adding a drive gaurd to a trailer
 

I have a favor owed to me at a welding shop that does great work. I was thinkin about having a drive gaurd put on my trailer... Has anyone added one aftermarket?

Any advice? Also, my boat doesnt have any place to attach tiedowns to the rear, is this normal?

I heard you need the drive guard attached to the boat to fend off logs & such!:D

ya, im just going to buy a blank 35' hull and set my boat into it with some cutouts for the drives.. that way when Grand floods again, ill have a disposable shell... surely it wont shave off more than 1 or 2 mph....

maybe have them weld some superchargers on that tub :hitfan:

Well definitely make sure it swings so you don't have to remove it to launch/retrieve. And your trailer should have a place to tie boat down. I would make sure you get them to add them. Good luck.

How do drive guards work?

Its just an extention on the trailer that goes past the outdrives. If someone rear ends you the trailer takes it instead of your boat. Not sure how much it can take though, probably not much. Especially on an aluminum trailer...

here is what ours looks like;
http://good-times.webshots.com/photo...69869332wVODHa

I think they look cool as hell. Not only that but mine is really functional for working on, or boarding my boat.


Here's mine, it doesn't swing open or anything like you'll need on a vee bottom.

Drive guards are most useful for not damaging things when backing up. If there's a tree, parked car, fire hydrant, etc that you didn't see, the guard will probably salvage your weekend. If a Toyota plows into you at 35mph while you're stopped at a light, the drive guard will be just one more piece of bent metal impaled in your transom.

I have a 38' Myco under my 35 Cig. The boat sits right at the end of the bunks. I plan to bob the bunks a bit and add a drive guard setup. The trick is to find material that matches what Myco uses. I'm guessing I'll have to see if they'll sell me some. Maybe they can sell me the gate kit too- I haven't made the call yet.

id need them to design it where it swings away.. also, will it allow me to trailer with my drives down? Isnt that one of the advantages>

Typically one side had a hinge and the other side is secured wti a couple of bolts threaded thru the guard and into nuts welded to the backside of the trailer rail.

Here is a photo of mine. I like it and it looks bad azz, but I am always a little nervous backing it into the water when the boat is already at the dock with all of that aluminum sticking out there 5-6' past the bunks.

If it was me I would not weld it onto the existing frame. I would bolt it on. That way you do not have any issues with rust.

PremierPOWER - where did you get your prop covers?

I remember at a race that a team got rear ended on the way down and the drive guard made it so that they could not get the boat off the trailer!!

still beats diggin the drives outta the bilge!

I think that it was Hot Duck.

I got a removable drive guard on the trailer that I had built for my Top Gun. I removed it before ever launching the boat for the first time with the trailer and never put it back on.....it's been in my attic for the last three years!!!!!!!!!:D:D

here's a few of mine to give you an idea......I wouldn't have a trailer without a drive guard.