Hello All,

 

I will be moving into a new house in the near future. The garage is located in the back of the house, the garage is plenty wide and long for the boat (it is a Legend 211R (21 foot)). The only issue that concerns me is having enough space in the back of the house for the truck and boat in order to back it into the garage as well as pulling it out. My question is, has anyone ever used the trailer dollys (electric or non-electric) to move and position your bass boats? I feel like that would be ideal to back the boat down the driveway, unhook, and then push the boat into the garage with the dolly. I have heard mixed reviews, but they were from guys with small boats and large bay boats. So I wanted to get some answers straight from you all! Thanks in advance! 

I thought about a dolly too but read a lot of reviews saying they were weak and broke or didn't work on larger boats. A 21' foot boat is a big boat. I'm not sure a non-electric dolly would work well for you. Maybe a motorized dolly would work for you.

how about a dolly that hooks to a lawn tractor?

I don't know if this would work for you but you can put a 2" receiver and thus a trailer ball on the front of most trucks. Then you can drive it forward into the garage.

3 hours ago, WildcatBassin said:

Hello All,

 

I will be moving into a new house in the near future. The garage is located in the back of the house, the garage is plenty wide and long for the boat (it is a Legend 211R (21 foot)). The only issue that concerns me is having enough space in the back of the house for the truck and boat in order to back it into the garage as well as pulling it out. My question is, has anyone ever used the trailer dollys (electric or non-electric) to move and position your bass boats? I feel like that would be ideal to back the boat down the driveway, unhook, and then push the boat into the garage with the dolly. I have heard mixed reviews, but they were from guys with small boats and large bay boats. So I wanted to get some answers straight from you all! Thanks in advance! 

Can't speak for an electric dolly, but will say the manual dolly I purchased was a waste of money.

It is actually easier to move my boat using the existing front wheel, than it was trying to use the dolly.

6 minutes ago, Weedwhacker said:

Can't speak for an electric dolly, but will say the manual dolly I purchased was a waste of money.

It is actually easier to move my boat using the existing front wheel, than it was trying to use the dolly.

So you would say it wouldnt be worth it and just to push it by hand?

25 minutes ago, WildcatBassin said:

So you would say it wouldnt be worth it and just to push it by hand?

From my own experience , yes.

if you have to roll across uneven ground. it may be tough going just using the built in dolly.

I'm guessing that for a 21 foot boat, you have a tandem trailer.  If that's the case, you'll find it nearly impossible to maneuver the rig.  To make anything but a very gentle turn, you have to scrub the tires sideways on a tandem axle trailer.

 

Single axle trailers are a breeze to "steer" even by hand, because the tires do not scrub at all.

 

That scrubbing is one reason why tires wear less on single axle trailers.

Trailer Valet XL, expensive but works good.

Tom