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Old 03-29-2016, 01:36 PM
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Default shoreline trl.

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Denny, you as well as the other members on this site are amazing.The information and knowledge you supply is beyond incredible.I hope you're doing well.

Yes,we did speak about this issue a bit over a year ago. **I have tried everything when it comes to roller placement and weight distribution.**I've tried dunking the trailer and floating the boat on**. I've tried just backing the trailer in partway and even hardly in the water**,I've tried adjusting the spread on the rollers in several different ways**. I've put tall guide ons placed near the stern end,and they work fine in keeping the boat from going off center but don't help in keeping the hull from listing severly to the side(mostly to port)**

I think what I'm dealing with are a few different problems with this trailer. I think that even though its rated as a 6,500 pound capacity it is a little to ismall. I also think it doesn't have enough rollers.
The arms on the rollers are not very long so I can't get the spread I need.Also the bend on arms that hold the rollers aren't high enough to clear the lips of the steps(panels).so even if I could get the rollers close enough to the lip the arms would dig into the hull.
I gave some thought as to trying larger diameter rollers but with the price. The trailer is a SHORELINE and oem parts are not available.
I thought about buying a new trailer,but I have literally only a 1/4 mile to the launch ramp, so laying out a few thousand dollars for a new trailer seems un realistic.Hopefully the bunks will help.

Thank you all for your help.
I had the same problem with a shoreline trl. years ago. could not correct it sold it and bought a EZ load worked fine Good Luck , Fritz
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Old 03-29-2016, 03:24 PM
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Default Trailers- the good, bad & ugly

In early 1970 I saw for the first time a video of a Float-on trailer where they just drove on until it hooked. I thought how cool. Several years later I was with a friend putting his 23' Formula on his brand new Float-on. It was not going well when a guy quickly put his 23' SeaCraft on a Hitchhiker. His response when he walked by was something like I used to have on of those pieces of $&?@!
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Old 03-29-2016, 03:57 PM
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Maybe he should have watched the video.
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Old 03-29-2016, 05:40 PM
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. . . His response when he walked by was something like I used to have on of those pieces of $&?@!
Was he referring to the Formula or the trailer?!
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Old 03-29-2016, 09:22 PM
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Default It was the &%$#@ trailer!

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Was he referring to the Formula or the trailer?!
Hey Bushwacker, that was a good sense of humor on a SeaCraft site! NO, it was definitely the Float-on trailer that was being criticized. The Formula belonged to our friend, Doug, who made a couple Bahama trips with you & Unohu. I made 1.5 trips on this boat which seemed solid, although, I never encountered any real rough stuff in it. On one trip almost could have waterskied during trip back from West End.
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Old 04-25-2016, 06:05 PM
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I use strips of starboard countersunk and scewed to the top of all my trailer bunks now.
Round the corners and bevel the entry. It is very slick and makes any boat just slide right off as well as making them easy to drive on all the way to the bow stop. You don't need to wrap the bunk boards with carpet that way either. I also used silicon bronze screws.
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