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Ranger Paul
Lights: When my 216 was delivered, the trailer wiring was hosed! I'm not sure why it didn't short out the lights on the delivery truck! Luckily my brother-in-law had just given me a set of LED trailer lights for my other boat so I switched the factory lights with the new ones. Glad I did. I found two crimp connections on the wiring on each side. This is probably OK for a few years but I've hauled trailers enough to know that the connections are just itching to corrode and fail. The new LED lights are pretty nice. I judge this to be a worthwhile investment. I've done enough of the "hitch up the lights and check to see if they are working". I'd rather have a really good set and good wiring and simply plug them in and go.Bunks: As far as I can tell, my trailer bunks were adjusted to factory specs when I got my boat. Regardless, the boat was riding on the keel. You could actually rock the boat on the keel. One of the housing cross pieces was bent where the keel was jamming into it. Also the keel has a pretty good notch. I tweaked and tweaked until I was reasonably satisfied with the results. I build a 3/8" spacer for the rear bunk support. I floated the boat and installed the spacer (with longer bolts of course) and raised the bow support to the max position. I guessed on the center bunk support. Once home, on each side I released the center bunk support, stuck a jack under it, then jacked it up until it seem to just start taking the weight.I'm pretty sure I've suffered some reasonable damage to my boat throughout all this. The lower edge of the cuddy entrance is bowed up and I have a traveling and widening crack. I also have cracks on the cockpit sole on each side right up against the cuddy entrance. The port crack is actually a "pimple" that popped up with cracks in the pimple.Feel free to share your experiences and give me any ideas about what I can do. I'm afraid I have delamination of the hull. I just sent an email to Hunter so I'll see what they have to say.