trailers.com/