I have a bumper hitch and also a receiver style hitch. I've tried it every way. My trailer is just a pain with a shallow angle ramp. I might try those sliders mentioned above. Might make it a bit easier. I'm hopeful anyway.

I just remembered what the guy I mentioned before actually used on his dad's trailer. The magic mover type things you can get at wal-mart that you put furniture on so you can slide it around easily.  Cheap and works like a charm. Just be sure to get the type that have a round center (I think they have a rubber center on the ones my friend used). Then again the rectangle one may work as good or better  :-/

If its just an issue with having too much of your trucks backend in the water (you mentioned having the front in 4")  lift the truck.

I usually walk the trailer tongue to load mine by myself.  Because of that, I used a grip tread tape from 3M on the tongue.  Keeps me from falling in.

You could try a smaller trailer tire as well, or better yet, you and I can swap boats and I will live the problem

Thanks for the response and I appreciate your generous offer. Unfortunately, I kinda like this boat considering I got it for practically nothing.

I think what I'll do is just live with it. I'm going to get some of those slippery bunk things and call it good.

Anybody have any experience with these????

If i remember correctly those trailers are welded bracketts that the bunks sit on. If you raised the front just 2 inches it would lower the back a lot. Don't think a welder would charge that much.

Garnet

The brackets aren't welded, they are bolted so I could adjust them slightly if needed although the way this trailer is made, raising the front won't lower the rear, it just raises the front which will just make it harder to load and unload I think????? If I lower the rear, the fin will hit the ground if I forget to bring the motor up. I've alread done that once when I got gas.  I have to lower the motor to pump gas into this because the filler is just in front of the motor so I can't put the fuel nozzle in unless I lower the motor completely. I mixed the oil and gas, paid the attendant and drove off only to feel the skeg hit the ground going out of the station. I only have 3 inches or so clearance when the trailer is level so I can't forget to bring the motor up.

I'm checking into the bunk sliders. They aren't that much and with those and a good pair of waders or tall boots, I'll probably be just fine but if there are more suggestions, I'm open to anything.

If you can wait till it is in the water to lower the  motor you shouldn't need the waders unless your boat just sits lower in the water than the depth of the water is. I hope it's not, it'd work out good for ya, just need the sliders and a long rope.  Let us know how it does for ya.

Kevin

Hi Kevin,

It's sits in the water just fine. I'll get the sliders, a long rope AND the waders just in case.

I took my ex-girlfriend/girlfriend/ex-girlfriend/girlfriend/ex-girlfriend/girlfriend/ex-girlfriend/girlfriend/ex-girlfriend (long story for a completely different thread) fishing last week. I figured even though she never drove a boat, that I'd back the trailer in the water and she could just inch it up the trailer, shut down the motor and I'd pull out.

She floored it and ran the boat almost into the bed of the truck. lol. It was halarious. It was so far up the trailer that the lower end of the motor got stuck on the trailer bunks. I will never know how it didn't damage a thing but I'm glad it didn't. Didn't even scratch the boat. The eye where you hook the winch to was almost touching the back window of my canopy on the truck. I had to back the truck into the water almost to the doors to get the boat to float enough off the trailer to get it unstuck.

Lesson learned. I'll just get wet if need be next time. The waders would have come in handy.

All is well.

hahaha, great story! I went fishing with my boy one day and put him in the back of the truck, then I got the boat (big motor wasn't working or something) lined up on the trailer with the trolling motor and threw a rope  to him so he could pull me on up till I could reach the winch and hook it. Made that six year old think he was superman to pull the boat up on the trailer