Alloy Trailers - Brisbane/Gold Coast

[OPTI]

im going for an origin ,they are the best aluminium trailers ive seen imop,and ive been looking for 3 years.

[pilchardjones]

i have nothing but praise for my Peterson trailer. Built in US and distributed in Aust by Portsea marine - Justin 0402 432 338
I have 2 of them under glass boats, and at work we have 2 of them under alloy boats.
All very happy.
steve

[O-3]

Nice looking trailer pilchard jones.

What is the purpose of the blue strips on the bunks?

Did you find the carpet had too much grip?

[weeman]

Seen a Origin trailer the other day and by looking at it you could put the Queen Mary on that thing, (well maybe) looked to be well made and heavy duty.

[pilchardjones]

Nice looking trailer pilchard jones.

What is the purpose of the blue strips on the bunks?

Did you find the carpet had too much grip?

yes mate the ramp i use is a very shallow angle at the lower half of the tide - and i had some trouble getting the boat off - so i put teflon strips on.
i know of a lot of other people who are using steeper ramps and have no problems with the carpeted bunks though. in my case there was hardly any boat in the water at low tide.
by far the easiest boat to get on and off a trailer that i have ever used - or seen.
steve

[lethal098]

Have a look in New Zealand a Mate of mine has a Lazercraft built ally trailer and looks the goods, migth be cheaper than one from the states.

Cheers Lee

[O-3]

yes mate the ramp i use is a very shallow angle at the lower half of the tide - and i had some trouble getting the boat off - so i put teflon strips on.
i know of a lot of other people who are using steeper ramps and have no problems with the carpeted bunks though. in my case there was hardly any boat in the water at low tide.
by far the easiest boat to get on and off a trailer that i have ever used - or seen.
steve

Thanks Steve.

Are you driving the boat on and off?

My trailer is a bunk trailer too, I haven't launched the boat yet though as it is in getting some work done. I may have to do the same as what you did depending on how hard it is to launch and retrieve on my own.

[rat_catcher]

Guys thanks for all of the feedback. I at least have a starting point now. One question though, I thought it wasn't a good idea to use bunks for fibreglass boats? I thought multi-rollers were recommended?

[O-3]

No mate, the yanks recommend bunks for fiberglass boats.

[pilchardjones]

Thanks Steve.

Are you driving the boat on and off?

My trailer is a bunk trailer too, I haven't launched the boat yet though as it is in getting some work done. I may have to do the same as what you did depending on how hard it is to launch and retrieve on my own.

yes mate i drive on/off. 10 second exercise.
steve

[gofishin]

i have nothing but praise for my Peterson trailer. Built in US and distributed in Aust by Portsea marine...steve

Hi Steve, is 'Petersen' the company's name who actually builds the trailer/trailer parts, or is it one of the big boys, i.e. Rocket International (should be stated on the data plate). Would be interested to know, as you sometimes see very similar trailers sold under names used by the importers etc.

PS. Rat Catcher, I have had an alloy & polly bunk trailer under a 685 glass boat for 2+ years now. One word...fantastic. A bonus with the yanky trailers is their seals, hyd. brake assemblies and bearing ubrication systems are far superior to the std Holden/Ford type systems on a lot of local trailers (or at least the ones I have seen)
cheers
Brendon

[pilchardjones]

Hi Steve, is 'Petersen' the company's name who actually builds the trailer/trailer parts, or is it one of the big boys, i.e. Rocket International (should be stated on the data plate). Would be interested to know, as you sometimes see very similar trailers sold under names used by the importers etc.

PS. Rat Catcher, I have had an alloy & polly bunk trailer under a 685 glass boat for 2+ years now. One word...fantastic. A bonus with the yanky trailers is their seals, hyd. brake assemblies and bearing ubrication systems are far superior to the std Holden/Ford type systems on a lot of local trailers (or at least the ones I have seen)
cheers
Brendon

hi brendan,
yes peterson trailers in the US supplies all the components to portsea in melbourne, then they are built in melb with these imported parts.
steve

[rat_catcher]

PS. Rat Catcher, I have had an alloy & polly bunk trailer under a 685 glass boat for 2+ years now. One word...fantastic.

Thanks Brendon. What boat was it? How much weight?

[rat_catcher]

yes peterson trailers in the US supplies all the components to portsea in melbourne, then they are built in melb with these imported parts.

I guess then you also don't need to worry about non-compliance with Aus regs for an import trailer.

[wrxhoon]

PS. Rat Catcher, I have had an alloy & polly bunk trailer under a 685 glass boat for 2+ years now. One word...fantastic. A bonus with the yanky trailers is their seals, hyd. brake assemblies and bearing ubrication systems are far superior to the std Holden/Ford type systems on a lot of local trailers (or at least the ones I have seen)

I have a bunk ally trailer made in USA and I would never go back to rollers unless I wanted to launch at the beach.
The boat sits much better on the bunks and never rocks so cornering is much easier and faster. You can buy spay stuff in USA you spray it on the bunk carpet and she slides off much easier ( of course never like a multi roller without kill rollers). I have the bendy axles with duratorque suspenssion as well so the boat sits very low , close to the ground , again better on the road and easier to launch.
Yanky trailers use much bigger bearings than the locals even bigger than local Ford. They use a S/S sleeve on the axle stub where the double lip seal runs so it never corodes , always runs on a clean surface so it will never leak.

As for brakes much superior to local stuff , they mostly use vented discs and much bigger calipers than local , I have a full S/s set up , the only maintence in 3 years a new set of pads .