Trailer: Bow Stop Or Bow Roller?
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I really like your donzi, that color combo is assume
she should haul the mail with that 525 in her. yea mine looks like a row boat aside that center console, and it does look like its got egg beaters on it haha..
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All you do is spray the rubber blocks down with Spray Wax (any type) before you retrieve. As soon as your are done any marks that are left are wax, and just come right off. You can do this with your bow roller too. You really don't want your bow roller supporting any weight. All you want is just enough pressure to keep the boat from bouncing.
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All you do is spray the rubber blocks down with Spray Wax (any type) before you retrieve. As soon as your are done any marks that are left are wax, and just come right off. You can do this with your bow roller too. You really don't want your bow roller supporting any weight. All you want is just enough pressure to keep the boat from bouncing.
http://www.donzi.org/forum/showthrea...0291#post50291
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It doesn't support much weight. I did the BajaDan mod and it worked great. The roller spins as if it were on bearings.
http://www.donzi.org/forum/showthrea...0291#post50291
http://www.donzi.org/forum/showthrea...0291#post50291
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Dump the roller altogether. The best you can can do is switch to the split Bow Stops.
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I am NOT a fan of wood blocks with carpet on them for the Bow Stop. I had them on my last trailer originally, and they were terrible. This needs to be a "soft catch" with some spring & give to it, hence why I like the cushioned rubber/silicone 'dock bumpers' that Myco and others use.
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I am NOT a fan of wood blocks with carpet on them for the Bow Stop. I had them on my last trailer originally, and they were terrible. This needs to be a "soft catch" with some spring & give to it, hence why I like the cushioned rubber/silicone 'dock bumpers' that Myco and others use.
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V block for me. My trailer started life with a high mounted roller which I hated because it contacted the painted area of the boat. I called the trailer manufacturer and had him build me a V block which I installed and then added custom padded covers to the blocks.
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I made this nerdy thing.
Loading unloading is so much easier with the bow stop out of the way and no marks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWpIgE9R3_I
Loading unloading is so much easier with the bow stop out of the way and no marks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HWpIgE9R3_I
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Those are are cool solutions and all are better than the roller but they are not easy projects and I think my 22' boat will be fine with the roller now that it actually rolls!
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