What's best to use to remove the bow roller's rub marks?

[scottrob]

All - whenever I drive my boat onto the trailer, my bow roller leaves these rubber marks on my boat. What do you recommend to get them off?

I used bug/tar remover once but think that's probably not a good idea.

Thanks.

[Huffy2k]

RE: What

Any good cleaner wax should do the trick nicely.

[east tx skier]

RE: What

A rag moistened with acetone will do it. Follow up with a good wash and waxing. To prevent it, I've heard of some people hitting them with spray wax before they put the boat on the trailer. Others have carpeted them.

I got away from the "boat buddy" on my MC trailer for this very reason and used a non-maring bow roller for a couple of years. I recently put some marine carpet on the boat buddy and reinstalled it. No black marks and no messing with the winch when trailering.

[darrel409]

A permanent fix would be to cut the roller off and replace with a carpeted V. One of my friends had to do this because of the angle and current at our ramp on the River. Wasnt expensive or too difficult if you own a welder.

[Quinner]

When I am on a steep ramp I pull the boat close, not all the way to the roller, pull trailer forward until the boat is level with trailer and on the rear bunks, then crank it the rest of the way up.