Power Loading

[ChemMechanicInc]

Make the ramp deep enough and people wouldn't need to "powerload".

It will take much more then a summer or two of not powerloading at a certain spot for that hole to fill in.

My cabin is a great example; we used to power load at our property every weekend before we got a boatlift. That was 11 years ago. The blowout hole is still 3 feet deeper then the water around it.

[Scott K]

on the positive side the blow out hole is a great spot for fish!

[lots of luck]

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Maybe we need to put a ban on bunk trailers!!! People have the $25,000- $30,000 for the boat, but I guess the roller trailer is just a little tooo expensive? Next I can here some say that a roller trailer is not available for my boat.

Powerloading COSTS all of us more for maintenance of our landings. Use your brain. Get the right trailer not just the cheapest trailer.

I would like to see the DNR ban powerloading and ENFORCE it. At least then the people wrecking the landing would be paying to repair the landing.

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Your not serious? You may want to educate yourself on glass boats and trailer types. I had a Ranger Z22 Comanche with a 300 horse on order until I found out I could not get that with a roller trailer. Then I walked.

[lots of luck]

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on the positive side the blow out hole is a great spot for fish!

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Even better swimming conditions at the end of ramp on a busy Saturday.

[Scott K]

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on the positive side the blow out hole is a great spot for fish!

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Even better swimming conditions at the end of ramp on a busy Saturday.

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I have seen that several times!

[basmastermatt]

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Maybe we need to put a ban on bunk trailers!!! People have the $25,000- $30,000 for the boat, but I guess the roller trailer is just a little tooo expensive? Next I can here some say that a roller trailer is not available for my boat.

Powerloading COSTS all of us more for maintenance of our landings. Use your brain. Get the right trailer not just the cheapest trailer.

I would like to see the DNR ban powerloading and ENFORCE it. At least then the people wrecking the landing would be paying to repair the landing.

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WOW! You mouse jocky's crack me up. I own a Z20 Ranger and a 621 Ranger and you wouldn't want them on any thing but bunks. They don't offer your "more expensive" roller trailers for a reason..!

[chickeywing]

My 2 cents: Guys will reel in fish all day long but refuse to crank the boat on to the trailer? That's just lazy! There's a reason the rope/strap on the winch is as long as the trailer.

[Dan Brelje]

cranking a glass boat is not quite as easy as reeling in sunnies.

[BobT]

Oh, I don't know. You haven't been sunny fishing with me yet.

Bob

[bubs]

the dnr is changing the way they put in the cement they are going to 5 ft long slabs instead of the 1ft and are going out as far as 30ft on some. there are some lakes with a deep enough drop off that power loading has no effect on. It is only a problem on the shallow ones.

[Surface Tension]

If power loading can be done without washing out the landing then go for it. I've seen it done where the boat is idled onto the trailer. Then again I've see boats driven up a trailer that required a heck of a lot of thrust to do that. Have you ever seen treasure hunters using power dredging done with a ships props and funnel in the ocean?

When I see someone power loading at high RPMs I wonder how the heck they got the boat off the trailer? Seems to me they need to back the trailer in the water a little bit more. How can you regulate common sense. I can't imagine the stress thats getting put on the transom and hull while shooting a roster tail to get the boat pushed up a trailer.

The thought that roller trailers don't offer the support that bunks do isn't true. A bunk is only supported where theres a mount. Take a 18' 2x8, support it on both ends then stand in the middle. I think you get the picture.

My 25' Saratoga had a roller trailer and never had a problem with support. The boat rolled off and on nicely so size isn't an issue.

[Shack]

Surface Tention,

Good point! Well stated and you give valid points.

The only time I have ever heard of a roller trailer causing a problem (never seen one), is when one of the rollers comes off (some how) and person did not notice when unloading or loading. Besides that rollers work great. I would like to have them on my trailer, but I have bunks and a power winch. I really make it simple with remote pull string and possibly wireless in future.

[TimR]

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cranking a glass boat is not quite as easy as reeling in sunnies.

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I watched a guy hand crank a Seaswirl Striper 2301DC (might have been a 2101) up on Forest Lake last night. He managed without breaking a sweat.

Nice boat.

Also, for those that think your bunk supports full length, slide a credit card in between the glass and the bunk support. You'll find it only supports near the bunk brackets.

I've had glass up to 21 feet on both bunk and roller. You can crank up both if you dip your bunks. There is nothing wrong with driving it on a trailer - UNLESS - you are the (Contact Us Please) blasting it up.

Tim