Just got my new Bass Raider 10E Trailer built from Harbor freight, very Handy because it tilts, should make launching from banks a lot easier. Got the ideas from posts on this forum. Thnx

chasenfish, nice rig there. What's under the carpet?

 

Can you unload your boat by backing that trailer into the water like a boat trailer, is there a way to "waterproof" the hubs or whatever?

I have a flat trailer no tilt any advice for getting the boat back on the trailer on steep ramps

I use a converted double Sea-Doo trailer. I use a rope attached to a front handle to pull the boat onto the trailer and then tie it off to the trailer till I get to the "make ready for travel" area. I have some pics of it earlier in this thread. I have friend who uses a flat bed trailer and he basically does the same thing.

Cool thanks for the reply I will try that this things a bear decked out and I'm not getting younger lol

Be careful backing them in the water. I've been doing it this spring, checked other day and one side had water in it, the other didn't. Chasenfish, be careful with the two tie brackets on the back. I left those off to avoid the risk of gouging in my boat.

pointhunter75,

 

Thanks for the heads up about the brackets on the back of the boat....I didn't even think of that. One quick question, what were you talking about when you said one side had water in it?

To answer earlier questions the deck is a 4 x 8 sheet of 3/8" marine plywood, I cleaned the grease out of the hubs and packed them with marine grease. I have only used it once, I backed it down the bank into a pond like a regular boat trailer, seemed to work ok.

I meant the hubs, one side, the Cap fits really tight, the other one doesn't and that's the side that had water in the bearings. Thought about putting a big oring around the cap lip to see if that would seal it. It's so much easier when backing it in the water. Btw bearing buddies won't work with the stock metric hubs. You have to change the hubs out with standard 1" hubs.

LOL, I just spent like 2 hours reading this whole thread.

 

I picked up this bad boy on Craigslist and started hunting around to see what other mods people have done.

 

Been fishing out of a yak the last couple of years, but my back just couldn't take it anymore.

 

BTW, this thread is friggin epic!

Nice rig JT is that an 8'

What is the longest of these type boats and whatever it is, is it still in production? I think I have seen one 11.3' long.

Mine is actually a 9 foot.  Think they only do 8 and 10 now.

I forgot that I had seen this one -- http://www.basspro.com/Sun-Dolphin-Pro-120-Fishing-Boat/product/1312111129/?cm_sp=Display2014retar_DIS-- that looks awesome.

Several companies make the 12' boats like dink linked to, they're a little more like a v bottom boat. Still pretty cool. Pelican makes the predator.

Has anyone installed a drain plug in the rear of there hull? Real pain taking all my mods off so I can tip it on end.

Nimbus, a page or two back i talk about the drain plug.

Pointhunter the drain you installed is in the floor?  How to you empty between hull water? I have a small rubber plug above my Bow rub rail.  I want to install a thru hull in the bottom of one of my pontoons.

Oh sorry, yeah mine is to drain water out of the floor, not the pontoons. There are already drains in the front of the pontoons in the pelican.

Yeah I have a Sportsman. I found these plugs for kayaks I think will work with some 5200 and a few screws

Yeah I have a Sportsman. I found these plugs for kayaks I think will work with some 5200 and a few screws

Oh ok, yeah that should work!

I forgot that I had seen this one -- http://www.basspro.com/Sun-Dolphin-Pro-120-Fishing-Boat/product/1312111129/?cm_sp=Display2014retar_DIS-- that looks awesome.

I have the Pelican 10e and enjoy it very much but there's no way in hell I would lay down 2 G's for the Predator.  $1000  I would seriously consider...

What's the Predator?

This