hey guys,

i just baught a 1978 17 tri hual terry bass boat. it has a carpet bunk board trailer. and i am looking for help on the correct trailer, it is the hardest boat to put on the trailer straight. and also does anyone have any info, on the terry boats i need to find the weight of the boat so i can buy a new winch system.

thanks in advance guys

Terry boats went out of business many years ago.

As for the trailer, the trailer under your boat may not be the original due to the age. That may be why you're having problems trailering the thing. Terry's Sponsoned V hulls of that era usually came with a channel framed drive on trailer.  As for your winch, a 2000 - 2200 lber should do the trick.  

BTW, happen to have the model of the boat?  Is it one of the American Bass Fisherman series?

i am not really sure on the model i know it is a 5.2m terry fiberglass tri-hual bass boat. thats all i really know i can get some pics of it though. its a really heave boat. my trailer has to small bunkboards and three 12"center rollers on it

They also made the 5.7m which was the standard 17 1/2 those years. My buddy had one of the 5.7's running a Merc 175 Black Max.  If it has ABF on it it's one of the American Bass Fisherman series.  Those came with more bells and whistles than a straight Terry.

Post some pictures of it.  If it's not a drive on trailer it probably isn't the original.

BTW, should've added this, back in the 70's it was very common for the manufacturers to NOT manufacture the trailers their boats sat on.  Basically there were a couple well known trailer makers back then that made trailers for many of the boats out then.  I think Ranger may have been one of the few that did their own in-house trailers.