Super interesting... All sorts of things I wouldn't of thought but all made sense by the end!

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I would've flipped over the rollers on the winch so that the shorter one was at the top. I replaced my Indespension trailer for an identical 15 year newer one and it took a fir bit of adjustment to get the rib sitting right. Also I always remove the light board holders at the back out of the trailer rails when I'm launching in case when you've got a big swell the boat doesn't get slammed into them. Lovely trailer.

Making mistakes is part of the joy of learning

H from Bulgaria 🇧🇬.I am very happy for you 🎉

Hoping you are all safe and sound.

John All you had to do was move the winch frame forward & lower it slightly &front would sit nicely on the trailer.

Thanks for journey john , it's these little adjustments that if overlooked could be very expensive 👍

Hi John them SBS trailer s are so well built it's a long time ago since I bought one they are so well galvanised but never drill into them. I put my spare wheel forward of the front roller I had a plate made  galvanised and put 2 U bolts under the frame and through the plate and bolted the wheel to the plate it worked great and I never forgot the spare 😂 enjoy love your videos take care.

Good to see  all the equipment needed away from the videos.  Good equipment is always best

Great vid John,can you do a video on reversing with a trailer? cheers mate.!!

Hello John just a heads up, I may be wrong but. The way I was shown to set up a boat trailer correctly was to get the nose load correct first. Every trailer is different but it will have an optimum nose load for stability at speed etc you have to move winch post forward and literally weight the nose of the trailer with like bathroom scales the nose load would potentially be in the 80kg range maybe more maybe less. once that's right you then adjust the rollers to suit and also adjust the rollers as low as physically possible to lower the center of gravity. With the nose load correct and a low center of gravity it will tow absolutely amazing.

Now I'm possibly wrong but that is the way I was shown a taught years ago and its the way I set my boat trailers up and it seems to work perfectly the boat sits low and level etc and you need less water to launch too so a bonus.

Again I might be wrong but the boat looks to far back and your nose load will be too light causing it to want to sway left to right at speed

Good video tho I enjoyed it thanks for posting

SBS trailers from Wolverhampton. I used their 3 1/2 ton twin  axle trailer to mount the front cockpit section of my Luftwaffe F4F 37+86. towed very well.

I think setups with central keel rollers make a lot more sense. It keeps your boat straight on the trailer, supports weight on the strongest part, and you can always use as many side rollers as you want anyways.

Informative, thought u said "sun wheel" , that's on me Ha!

Might have a look at knocking a similar sand wheel up that holds the spare wheel for ours👍

I sympathies with you John, I had to do exactly the same to mine what a nightmare. Adjust a little bit here throws out a lot over there. I bet you wish you had a little more length on that front winch column. I even had to adjust the axles as I had too much weight on the tow bar. Great topic though and well done

I have no idea what you where talking about But after watching and listening to your evere so informative  description, I know feel confident to go out and buy a boat n trailer...But really, always enjoy your videos, so much information bevit foraging, potting or tailoring, hope family all well, keep up the nice work...Thankyou

Hello again John.
I.e nose weight, I just looked back through my book, it's been a long time since I set a trailer up. I got my trailer nose weight by getting the laden weight with everything on the boat i.e gear and fuel and minus 6% you will probably find it's around 60-80kg ISH if you get that set right then adjust your rollers to suit the position of the boat it should sit lower on the trailer and a lot further forward than it does now and your stability will be 💯 perfect and a low center of gravity. It will be a dream to.tow it

Please please double check what I'm saying do some research for your personal set up but now I starting talking about it and checked my book it's definitely right the nose load needs setting first.

The way it's set now you light find it's very bouncy on the back of the van and no very stable with wanting to sway. Sorry of I have gone on to much I just want to help.

Thanks Dave

That is a awesome little boat I'd pick that over a yacht any day iv never seen that model before very cool 😎