Here's Johnny

If your reffering to my pic, thanks.....I have to say it is a nice stout piece.....Ace Trailers in Florida.....less then two weeks built and deilvered.....price was great......8.5" I-Beam (18,000lb GVW).....all stainless hardware.....all three axles have electric over hydraulic disc brakes.......torsion suspension.....bow stop.....mounted tool box.....mounted spare rim and tire.....8 lug, 16" Aluminium rims......plenty of bunks....... I'll let you know how it tows in a few weeks..........

haulinvols

Here are a couple pictures of my setup. 10,000 pound ratchet straps with the spring eye ends I found at the local race shop.

***pay no attention to the scum line on the transom, the boat had sat in the water for two days while we refurbished the trailer.

fasttoys7619

OMG !!!! look at that scum line ! what a disgrace !, lol just kidding, just kidding !, nice set up ,I need to do some learnin on tieing down too, i mostly trailer a few blocks to the ramp , never thought about more then two rear tie downs, i think i may start tieing the bow down (besides the cable) too after seeing some pics of boats passing the rig on the high way

seafordguy

Yeah - I was talking about the picture. Really looks like a nice trailer, congrats.

jmeng

I found the same straps that BGIII has at several stores around town. Almost picked them up at Pep Boy's then realized the exact same straps were 1/2 the price at Home Depot.

bigblue

I like those straps!! what brand are they????

haulinvols

I'll have to look when I get home. A lot of companies make similar straps and they can be found at most race shops.

509 SC

Do your straps have the flat snap hook perpendicular to the strap. In your case with the drive guard, it's fine. But if you are running the transom straps vertical up from your trailer like mine, they need to be in the same "plane" with the straps. I like your set-up!
Steve

haulinvols

Thanks. Here is a close-up of the rear straps. I know what you are talking about and in some cases the distance between the eye on the transom and the trailer mounting point can be too short for any kind of substantial ratchet strap as well. It was another reason I angled mine out when I rebuilt my trailer. I wanted a strap that was actually going to hold something.

509 SC

Thanks for the closeup, that style won't work in my application.
Steve