Redco Trailer Quote

[Dignity]

the roller with its mouth open is easy to clean it's the other one that is a real pai which is why I made this set up from an old hose nozzle I had - am thinking of making it a bit shorter though.

[rodbender]

While chaseing around for a spare tyre &rim for my redco trailer i was told by a marine dealer that dunbier & redco come from the same factory if so why the price difference. does any one know if this is true.

cheers reg

[Dignity]

reg, they look different to me - if the y do come out of the factory maybe it's a quality difference, one made to a price and the other to a standard

sam

[mark221263]

I've got the Oceanic from gold coast trailers under my cruise craft 580 outsider. Its a dual axle with cable brakes. When I bought the boat the original redco was totally rusted as it had been used as a ramp trolley on a canal estate and had rarely seen a fresh water wash.
Any way the previous owner had already paid a deposit for the new Oceanic and it was 2/3 built so I ended up with it as part of the deal after negotiating the overall boat/motor/trailer price.

In the end it was one of the cheapest price wise only matched by the redco and a couple of others. Oceanic’s fittings are generally of good quality par from them using cheaper electro zinc bolts rather than hot dipped ones so they are starting to look a bit rusty. I’m sure most of the cheaper trailers use these fittings to save a few dollars which is a shame as it would be less than $30 added to the overall cost.

I wondered if the redco would of been better as you can order them with the tapered rear chine rollers. The cruisecraft was a pain for the first 6 months as the standard parallel rollers in the first bank of 3 pairs would catch the chine ad send the boat off to one side needed the boat to be let off and on 2~3 times before all was sweet.

I must of adjusted the rollers on the trailer 6 times all with minimal improvement.
Gold Coast trailers recommended 2 pair of additional plastic guides to help keep things square at $120. Fitted them with no improvement and a light wallet.

In the end I made up 6 need roller carriers to mount the tapered rollers at the rear of the trailer to help the chine’s walk up over the roller and keep things true.

Since then the trailer has been perfect. My only other recommendation is to fill the valleys that get pressed into the box sections on the cross members with silicone to stop salt water laying in them. I covered my whole trailer with a mix of turps and lanoline and in the past 2 years has held up very well.

Apart from my modified rear rollers the total cost was $4,200 with white mags and a spare wheel and holder.

All the best Mark

[Dignity]

Mark, any chance of a pic of your modifications as I am very interested in doing something similar

Sam

[Wear_the_fox_hat]

Griz,
Have a look at Belco trailers. I put one under my 5.2m centre console as the original trailer that came with the boat was stuffed. Have found it to be an excellent trailer. After looking at the others, it is made out of stronger/thicker materials & is a lot more practical in it's layout & configuration with no apparent shortcuts. It came with a simple & effective trailer break system for winching, submersible lights, mechanical brakes & everything appears to be hot dipped gal, not just ordinary gal. It also has parabolic springs (single leaf) so there is no rusting between multiple spring leaves you see on most trailers. Pricing was very competitive & remember, you only get what you pay for.

Have fun looking,
WTFH

[griz066]

Thanks WTFH will give them a call

WTFH reminds me of a joke I heard once about Charlie and his mum can't repeat it here she might be on this site later as she is in OZ at the moment

[mark221263]

Hi Dignity, here's some pics of the mods I mentioned. The 1st pic shows the original roller setv up that is now used for all rollers except the rear 3 sets pr side. Pic 2 is the modified version with the tappered rollers. Pic 3 is the valley areas I filled with silicone. My ony other complaint is that all cross members including the one near the axles, this means that axle position can not always be perfect as ther is a dead band of about 300mm for setting up tow ball loading.

[mark221263]

Tappered roller mod

[mark221263]

Welded cross member with pressing valley filled with silicone

[bcb20]

Griz,

May have the solution for you.......I'm wanting to sell my trailer which is only 8 months old and in "new condition". It presently has a 5.05m plate alloy on it, but the two skids can easily be used or changed. It has mechanical overide brakes, adjustable winch post (for larger or smaller boats), fully adjustable rollers and skids, is rated to 1000kg, fully galvanised (frame, axle, springs, etc.) with white powder coated alloy wheels, rego July '06, submersible lights, etc. This trailer only seen the road from the dealer to my house, about 20klm's and has since only been used on a backyard ramp. It get's washed whenever the boat has been in the water and I am lucky that I don't have to submerge it to launch and retrieve my boat. I can launch and retrieve just by placing the tyre walls in the water. I was wanting to sell for aroung the $1750.00 mark, but to sell it quickly without the hassle of advertising I'd let it go for about $1600.00. Let me know your thoughts..........

[Dignity]

Mark, thanks for the pics - haven't looked at trailers for a while and hadn't seen those rollers around - do they make that much difference?

sorry Griz for hijacking your thread, hope you get the trailer that works for you as I can tell you it takes the joy out of boating if you are forever having trouble towing, slipping or retrieving the boat.

Sam

[CHRIS_aka_GWH]

i've got a 3 year old redco without a trace of rust - the bolts & axles on the rollers show some.

it gets flushed after the daily trips but not excessively & spends 4 weeks each xmas encrusted in salt with the only flush happening when it rains

i'd buy the brand again

chris

[boatboy50]

Hey Guys,

I've owned a trailer manufactured by every builder mentioned above. I am now in the market for another biggie for the new boat coming soon.

I have found the best was the 20ft Belco roller trailer I had. Almost five years old today, and berely showing any signs of rust or even use, excellent to drive on/off, and a pleasure to use in all circumstances. These trailers are manufactured in Brissie, but are expensive, as they say, you get what you pay for, and also get that back when you resell it.

20ft Redco is next best, beat up by previous owner but still a very good trailer about six years down the track, with minimal signs of rust. These trailers are manufactured in Brissie, and also make Tinka trailers, which are their deluxe version with all the options of the Redco.

19ft Mackay was a good trailer, excellent drive on, and held up well at five years old. In my opinion the extra money they ask you to pay for a Mackay is not worthwhile.

16ft Dunbier was good, one of the first full roller trailers they built, but did a good job. Many years down the track it started to show many signs of age. They are probably the biggest boat trailer manufacturer in Oz, built in Melbourne and only build Dunbier's. Dunbier is comparable with Redco and Sea-Link in price.

Had an 18ft Special (or Sea Link), which was good, but the roller set up doesn't suit drive on/off as well as the top brands.

Oceanic is also good, but they use old trains of thought with their roller set ups, which is not conducive to drive on at all. Mine was custom built so was good, but today they don't want to custom build, which is a pity. They are one of the cheapest around, but as always price is a good indication of quality.

As mentioned I am in the market for a 23ft Roller trailer with Breakaway Brakes at the moment. Belco is my first choice, but they price themselves out for me, as do Mackay. I've had very good prices for a Redco, and can get a Dunbier at cost through a friend, (works out the same as the Redco) which is the way I will go, unless I can find a used one within the next couple of weeks.

My advice is to shop around, because the prices are as much as $2000.00 different for the exact same trailer between dealers.

Regards

Darren

[spen175]

Diginity

[quote author=Dignity link=1141802321/0#12 date=1141990259] It was my own stupid fault as it was after I sent it to the galvanisers that I realised I forgot to simply cut the bracket off and reverse it.

I am also looking at rebuilding/regaling trailer and looking for some heads up info and to be aware of any pitfals

some say can not regal old gav unless sand blasted etc
what did you have to do to get it ready to regaled it and recall sort of price they were asking?
any other hints would be great

thanks
spen