Tying down the bow eye.

[whitlock87]

I had a problem the other day where my winch went bad. After talking to Extreme trailers, I found out that they do not recommend that you use the winch to hold down the boat to the trailer. I was told that the winch is only to be used to get the boat on the trailer.
After the boat is on the trailer you need to tie it down to the transom and the bow eye, and then relive some of the pressure off of the winch. (Back it off about two clicks).
The Transom straps should prevent the boat from sliding back.

I was wondering what other people are using to tie down the bow eye?

By the way, Extreme gave me a new winch at no cost!

Thanks for any feed back
David

[NICKYPOO]

I can see why that would be a good idea but in 15 odd years of being resopnsible for my craft and the 20 odd years of being around boats prior, I have always used the winch for tie down of the bow eye. I would think it could really cause a lot of stress to the winch if you don't keep it good and snug. With boats getting bigger and heavier it's probably not a bad idea.

[switchme]

My extreme trailer did not come with a safety chain like I was used to on previous boats so I bought one. I think that the extra protection is well worth it. I also see a lot of guys not tie down the transom to the trailer. I'd hate to have my boat come off the trailer in a hard stop or some other mishap.

[gman]

How is your boat going to come of in a hard stop? The force is toward the tow vehical and not away from it unless you are talking about the trailer being all over the road? Then you have bigger problems. I would presume that some people do not put straps on the back is becuase they scratch the gel coat. The placement of the eyes on the transom and its design on TIGE boats and maybe others cause the straps to be tight against the boat thus scrating the gel coat and if you have a dark color gel coat it becomes very visable.

[svlperry]

on my old tige i didn't ty the back end down but with my new tige i ty it down all the time

[TeamAllen]

There was a previous thread about the pros and cons of strapping down your boat.

http://www.tigeowners.com/forum/show...&threadid=1463

[NICKYPOO]

Originally posted by TeamAllen
There was a previous thread about the pros and cons of strapping down your boat.

http://www.tigeowners.com/forum/show...&threadid=1463

Yeah, lets not go back into that discussion. Everything that can be said was said on the rear tie downs.

Back to the original subject, bow eye tie downs. I'm thinking about employing this statagy for safer towing. I'm already of the opinion that you sould keep the boat attached to the trailer as best you can. I started looking at it last night and noticed me winch is starting to bend right off of its mount. So there is project one for this section of the trailer. You might want to check yours if you haven't lately.

The second would be figuring out a strap and tie down point on the trailer. I think you could use a regular tie down and just shorten it up. Mabey cut off the excess.

Third is going to be replacing the bolt in the swing away hitch. Just wanted to bring that one up again. Anybody remember where that thread was?

Thank for bringing this up whitlock.

[whitlock87]

I was thinking that I might try something like a fork to hold it down.

On the extreme trailer there are two brackets on the center braes about 4 inches in front of the winch support.
The fork would mount there and fold up over the bow eye. You then would put a pin through the fork to lock the bow eye in place.
Here is a drawing of what I was thinking,
I will try to make it today and see how it works. (If it works I will post photos)

[TeamAllen]

NICKYPOO - Here is the link you were looking for. Good reminder.

Extreme Trailer Warning

[NICKYPOO]

Thats' the one. Thanks.

[CP3]

Did they fix that problem by 05