trailer fitting

[tribologist]

As you pull up the boat it contacts on one point somewhere in the front of the keel and the boat is free to sway around that point . Ones you contact the bow support, you create a hinge line between those points. As you pull up its is slowly moving that point back. Eg. Its important to center the kerl in the front at the point where you contact the bow rollers. I think your PVC vee is the ticket

[tribologist]

By the way, if you are getting into DA’ing you will at somepoint likely have to run it up on the trailer with side wind and currents. Having vertical side guides far back helps a lot in those situations to “ pre-center”

My trailer is getting the bearings overhauled. Adding SKF speedi-sleeves on the last two axles and putting brakes on all 4 wheels. My Maine plan went down the tube. Conn police is forbidden to do out of state VIN verifications. By renovating axles. Swapping fenders and replacing springs i can reg it as home made

[motthediesel]

Wow — sounds like the Connecticut DMV is even tougher than NY’s in some regards. Here, all you need to do is get the trailer weighed on a certified scale. If it’s under 1k pounds, a “home built” registration is granted — super easy!

[tribologist]

Not sure its under 1000 lb. Probably not.

[motthediesel]

Not sure its under 1000 lb. Probably not.

Well, then you take things off it until it is!

[nebulatech]

There's no registering trailers at all here in SC. A "bill of sale" is just an email away...

[hetek]

I'm in NY and heard about the 1000# limit. I considered removing "extra stuff" from the trailer to lighten it up, like the 4x14 bunks and those extra things called axles and wheels.

Never had to though... The previous owner found the proper paperwork.

[DesertAlbin736]

I had a heck of a time getting my trailer registered in AZ after bringing it down from Idaho. There were two issues, #1 Idaho doesn't require titles for trailers which Arizona does. So the the signed registration & bill of sale was all I had (I had the Idaho tags transferred to my name even though I'm not an Idaho resident). Problem #2 was the trailer was factory built in Florida in 1999 and the VIN number was printed, not embossed, on a sticker that had faded out & the number was no longer readable. I went round and round with AZ MVD & finally had to post a bond to prove it wasn't stolen to get them to issue a new title & generate a new VIN number on an official embossed sticker to place on the frame. Once that was done & after and initial one time $129 vehicle license tax/registration fee was paid the registration is permanent & doesn't need renewal as long as it remains titled & registered in Arizona. Even if I sell it to another Arizona resident they only have to pay a small transfer fee. That's for trailers 6,000 lb GVWR or less. RV's & trailers over that weight rating have to pay a vehicle license tax and tag renewal every year, or two years if you opt to do that which saves some on the registration fee. The tax is assessed based on book value & declines as the vehicle ages. We don't have toll roads in AZ, but the cost to register a vehicle is perhaps one of the most expensive states in the country. Initial annual vehicle tax & license for a $35K car can be has high as $500 each of the first few years. Even our 2017 Ford Fusion hybrid costs $313 this year.

PS, I still get a kick out of long distance trailering being called "DA'ing".

[nebulatech]

We have to pay annual property tax on vehicles in SC as well. It maxes at $600 for cars, higher for boats.

We do not have to register or title trailers, but we do have to register and title outboards. I got into a pickle some time back because I sold a boat to a fellow in Georgia where they don't title outboards. I never turned in notice of selling the boat. The new owner titled the boat, no problem. Several years later, I got a delinquent tax notice for the motor because there was no record of it being retitled. Lots of headache and lesson learned.

[Plum76]

Here in Michigan, trailers over a certain weight require a registration/permanent plate. I had to get a bill of sale, then contact the trailer manufacturer with a VIN to get the certified weight, then I could get it registered. Alternatively, could get it weighed on a truck scale, but the boat was on it, so easier for me to get it from the manufacturer. My trailer weighs ~1600 lbs, is galvanized steel heavy duty unit, all rollers makes for super easy loading and unloading..

Plum

[DesertAlbin736]

We do not have to register or title trailers, but we do have to register and title outboards.

Outboard motors have to be titled separately from the boat? That is crazy. In Arizona boats come under the purview of the Department of Game & Fish and the boat registration is proof of ownership, not titled like motor vehicles & trailers. If a boat, new or used, is bought out of state & brought in to be registered in AZ it has to be taken to a Game & Fish office for a one time physical inspection for matching HIN numbers & bill of sale & proof of sales tax paid in the case of new boats or ones purchased from a dealer. Used boats bought from private owners don't get charged sales tax. Unless they have motors of any kind attached including electric trolling motors small human or sail powered watercraft like kayaks, canoes, sailing and rowing dinghies, wind surf & stand up paddle boards etc don't need to be registered at all . Outboards themselves don't get separate registration or titles any more than one would need to register & license a TV. So small outboards that can be easily lifted & removed from the boat had better be kept locked up because it would be difficult to impossible to recover a stolen one. DMV has nothing to do with boats or outboard motors, only the trailers they sit on which they treat like any other motor vehicle except trailers 6,000 lb GVRW & under get permanent tags & no annual vehicle license tax.

[DesertAlbin736]

On trailers centering guides I got an email with a link to a article in BoatUS online about a kit for trailer side guides.

https://www.boatus.com/expert-advice/ex ... n=magazine

https://store.cesmith.com/bunk-board-guide-ons-c71.aspx

What I really need is guide bunks that span the widest part of the hull right over where the wheels are. They would just have to reach higher than the ones in this picture. Looks like another fall project!

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[Bob Noodat]

On trailers centering guides I got an email with a link to a article in BoatUS online about a kit for trailer side guides.

https://www.boatus.com/expert-advice/ex ... n=magazine

https://store.cesmith.com/bunk-board-guide-ons-c71.aspx

What I really need is guide bunks that span the widest part of the hull right over where the wheels are. They would just have to reach higher than the ones in this picture. Looks like another fall project!

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DA, I've posted twice about what would solve your guide problem once and for all. A horse may be led to water, but cannot be made to drink.

[nebulatech]

Bob, I keep trying to find where you posted the solution. Could you maybe link to the post here?

[jerridsc]

DA. Do your stern centering guides bend out of the way as the wider part of the hull passes by as you are putting your boat into the water, and again as you load?