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Forum: Trailers & towing

15 March 2019, 20:33

Replies: 87

Advantage of roller bunks vs. solid bunks

Views: 11,088

Posted By Last Tango

Common practice and plainly safer than the method...

Common practice and plainly safer than the method they propose.

NO ONE LEAVES THE BOAT.......NO ONE IN THE WATER.....what part of that are you struggling with?

You have still to tell me who is...

Forum: Trailers & towing

15 March 2019, 19:55

Replies: 87

Advantage of roller bunks vs. solid bunks

Views: 11,088

Posted By Last Tango

Not afloat......sitting on the trailer completely...

Not afloat......sitting on the trailer completely restricted totally unable to move right or left or forward in any way shape or form.so not underway.

Not "travelling through" the water...

Forum: Trailers & towing

15 March 2019, 18:22

Replies: 87

Advantage of roller bunks vs. solid bunks

Views: 11,088

Posted By Last Tango

Really..... "your contact". Get a few years...

Really..... "your contact". Get a few years experience under your belt and start thinking things out yourself.

You have a car sitting on a wet slippery, steep ramp, probably loaded to near it's...

Forum: Trailers & towing

15 March 2019, 16:11

Replies: 87

Advantage of roller bunks vs. solid bunks

Views: 11,088

Posted By Last Tango

Hmmm. "Making way: being propelled through...

Hmmm.

"Making way: being propelled through the water by sail, machinery, or oar" .......IRPCS.

Technically "aground". so not travelling through the water.:)

Forum: Trailers & towing

15 March 2019, 15:03

Replies: 87

Advantage of roller bunks vs. solid bunks

Views: 11,088

Posted By Last Tango

Did.............. That's how on top of 50 years...

Did..............
That's how on top of 50 years boating experience I have a commercially endorse APB. cert.:thumbs:

Maybe you should you should talk to them yourself and you'd learn what "while...

Forum: Trailers & towing

14 March 2019, 19:37

Replies: 87

Advantage of roller bunks vs. solid bunks

Views: 11,088

Posted By Last Tango

Looking at the OP's first post, there may be some...

Looking at the OP's first post, there may be some confusion.

He refers to "roller bunks". Most (not all) roller trailers here are swing-beam rather than roller bunk and the "V" in the swing beam...

Forum: Trailers & towing

14 March 2019, 18:12

Replies: 87

Advantage of roller bunks vs. solid bunks

Views: 11,088

Posted By Last Tango

The reason they're so busy (and probably the...

The reason they're so busy (and probably the reason you don't need an aux) is people getting in everyones way spending most of their day paddling about on the slip trying to launch and recover their...

Forum: Trailers & towing

13 March 2019, 19:54

Replies: 87

Advantage of roller bunks vs. solid bunks

Views: 11,088

Posted By Last Tango

I am bewildered why you would have anyone in the...

I am bewildered why you would have anyone in the water at the stern of a boat when it was being launched or recovered, engine running or not. That's just bloody stupid.

No one leaves the boat,...

Forum: Trailers & towing

13 March 2019, 16:57

Replies: 87

Advantage of roller bunks vs. solid bunks

Views: 11,088

Posted By Last Tango

Carnage eh?:dance::dance:

Carnage eh?:dance::dance:

Forum: Trailers & towing

12 March 2019, 09:22

Replies: 87

Advantage of roller bunks vs. solid bunks

Views: 11,088

Posted By Last Tango

Similarly had both and I'm now on the roller...

Similarly had both and I'm now on the roller side. Easier to launch and recover with the caviet that I felt the bunk trailers "centered" the boat better when recovering but the roller definitely...

Forum: Trailers & towing

12 March 2019, 09:11

Replies: 87

Advantage of roller bunks vs. solid bunks

Views: 11,088

Posted By Last Tango

A boat sitting on a trailer is not moving or...

A boat sitting on a trailer is not moving or going to move anywhere.

This is simple.....

The easiest way to reduce risk of injury is to remove people from harms way.
So when no one needs to be...

Forum: Trailers & towing

10 March 2019, 20:17

Replies: 87

Advantage of roller bunks vs. solid bunks

Views: 11,088

Posted By Last Tango

You'll probably find if there was any kind of...

You'll probably find if there was any kind of accident on the slip with the car or trailer you're going to be hung out to dry because it's unlikely your car insurance will give you any succour as the...

Forum: Trailers & towing

10 March 2019, 18:17

Replies: 87

Advantage of roller bunks vs. solid bunks

Views: 11,088

Posted By Last Tango

+1:thumbs: The only way someone is going to...

+1:thumbs:

The only way someone is going to find their way to the spinning prop in the 10secs it takes to secure the boat is if they fall out of the sky, in which case they were probably doomed...

Forum: Trailers & towing

08 March 2019, 12:42

Replies: 87

Advantage of roller bunks vs. solid bunks

Views: 11,088

Posted By Last Tango

If your trailer and boat's setup properly it's...

If your trailer and boat's setup properly it's not going anywhere....if it's not then it should be.:thumbs:

Forum: Trailers & towing

07 March 2019, 21:05

Replies: 87

Advantage of roller bunks vs. solid bunks

Views: 11,088

Posted By Last Tango

Yep. Rollers :thumbs: Undo everything...

Yep.

Rollers :thumbs:

Undo everything bar the quick release on 6 inches of chain.

Launch... Reverse into the water, trim and start engine slip into forward, lean over the bow and pull the...

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