Trailer Question

[Afrodan03]

This is probibly a really stupid question. I want to put Bunk Slicks on my trailer. Is it safe to use them with inboards?

[CP3]

Never heard of them. I would just keep the bunks on you new trailer until they go bad

[spharis]

I don't know about the bunk slicks, but I do know the bunk gels work good.....probably too good.

Guy I work with had an 20 ft bay boat. Last outing he had applied the bunk juice to help with the unloading of the boat. He did as we all do and he and another co-worker began the process of getting the boat ready before pulling up to the ramp. Tie downs off plugs in and ready to go, he hopped in the boat and the co-worker proceeded to get in the truck. As he pulled foward, the boat slid off the trailer and there he was, on the ground in line with the other rigs.

[bk3104]

Guess that's why I always leave the winch attached just to be safe. That stuff must work really good to allow that heavy of a boat to slide that easily.

[Jason B]

Sometimes I even leave my transom tie-downs on
just to be "safe"....uhm...I did it on purpose, yeah...I always do it like that

[illiniboarder88]

Funny story, my dad did that last year. He kept telling me to back farther and farther in. Water was at about bumper level. Couldn't figure out why the boat wasn't coming clear of the trailer...

[Guest]

I don't know about the bunk slicks, but I do know the bunk gels work good.....probably too good.

Guy I work with had an 20 ft bay boat. Last outing he had applied the bunk juice to help with the unloading of the boat. He did as we all do and he and another co-worker began the process of getting the boat ready before pulling up to the ramp. Tie downs off plugs in and ready to go, he hopped in the boat and the co-worker proceeded to get in the truck. As he pulled foward, the boat slid off the trailer and there he was, on the ground in line with the other rigs.

My Dad had a Searay with an EZLoad roller trailer. It was a 23 ft boat and dad took of the transom tie downs and unknown to me thw winch cable. I popped the car in reverse and was slowly backing down and tapped the brakes and off the trailer the boat started to go, I gave it a little more gas in reverse when I saw what happened and kept enough trailer under the boat that the transom was on the ground and the boat was at a 45 degree angle. I landed up handwinching that monster back on the trailer enough we could pull up the ramp and look at damage. All in all we scraped paint off the prop. It was a hell of a first day with dad's new boat . He kept that boat 20 years and it still looked new. The trailer looked like a wreck but the boat was immaculate.

[Jason B]

My boat is a bear to get off, but I'll be dipped if I'll ever undo the bow strap before it floats. I am WAY paranoid about the boat falling back. That'd be an expensive repair!!!

[Afrodan03]

bunk slicks are plastic strips that you screw on to the existing bunks. They actually raise they boat up off the bunks by about half an inch When they are wet, they are like ice, so it makes loading and unloading easy. I had them on my previous boat(1999 180 Stingray). But that boat weighed a heck of alot less than my RZ does. And i always winched that thing on, where as i drive the RZ onto the trailer. but like i said, im new to inboards so i dunno if its a good idea or not.

[Guest]

IMHO since you drive on and float or drive off I would say you really don't need them.