When we would retrieve our S it would pull right up to the "V" snubber block on the trailer in the water. Coming out of the water it would rotate on the bunks back away from the "V" a couple inches. The anti-lock brakes on the Suburban made it hard to execute the "Mac Bump" so we usually towed it with it sitting a couple inches back. In fact we towed it 2200 miles back from Florida that way without a problem, but still I didn't like it.
It finally dawned on me that if I couldn't get the boat to the "V" block maybe I could get the "V" block to the boat so I modified....
...the trailer to do just that...
with the piece above. At the same time I made a couple other...
...mods to the front of the trailer to handle a problem that surfaced when I added the double anchor roller to the bow of the boat.
The mods are here.....
http://purplesagetradingpost.com/sumner/macgregor-trailer/trailer-mods-17.html
Remember if you want to do this you don't have to do it exactly as I did and still get the same results,
Sum
Our Endeavour 37
Our Trips to Utah, Idaho, Canada, Florida
Our MacGregor S Pages
Mac-Venture Links
It finally dawned on me that if I couldn't get the boat to the "V" block maybe I could get the "V" block to the boat so I modified....
...the trailer to do just that...
with the piece above. At the same time I made a couple other...
...mods to the front of the trailer to handle a problem that surfaced when I added the double anchor roller to the bow of the boat.
The mods are here.....
http://purplesagetradingpost.com/sumner/macgregor-trailer/trailer-mods-17.html
Remember if you want to do this you don't have to do it exactly as I did and still get the same results,
Sum
Our Endeavour 37
Our Trips to Utah, Idaho, Canada, Florida
Our MacGregor S Pages
Mac-Venture Links