Trailer dealers that ship??

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Hi everybody,
I'm new to WellcraftV20.com but not to the V20. I've had a 1983 V20 since 1985. Repowered in 2000 with a Yamaha 175. I've always kept the boat on a dry rack until a year and a half ago (it's now in the water). Now I'm ready to kep the boat on a trailer.
Question 1: Recommendations on an exact model of trailer.
Question 2: Cheapest place to buy one.
I live in Savannah, Georgia. The boat will be mostly stored on the trailer at a local marina. No long hauls.
I really appreciate any guidance.
Chuck
 
Hey rock welcome, listen I don't know any particular model #s but will suggest a couple of things, galvanized steel DUAL AXLE trailer from any of the major manufactures in you neck of the Piney Woods
 
Hey Lord Skools why aluminum, the galvanized up here seem to hold up longer, lot of cracked welds and broken cast aluminum parts on them trailers I hear guys complain all the time ???
 
Due to flotation in tires, alum's light weight, saltwater bouyancy and currents, an alum trailer will DRIFT in certain conditions... ;)...

rockin'...welcome to da board... :D...V20 since 1985?...we welcome the knowledge and experience you've picked up over 20 years...post some pics of your boat...matters not what shape she's in...we just wanna see... a bunch of curious old pharts that way... ;)...

I normally recommend tandem axels and brakes, but if your routine over 20 yrs of boating allows only a short haul from storge location to ramp, you can get by w/single axel and no brakes...wish I were that lucky... ;D...
 
well i only trailer mine a distance of 4 miles from the house to the ramp and i have a 1991 Venture Single Axle. Does Fine, but it you will be trailering all the time and putting her in and out of the water all the time, I suggest full rollers. ;)
 
I really appreciate all the help. Yep, my Dad and I bought the V20 back in 1985. Have always loved it. Nothing like the feeling of that deep V plowing into a swell and seeing the water part like the Red Sea.
 
Hey Rebel, I can tell you that I got a much better deal on a used one than new, but I had to drive to St. Pete to pick it up. Of course, that was like 10 years ago . . . ::)
 
Thats a great price for a dual axle ;) but it is a bunk trailer and I want to ask consensus question on which you guys prefer the bunk or roller roll on trailer
 
Willy, I never had a roller trailer...they concern me some as it's SO easy for the boat to roll off...just me; I need something a little more ''forgiving''...bunks have been great for V20 and last few boats... ;)...
 
IMHO - The contact area where the roller actually support the boat are very small compared to the contact area on a bunk. Bunks have more friction to overcome when loading and unloading but support the boat better. Rolers are kinda like standing on a bed of nails. I'd worry about damaging the boat while towing. Bunks flex some, seems to me they would be more forgiving. Properly adjusted bunks shouldn't be that hard to load and unload. Plus compare the cost to replacing 2 bunks to how ever many rollers on a roller trailer.
 
i've had several of both trailers BUY BUNKS ONLY lol
Rollers will scar the bottom of your boat and leave nice black lines on it unless you like to spend and buy the yellow ones then you can replace them about every 3 to 4 yrs due to cracking.

PS

"ROLLERS SUCK"
 
Interesting ;) appreciate the advise, always thought the bunk would support better, pretty obvious actually but never heard of rollers damaging hull other than what Lord Skools said about marking, that I've seen first hand. But Ive had three bunk trailers and now am on my second roller trailer. Not by choice but because they came with boat. The diffrence in launching and especially loading is substantial at least for me especially since about half the time I go out I'm by myself or might as well be with one of my kids or a super model(useless) 8)
 
just take off the rollers and make your own set of treated runners out of wood not a hard change over except on Long Brand roller trailers.
 
I'll be the odd man out and say that I prefer a roller triailer for my V-20. Launch and load is sooo easy once you get a routine for either type. While the bunks do support better, on my roller trailer you can grab the rollers and wiggle them a bit with the boat on them. 4500 lbs spread across 32 rollers comes out to 140 lbs per contact point. If the boat can't handle that I don't want it.

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