Securing your rib on the trailer???

[Mark Halliday]

Originally Posted by jwalker

Mark, are you suggesting that some folk don't tie the boat down at all? They only have the winch rope attached?

JW
Not suggesting, I know it to be a fact.

[Rupert Bear]

I have seen this several times as well, not sure if it is laziness or ignorance of just how much a risk they are taking...............

[Alex Brown]

Originally Posted by Mark Halliday

JW
Not suggesting, I know it to be a fact.

We get that a lot down here with only the front winch (also no lights, just boat on trailer), frightening to see in some cases, more so when it's on a rusty old trailer with wheels that wobble around

When towing, I use the 2 straps supplied with the boat from Humber over the tubes, one just ahead of the a-frame, and one just ahead of the console, the winch strap on the bow, and chain and a shackle on the bow.
I won't put a strap through the eyes at the back of the boat to the trailer 'cos that to me is trying to pull the boat forward which is not what I want if I am involved in a head on collision. As it is, the overhead straps hold the boat down very nicely, and would probably also stop the boat from flying forward if the chain/winch setup failed.

Looking at the chain thing, I snap the break away cable onto the van itself, and not the towball, so if the towball came away with the trailer, at least the trailer breaks would stand a chance of kicking in on the slipway.

-Alex

[jwalker]

Originally Posted by Mark Halliday

JW
Not suggesting, I know it to be a fact.

B..hell. Frightening.

[jwalker]

Originally Posted by Ribald

...and noticed that the only attachment to the trailer was the winch strap. ...

Wife just read this. Response,"Must be nuts!"

[Simon B]

In response to the accident on the slipway; would auto reverse brakes do just that if pulled on by the handbrake in the instance of a break-away cable activating it? The trailer is going backwards and the shoes are against the drum theoretically collapsing the shoes - unless I've got wrong end of stick?

[Nick Hearne]

Originally Posted by Simon B

In response to the accident on the slipway; would auto reverse brakes do just that if pulled on by the handbrake in the instance of a break-away cable activating it? The trailer is going backwards and the shoes are against the drum theoretically collapsing the shoes - unless I've got wrong end of stick?

No Simon I agree with you brakes on a slip will work when it is rolling backwards!
Nick