Converting Floppy Roller Trailer to Bunk and Keel Roller
Posted: Thu Mar 07, 2024 12:43 pm
I have purchased a 2002 210 OUTRAGE. The boat weighs about 3,300-lbs.
This 210 OUTRAGE is now sitting on a floppy-roller trailer. I received quotes for a new trailer with the costs ranging from $5,000 to $7,000. Because of that expense, I plan to renovate the existing trailer, and convert the trailer to have bunks instead of floppy rollers.
There is an incredible amount of information on trailers in this forum, but I want to receive advice on the current trailer and on my plan to convert it to a bunk trailer.
Q1: can I buy two timbers of 2 x 8 dimension and bolt them to the brackets the floppy rollers are now attached to?
I plan to mount these two bunk vertically [perhaps means with the 8-inch dimension in the vertical orientation]. I plan to use a 5/8-inch bolt to hold the bunks in place.
The current trailer has only two crossmembers.
Q2: does having only two crossmembers on the trailer mean multiple swivel brackets cannot be used?
I can add a Keel Roller to the rear cross member.
The [unidentified] boat is also quite high, sitting about 9-inches from axle and crossmember. By using a 2 x 8 the boat would drop it down about 1-1/2-inches, resulting in the boat keel then being 7-1/2-inches above crossmember.
Q3: will a keel roller work if the boat keel is 7-1/2-inches above a crossmember?
Q4: or, is a keel that is 7-1/2-inches above a crossmember too high for a keel roller to work?
Refer Figure 1 where a drawing contains yellow and blue markings.
Q5: should the bunks be placed in the yellow section of the hull or in the blue section of the hull?
This 210 OUTRAGE is now sitting on a floppy-roller trailer. I received quotes for a new trailer with the costs ranging from $5,000 to $7,000. Because of that expense, I plan to renovate the existing trailer, and convert the trailer to have bunks instead of floppy rollers.
There is an incredible amount of information on trailers in this forum, but I want to receive advice on the current trailer and on my plan to convert it to a bunk trailer.
Q1: can I buy two timbers of 2 x 8 dimension and bolt them to the brackets the floppy rollers are now attached to?
I plan to mount these two bunk vertically [perhaps means with the 8-inch dimension in the vertical orientation]. I plan to use a 5/8-inch bolt to hold the bunks in place.
The current trailer has only two crossmembers.
Q2: does having only two crossmembers on the trailer mean multiple swivel brackets cannot be used?
I can add a Keel Roller to the rear cross member.
The [unidentified] boat is also quite high, sitting about 9-inches from axle and crossmember. By using a 2 x 8 the boat would drop it down about 1-1/2-inches, resulting in the boat keel then being 7-1/2-inches above crossmember.
Q3: will a keel roller work if the boat keel is 7-1/2-inches above a crossmember?
Q4: or, is a keel that is 7-1/2-inches above a crossmember too high for a keel roller to work?
Refer Figure 1 where a drawing contains yellow and blue markings.
Q5: should the bunks be placed in the yellow section of the hull or in the blue section of the hull?