Tips for trailering Marlin

[Fishtales]

https://www.defender.com/product.jsp?id=4435988
Not sure if they would work. No slack just in parallel to the chain to give you some cushion?

 

[Meanwhile]

Hello No Bail,
How do you get the bow to the roller?

That was only the emergency chain job to get it 6 blocks. After replacing the broken bolt on the winch and getting a new grade 8 safety xhain, she is back to loading just fine. She will rock back a bit when I pull her out, but with the UHMW plastic on the bunks I can winch her to the stop. If I'm lazy I can apply the brakes to snug up to the stop. I usually only load the boat twice a year.

 

[Mr.crab]

I tow around 15 times a year, usually around 45 miles oneway to 92 miles, would a roller trailer work better?

 

[DennisG01]

would a roller trailer work better?

In what way are you thinking/wondering about? Earlier you mentioned you simply hit the brakes to get the bow to/under the roller. That's a fully acceptable way to do things - with the caveat (as mentioned above)of sometimes you can't stop quick enough.

If this is about the bow not being all the way to the roller, a new trailer is an awful expensive way to accomplish that. Instead, it might be better to change the way you load. For example, load your normal way, then pull out a couple feet and crank again.

 

[family affair]

I'm reviving this one because now I have this issue. My 248 never had this issue, but the 270 is doing it every time. Couple observations:

• The bow eye on the 248 was obnoxiously high. So much so that it forced me to launch deep to get the pulpit over the winch stand.
• The 270 is lower. Initially I thought winching the d-ring up would be the way to go, but the load creates a lot of deflection on the stand.
• I get the d-ring really tight to the roller, but every time I get half way out of the water, I feel the boat seemingly slide back.
• Considering the 248 forced me to go deeper to load, I'm wondering if I should try the same on the 270?
• I've been able to hit the brakes and the boat slides up easily. However, I've noticed this seems to be putting too much load on the target bunks. One of the bolts looks like it isn't far from coming out.
• I'm still trying to get the trailer adjusted. I have the target bunks as low as they will go, but it seems like the front still is carrying too much weight. I only have 2" of clearance between the keel and the cross member. I'm afraid that if I spread the target bunks apart any more that the keel could make contact.

I'm making progress dialing this entire rig in, but damn is it fighting me at every turn. It has to get better - right?