Boat trailer rollers - signature hull

[Monza]

I've got one of those signature variable deadrise hulls (600rf) that just doesn't seem to fit the trailer rollers. The dealer is now 2000km away and not much help. The boat doesn't roll onto the trailer right, and the rollers just don't seem to support the hull like they should. I've moved the outer rollers to the inside of the middle chine which has helped the boat get back on the trailer straighter, but now the inside rollers just don't sit right on the planing plank. Anyone got a better setup ?
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[aquarius]

Looks like you need to push those side rollers out so that the boat can sit flat on the centre rollers.
My signature pulls to one side when retrieved from the water so i just push on the corner of the transome to get the hull sitting correct on the trailer.
You may need larger centre rollers to fix the problem.
If you would like i could take a pic of my setup.
Cheers Brent

[Big_Kev]

You will need to make sure that the hull is sitting level in the water before winching it on the trailer.
My opinion would be;
The back rollers are to close togeather and should be wider to support the chines and not mounted under the planing plank.
Someone else may have a different idea?

Also the slider rail (possibly for bait pump) is draging in the wash.

[nisrol]

Monza
At the moment i work for BELCO custom trailers , And have found that the trailers are not set up for any particular hull style, And to add to that the boat dealers don't do it either .
3 points i have to ask ,
1/ is your vessel touching the center rollers .
2/ If 1/ is NO then shorten the length of the inner rollers and lengthen the outer rollers
3/Take the vessel and trailer back to (SEA-LINK ) in brendale as it should be under warrantee .
your other alterative is pm me and bring it round to my place.




cheers andy

[Monza]

Thanks for the offer, but I'm in Townsville.

The centre horizontal rollers don't support anything - the tilt rollers lift the boat 3-4 inches clear of them as it's winched on.
The outside rollers don't like being pushed out beyond the chine. If this is done...
1. When winching on, the rollers travel over the chine to get into position - invariably, one side doesn't want to cross and the whole boat ends up crooked.
2. The tilt bar also balances outside down causing the inside rollers to stick up in the air.

It seems to me the inside rollers need to be on the sloping surface. The centre horizontal rollers need to be lifted to help support the base. To do this, I will need to cut all the roller bars shorter so the rollers can be brought closer together. Just need some advice or other examples before I do this one way task.

Thanks

[Kerry]

Seems to me that, that style of trailer might not be designed for or best for that style of hull?

Cheers, Kerry.

[Bashir]

our tinka trailer suits our 630f beautifully. I will try to remember to take some pctures of the setup for you tomorrow.

[familyman]

Can you put on some other photos of the rest of the trailer set up?It may be a good case for a set of retreiver mates.
cheers jon

[Haines600RF]

Monza,

I have a 600RF on a Mackay Trailer PU5750T and I have no problems when retrieving the boat, it is allways on centre. Looking at your photo and comparing with my trailer, it appears that your wobble roller support arms are too long as my outer rollers are just inside the strake as yours are, but I have a pair of rollers that are still on the sloping bottom of the hull not on the middle chine / keel. I have no rollers that support the boat on the middle chine / keel. From your photo the support arms appear 125 to 150 mm too long.

The Mackay trailer also has bumper strips on the wobble roller support arms to protect the boat.

The Mackay Trailer website is:

http://www.mackaytrailers.com/PUDouble.html

Trust this helps.

[Big_Kev]

If you loosen the ubolts and move the roller bars out(as you call them) the wobble rollers will sit on the chine(sloping surface).
This will bring the keel closer to the center rollers and lower the boat and suport the hull wider than it currently is.
I beleive this will also help with getting the boat to sit level on the trailer.
The Signature I use to own was not supported at the by the 3 rear center rollers- these were only to center the hull when first running onto and lastly off the trailer.
Set up well and having the trailer at the correct depth for retreive- you will be able to drive that baby onto the trailer and look like a pro.
A few hours messing around at the ramp will learn you a lot about getting it set up like you want it.
Hope this helps Kev.

[searaider]

Its a bit hard to see in the photo but it looks like each pair of rollers pivot about 1/3 of the way down the arms , is it an option to fully rotate each pair of rollers around 180 degrees ?
Depending on the set up , when you take the boat off this may result in the arms dropping down on the outer roller . My Tinka roller arms have a rubber block under them to stop this happening .
Just a suggestion that may help :-/

Peter
Searaider 2