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01 March 2021, 11:55
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Country: UK - England
Town: Kettering
Make: Excel Volaire
Length: 3m +
Engine: Mercury EFI 20hp
Join Date: May 2020
Posts: 38
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Help/Advice needed
Hi everyone, I’ve got a 4m sib and I’m looking for a trailer for very occasional use.
Is there and do’ or dont’s when looking for a trailer for a sib.
Has anyone got anything for sale? Any help/advice is much appreciated.
Paul
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01 March 2021, 12:12
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Country: UK - England
Town: N. Devon
Boat name: (Not Another) Nutkin
Make: Highfield
Length: 6m +
Engine: Outboard, Honda 135
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I had a bunked trailer, works better for a sib then rollers as gives more support / spreads the load.
You do see them as a kit from e-bay, or most manufacturers do a small enough one.
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01 March 2021, 12:38
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Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
Join Date: Feb 2008
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul_Warren
Hi everyone, I’ve got a 4m sib and I’m looking for a trailer for very occasional use.
Is there and do’ or dont’s when looking for a trailer for a sib.
Has anyone got anything for sale? Any help/advice is much appreciated.
Paul
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Are you looking for a trailer to keep the SIB inflated on I.E. a boat trailer, or one to store & transport the rolled up boat & engine in, a box trailer?
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01 March 2021, 12:56
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Kettering
Make: Excel Volaire
Length: 3m +
Engine: Mercury EFI 20hp
Join Date: May 2020
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Sorry I didn’t make it clear. I’m looking for a trailer to carry the inflated boat on. It’s an Excel Volaire with the v hull not a flat bottom.
Thanks, Paul
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01 March 2021, 12:58
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Kettering
Make: Excel Volaire
Length: 3m +
Engine: Mercury EFI 20hp
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Thanks for your reply. Are roller trailers a no no then?
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01 March 2021, 13:05
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Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 12,174
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Help/Advice needed
Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul_Warren
Sorry I didn’t make it clear. I’m looking for a trailer to carry the inflated boat on. It’s an Excel Volaire with the v hull not a flat bottom.
Thanks, Paul
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I have a Volaire too. I’d go bunked for a SIB, unless you’re willing to go overboard with the rollers & add extras.
Ps. I keep mine deflated in a box trailer, hence the question.
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01 March 2021, 21:10
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Country: UK - England
Town: Kettering
Make: Excel Volaire
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It’s so confusing, some people are saying because of the relatively light weight and trailer will do as long as it’s strapped down correctly. And others are insisting that I should have a bunked trailer.
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01 March 2021, 21:37
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 12,174
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul_Warren
It’s so confusing, some people are saying because of the relatively light weight and trailer will do as long as it’s strapped down correctly. And others are insisting that I should have a bunked trailer.
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You need to consider that if it’s on rollers, the weight is point loaded, add in the additional force of it being strapped down/engine/fuel/gubbins etc. THEN, the stresses involved in towing, potholes, kerbs, speed humps etc. Before you know it you could have wear points on the hull. It’s not like a RIB where the solid hull can spread the weight. If you can get a trailer with lots of the “bobbin” type rollers, you’d be ok, but I think this would be more expensive than bunks.
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01 March 2021, 21:42
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Thanks for the advice Dave. I will keep my eyes open for a bunked trailer.
Regards, Paul
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01 March 2021, 21:46
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 12,174
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul_Warren
Thanks for the advice Dave. I will keep my eyes open for a bunked trailer.
Regards, Paul
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Have you spoken to Terry & see what he suggests for the Volaire?
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01 March 2021, 22:06
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: Kettering
Make: Excel Volaire
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I haven’t but it’s a good idea. All the new bunked trailers I’m looking at are over £1000, I just can’t justify that sort of money for one when I might only use it 3 or 4 times a year...
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01 March 2021, 22:32
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: South Yorks
Boat name: Black Pig
Make: Ribcraft
Length: 5m +
Engine: DF140a
MMSI: 235111389
Join Date: Feb 2008
Posts: 12,174
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Paul_Warren
I haven’t but it’s a good idea. All the new bunked trailers I’m looking at are over £1000, I just can’t justify that sort of money for one when I might only use it 3 or 4 times a year...
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If you’re only going to use it so infrequently, how about making a cradle that would sit in a conventional trailer. You can hire a trailer cheap enough for a week. No capital outlay/maintenance/storage. You could make the cradle so it rolls out of the trailer to aid launch/recovery.
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02 March 2021, 08:36
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Member
Country: UK - England
Town: N. Devon
Boat name: (Not Another) Nutkin
Make: Highfield
Length: 6m +
Engine: Outboard, Honda 135
MMSI: 232036183
Join Date: Dec 2008
Posts: 2,046
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Seen a number of sibs on adapted bike and box trailers. Being so light a roof rack frame on a box works great, and gives you the advantage of having the box for all the other bits.
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