How To Install Pontoon Boat Trailer Bunk Brackets
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How to install pontoon boat trailer bunk brackets. Boat trailer bunks and brackets are made up of bunk brackets that secure to the trailer frame using u bolts holding the bunk boards. Once your exist ing boat trail er bunks have been removed from your brack ets its now time to place your new plas tic boat bunk guides into the brack ets. This is the trailer after the addition of the bunk glides. Before it was hard to launch the boat and equally hard to recover it.
This bracket sits on top of the frame of the trailer and are 8 inches tall and 5 inches wide with 4 mounting holes that are spaced 1 1 2 inches apart center to center. Welded to the frame is a strong way. Use your adjustable wrench to loosen the bolts that hold the bunk supports in place on the trailer. Bunk bracket supports for your boat trailer come in several styles each with its own function and purpose.
Made from 3 8 galvanized steel. When setting up or modifying the trailer guides for pontoons it is a must to make it a point that you leave a minimum of four by up to six inches between the pontoon and the guides. I am very pleased with the end result. V wing bolster bracket supports the bunks on your pontoon boat trailer.
If you are possibly hitting the frame of the trailer when traveling i recommend replacing the bunk brackets with taller ones like part ce10161ga. Hoosier boat trailer lift cable sl700n 45 sku. Some brackets are supported by a piece of steel welded to the frame. Secures with u bolts and plates or bolts.
There was so much friction that i was afraid that i was going to pull the bow eye out of the hull. Hoosier boat trailer pully brkt. Short bracket wings and deep cradle are great for narrow pontoons galvanized steel material is ideal for saltwater use. Pontoon boat trailer bunk bracket v style galvanized.
Repeat until the whole bunk touches the bottom of the boat and all the bolts on the bunk have been tightened. Info add to cart. But on a trailer with welded bunk brackets you can only use that trailer for the boat it is built for. Now the boat slides easily onto the glides and i can crank the winch with one.
Substantially this enables pontoon trailer owners to drive onto the trailer even at a little angle and still be able to have the pontoons coordinate properly with the trailer bunks. Raise the forward end of the bunk until it touches the bottom of the boat and tighten the forward most bolt. Plas tic boat trail er bunks are avail able in mul ti ple size lengths. Heavy duty bracket allows you to mount 2 bunk boards on your pontoon boat trailer mounts on your boat trailer s frame or crossmember stabilizes bunk boards when at least 2 brackets.
This bracket is attached to 2 x 2 steel that s.