New (used) trailer for the 222

[LilRichard]

Picked this up today... nice gentleman in town put his boat on a lift, no longer needed it.  Unbelievable deal... I have been looking for over 6 months for "THE deal", finally got it.  I am VERY happy!





Before I use the trailer I will be removing the middle roller and putting i guide bunks, but for now- back to working on the hull...  

[RickK]

Picked this up today... Before I use the trailer I will be removing the middle roller and putting i guide bunks, but for now- back to working on the hull...  

Nice find Rich.  What are "i guide bunks"?

[LilRichard]

Oops... meant to say "putting in guide bunks".  Guide bunks look like this:



Note the center bunks toward the front of the trailer.  The guide bunks allow you to drive the boat on without fear of missing the roller and gouging your hull.

[JimCt]

Has it got brakes?

[LilRichard]

Yessir... drum brakes on both axles.  They're in decent shape, but will eventually be converted to disk.

[Mike Answeeney]

It pays $$$ to wait for that good deal, doesn't it!

Nice find.

[JimCt]

When you change over disk you'll also have to change the surge coupler too.

[LilRichard]

Mike... thanks - you would not believe me if I told you.  8)

Jim- I had heard that, and am prepared to do so.  But why?  Isn't a master cylinder a master cylinder?

[RickK]

Rich, looking at the difference between the guide bunks and the rollers, I think I would stay with the rollers.  The rollers have the guide tubes on each side that will slide the keel back down onto the rollers whereas the guide bunks don't have anything to guide you back down if you come in a little angled.  The guide tubes won't hurt your keel. My $.02

[John Jones]

Sweet!  I'm still waiting for that deal.

I just converted my flats boat trailer to guide bunks myself.  I'll never have anything else again.  Those pvc covered V-guides do not work as well as one would expect.  If you miss the guide bunks you need to back up and start over.  I put mine on angled.  More space between them at the rear.  I can run the boat right up to the bow eye, leave it in gear to prevent sliding back down, lean over the bow and hook up the winch hook, then shut down the motor.

The folks at our trailer parts place said the difference in couplers is the volume of fluid required for discs vs. drum.  They also told me (as I was buying the drum coupler) that it could be converted to disc by opening the master cylinder and poking a hole in a metal diaphram inside should I chose to convert.  I don't know if that applies to all couplers or just the ones they sell.

[RickK]

I just converted my flats boat trailer to guide bunks myself.  I'll never have anything else again.  Those pvc covered V-guides do not work as well as one would expect. If you miss the guide bunks you need to back up and start over.  I put mine on angled.  More space between them at the rear.

Missing the little guide bunks totally was what I was afraid of.  You'd have to try real hard to miss the PVC "V" but I done that before.  I wondered how the guide bunks would work on an angle but I thought there was some sort of support that was to come from those bunks too and you would lose it if spread too far apart.

[LilRichard]

That one came off of Craigslist... I just check it a few times a day.  Most good trailers are gone within a few hours.

[John Jones]

My guide bunks do not support any weight.  All I did was add the four bunk brackets about where I thought they should go, mounted 2 x 4's that I had already put bunk carpet on, then raised the brackets until the bunks just touched the hull and tightened them down.  They guide only.  If someone can't hit my guide bunks they need to take up golf  

[John Jones]

Thanks Rick.  I check Craigslist but not often enough  :(