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Tell me what y'all think, I have a trailer for a 15-16 ft boat, but I bought a 17ft uncle j. It currently has two 4x6 as the bottom runners (what the bottom of the boat sits on.) I'm thinking of taking these off and the brackets that they are mounted to the trailer on off and carpeting and bolting on four 2x4s without the brackets. Keep in mind a gtr35 is going on the back of the boat in a few months and the boat is a full 18" longer than the trailer. I know if I were to do this I need to have the runners extend all the way to the end of the boat or a little past. I guess what I'm askin is will the 2x4s be ok? Or should I go a little bigger


Wed Oct 31, 2012 10:43 am
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Post Re: Trailer question.
Go with 4x4s. You can probably extend the trailer also


Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:02 am
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Post Re: Trailer question.
Spend the money and lengthen the trailer if you can.


Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:02 am
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My trailer was a tilt trailer, I cut all that shit off and slid the square tubing up a few feet, then welded it up. Trailer was for a 15 foot boat it's got a 18 footer on it now


Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:06 am
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Post Re: Trailer question.
I can, I'm guessing you mean lengthen the tongue, correct, I could pull it forward a foot or so and then lengthen the boards 6"...... Or should I just spend the money and add to it a couple feet


Wed Oct 31, 2012 11:10 am
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Post Re: Trailer question.
You should be fine, it's a mud boat not the titanic lol


Wed Oct 31, 2012 2:42 pm
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Post Re: Trailer question.
Make the trailor longer , it's better to have to much trailer then have one thats to small.

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Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:27 pm
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Post Re: Trailer question.
Yea but I'd like it to look nice. Ima extend the tongue 2 feet or so


Wed Oct 31, 2012 7:42 pm
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Post Re: Trailer question.
If you extend the trailer 2x4's will be fine


Thu Nov 01, 2012 9:15 am
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Some of you guys should be on DIP"S thread offering her ?????? on advice how to extend something. Poor guy seems to be to ashame to pull it out. Maybe you'll could offer some extend techniques to him.


Thu Nov 01, 2012 10:42 am
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Try again, engrish please


Thu Nov 01, 2012 8:31 pm
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