Rollers

Just hoping to gain some wisdom from the guys with a heap more experience than me.

Firstly the keel/centerline of the hull on my 2yo new first boat :) is getting a hammering from some contact with the trailer, a Dunbier. There are some deep scratches all through. I thoughth I had solved the problem thinking the hull was catching on one side of the mounting that holds the centre rear roller and so I filed the sharp 90 degree corner down a little, I'm thinking of taking more off. Also the centre rollers are what looks like the soft black cheapie ones.

My question is has anyone had the same issue?

And also I think I will change the centre roller to a harder? type.. not sure so looking for some advice. Can do pics later if needed.

Thanks


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Pics may make it easier.

Sun, 2013-12-01 19:58

Pics may make it easier.

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I found that by changing the

Tue, 2013-12-03 09:06

I found that by changing the keel rollers to the hard red ones reduced the marking and scratching.

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Thanks Mungus

Wed, 2013-12-04 14:39

Thanks Mungus, yeah i thought so, still it shits ya. Spend money on something only to find that it really should have something better on it, and spend more money.

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Yes, yes it does shit ya.

Thu, 2013-12-05 13:50

Yes, yes it does shit ya. With the amount that you have to spend for a decent trailer you would hope that would get quality rollers included. I changed mine almost 2 years ago, and wish I had done it earlier.