Black Hull ?

[BSBell]

Thinking about purchasing a new 230TE with a black hull but I don't want to scratch the black hull when pulling it onto my lift at the lakehouse...

Is there any kind of product out there that can be put on the ramps to keep from scratching up the boat when driving it up on the ramp...?





Thanks.

[j2nh]

What kind of lift?

Just did the polish on our club boat and I was amazed at what the plastic covered bunks did to the boat on our Shorestation. Lots of wet sanding, polishing and buffing to get it back and this was on a white hull. Its a vertical lift but in a very shallow area and as a result sometimes you have to power it up a little to get it placed right. Combine that with some sand it plays heck with the hull.

Black is a great color but I would not consider it if I had to power it on to anything or if I planned on beaching it. Flip side is that you could and then just spend some elbow grease, or money, in the fall to bring it back.

[BSBell]

I don't plan on ever beaching it....

The lift I have is alot like this, http://www.hewitt-roll-a-dock.com/li...hydraulic.html

It has air bladders that are pumped to raise and lower the lift on a henge. So you lower it, drive up onto it like a ramp, then fill the bladders to raise the back end of the boat out of the water.

[EarlyRiser]

Check out www.bunkaps.com ER

[DanielC]

High maintenance!

[TravisFling]

I always, always, always dip my trailer in the water and then pull back up before I put my boat on it, so that I get the bunks wet. I think it lubes them up and creates less stress on the bunks themselves and less scratches on the boat. But I LOVE the idea of a lift that lowers into the water (getting the bunks wet, too) but then you don't have to power onto the lift. If I did have to power onto a lift I would try to get the bunks wet someway, somehow... I think that would cut down on wear and tear a lot. My .02.

[SuperSquirt]

i am a bit confused with the last statement?? What advantage to you have by dipping your trailer? Isn't it already under water when loading your boat?

[bchesley]

I think he means all the way in the water and then back up to drive it on.

[TravisFling]

At our dock it's a very shallow angle, so if you put the trailer all the way under water it makes the boat sit funny when you pull out, so we dip our trailer all the way in to wet the bunks, then pull it out so the water just covers the wheel wells, then you drive the boat onto the trailer and power load it, so when you pull the boat out of the water it sits right on the trailer. We all have turnbuckles as opposed to cranks on our trailers, so when you power load it your bow seats in the right place. Kind of hard to splain... Anyway, dipping the trailer gets our bunks wet, if that makes sense.

[TravisFling]

Better put, I have a grey hull, and I load that way and don't have scratches on the bottom of my boat.