fusioneng wrote:
I agree with Tony, the pvc pipe bunks are way better and way cheaper, (about $10 bucks).
The best aspects are:
Way easier to slide the boat on and off the trailer.
The boat can be stored indefinately on the trailer with no damage, Our TI's lived on the trailer fully rigged in our hot florida garage (120 plus) for many years with no issues.
The best aspect is you can easily also use your trailer as a launch cart. What we do is slide the boat back on the bunks so it is balanced over the wheels, add one strap to hold the boat, then you can easily pick up the front, (we even added a carry handle to ours). The boat and trailer rolls incredibly easy, (even over sand) because of the wheel bearings and the big hard tires. Heck we even pull our boat/trailer with a bike or our buddy 150 scooter. You can't do any of that with the hobie cradles easily.
The pvc bunks self guide the boat onto the trailer in cross winds.
We bought a cheap winch at harbor freight, make it way easier to pull the boat up on steep boat ramps.
All just my experience and opinion.
FE
I have one and love it, they're very well made. I have hobie cradles and used them for over a year, now I use pipe bunks they're so much better they're the way to go.
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