Need a source for trailer double roller

The guy who makes the double rollers (brett the owner of the nacra dealership icarussportsusa.com) never got me a price on the polymer rollers but he has been very cool to work with (even though i haven't purchased anything yet)

Your trailer set up looks great. 2 sets of cradles and rollers attached to the back.. how do you get the bows on without them hitting the deck?

I had him, Brett, add the clear/amber rollers to mine, they weren't much more. I don't remember how much more, but think it was less than $20. They are expensive but really nice, I'm very happy with them.

http://www.etrailer.com/Boat-Trailer-Parts/Yates-Rubber/YR1200Y.html

They hang past the back of the trailer just a bit. Cattrax a bit aft of the balance point, I push it around by the rear beam and just set the tips of the bow on the rollers. Then pick up the back of the boat by the rear beam and push it on.

gotcha - sounds a bit lighter than my tank
f16 right?

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Great setup, Karl. What kind of trailer is that?

Mike

It's a Triton four place snowmobile trailer. I picked it up from a local motorcycle/atv/snowmobile dealership for $1500 + tax/title. It was sold to me as new because the dealership that had it, used it for their own stuff, but it had never been registered. I think the double stack rack, and the rear mast stand cost me about $2500 to have custom built. I've got another few hundred in material for the sail box, and a zillion hours to build it.

I don't think I'd do it any other way, other than a dedicated enclosed trailer, which I don't have the funds for. It tracks stupid straight, rides nicely, and the boat is protected from anything the truck will kick up. Protecting the boat is the most important thing to me. It'll haul three complete boats pretty easily too.

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With 4 fixed wheels underneath (and also not very close of each other), I can understand that it tracks firmly like a rock.

But how in heavens name can it turn??????????

Karl, you're not saying that you paid $2500 on top of the $1500 for the mods, are you?

Ronald, Karl doesn't have time to slow down enough to make turns...

Mike

They just scrub. I bet there was more than 50k miles on the original tires, so if there is increased wear because of it, is not apparent. I swapped them out last year and the trailer had been to Florida at least seven times, plus all the trips everywhere else it's been. It's been an awesome trailer. I've never touched the bearings or seals. There is a grease zerk at the end of the spindle, I just pop the dust cap, and pump grease in until new stuff comes out.

I think I paid about $2500 for the rack. Plus another $3-400 in material for the box. There's probably at least another $100 in paint on the trailer deck. Then the original purchase price of $1500+tax, which was about $1700 total. So a grand total of about $4500. Give or take.

Well, that confirms it. I am horribly out of touch with the current value of aluminum. We have an aluminium toboggan, must be worth a fortune!

Mike

It was more than I had planned cost wise for the rack. But hauling three boats instead of one 3k miles round trip many many times, it's probably paid for itself. I didn't complain, the fab work was top notch and it is way over built. I do wish I would've made it a few inches shorter. There's a good six inches of clearance from the top of an F18 hull to the bottom of the rack. That few inches would mean being able to get it in through a 10' overhead door.

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wide, and have a fancy gusset on them. Otherwise, yeah. Whack it down.

BTW- A cordless portaband? That's got dead battery frustration written all over it.

I didn't notice it was cordless...just grabbed a pic. And, yeah, cordless tools have come a long way - but I don't think they're ready for the portaband just yet.

Trailex 12" are $350 and utilize a t-bolt that makes them pretty useless on any other type trailer

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I'm looking again at double rollers and figured i would update this thread with the info i just got incase anyone else googled

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