side bunks or not

[floater212]

my boat stays on trailer 90% of the time, to the river and back, it's a pain to clean and polish it because of the side bunks. I'm thinking of cutting them off to better polish the boat. I do have the add-on guides at the very end of trailer to see the empty trailer when backing up. any opinions on this would help me decide which way to go! thanks...

 

[ondarvr]

Either way, if you like it better without them it's only you that needs to be satisfied. If cleaning the boat is more important, or more of a hassle than loading the boat to you, then remove them.

 

[gm280]

This is just my personal opinion, I would keep the side bunks. The can help load a hull, especially on a windy day. And the also can keep the hull on the trailer is it happens to get loose from the bow or transom hold downs. But like I said, this is only my opinion.

As for shining up the hull, you can always slide the boat back when shining it and then wench it back in place again. Just a thought. I use to jack up the hull to wax the areas that were sitting on the bunk/runner when waxing up the boat. Just have to work around such things. JMHO

 

[floater212]

wouldn't be able to slide the boat back then forth, it weight is about 3600 lbs. dry and it's just me doing it. the side bunks maybe 1 time helped us out, but my son that was driving it never put it on the trailer only off, he did hit the side bunk and it took me a good hour to straighten it out...the rear guide do a better job because with 2 people in stern each can grab and push or grab and pull to even it up. we do a lot of river launch and recover so it really wasn't a loading issue.