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Tele65	posted 01-04-2010 09:55 AM ET (US)         Happy new year to everybody! I have to rig an old trailer for a 1977 13-footer. I need some advice on the roller set-up. The search button has given lot of useful info but not what precisely I was looking for. I'm almost sure I'll go for the Stoltz poly roller. I'd like to hear some suggestion on dimensions and number of rollers to be used. The trailer has three cross-members. Will three Stoltz RP55 five-inch safely support the boat? More? Bigger? Thanks Fabio
deepwater	posted 01-04-2010 05:57 PM ET (US)             Take the boat and trailer with you when you look at the rollers. Ask the store manger if you can test fit some of the rollers to the bottom of your boat. And use the SS axles; they never get sticky
Tele65	posted 01-05-2010 03:05 AM ET (US)             Deepwater, thanks for the axles advice! Unfortunately I haven't a chance to find Stoltz rollers in Italy. Being compelled to an internet purchase I was interested in some suggestion. Fabio
deepwater	posted 01-05-2010 04:24 AM ET (US)             Italy puts a diffrent twist to getting the fit correct the first time,,Good luck
jimh	posted 01-05-2010 08:51 AM ET (US)             Use a wider roller for the stern roller or two. As the boat is loading on a the trailer, a wider roller at the stern will be easier to find with the keel.
Tom Hemphill	posted 01-05-2010 06:27 PM ET (US)          My 1966 13-foot Whaler sits on a Venture trailer (a model no longer made) with welded-on roller brackets, so I had to replace the rollers with identically-sized ones. It now has two Stoltz keel rollers and one bow roller, which I think are 3" wide by 2 3/4" diameter and 2 3/4" wide by 3" diameter, respectively. I'm completely satisfied with the setup.
Tele65	posted 01-05-2010 07:08 PM ET (US)             Thank you all! I think I have a clearer idea now Fabio

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