![]() ![]() ![]() I have ordered the replacement crossmember from ez loader's online catalog: The bottom of the forward-most crossmember piece has corroded and the crossmember as well as numerous nuts/bolts needs to be replaced. I agree that Mastercraft should have bent that crossmember down at least another inch.I have a year 2000 ez loader trailer which I believe is a model TEZ 17-20/22'. ![]() My son also helps by sitting on the sun pad and holding the back end of the boat straight by grabbing the guide poles. I pull out very slow and steady to ease the boat down onto the bunks. I gauge the trailer depth for unload on the point where I see the boat just barely start to float off the very front keel pads. Takes extra time, but fixing that gelcoat was a supreme PITA. Then I jump out off the bow onto the back of the trailer and just walk it up. ![]() With the X15, I just drive it up to the rear of the trailer. I used to power load my old I/O on the trailer. I will take a picture this weekend and post it. I just drilled and tapped the frame and bolted the angle brackets on. I bought some stainless shaft material and a short piece of 1/4" thick stainless angle. I set it about 1/4" higher than the crossmember. I added a 10" or 12" roller on the crossmember just like you mention. I just finished repairing the gelcoat that was chipped off on the keel. The PO of my boat had hit this crossmember several times before while loading the boat. I measured and I have less than 3/4" of clearance between my keel and front crossmember. My boat sits on my trailer exactly as you describe. Recomendations for a reputable gelcoat repair shop in Columbus, OH? High enough to keep it from hitting the x-member but low enough so that the roller isn't touching the boat when in position. Sure you can my novice launchin skills, but my take is that the trailer should be designed so that the boat NEVER EVER hits the crossmember.Īnyone else have this problem? My solution to keep this from happening is to weld a bracket on the crossmember to hold a roller to keep the boat from hitting the crossmember. Getting this baot on the trailer without hitting the front crossmember is very tricky as the trailer needs to be at just the right angle to get it to power up until it engages the trailer buddy. It is definitely happening during launch and/or pulling it out. The boat is a 2006 220 VRS and when on the trailer it only has about an inch or so of clearance above the crossmember. I noticed some pretty wonderful chunks taken out of the gelcoat on the front spine/ridge of my hull up near the front crossmember of my trailer. ![]()
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