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Permalink Reply by Kevin Sheirbon on April 30, 2010 at 6:50am

I'll measure mine later today.

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Permalink Reply by Kevin Sheirbon on May 1, 2010 at 9:48am

OK - Sorry I didn't get this yesterday, I was on the road all day.

These measurements are from a factory built trailer made for a 17x54 drift boat.

tongue - 3x3x1/8" wall steel tube, 102" long from the box frame, not including the coupler.

box frame, made of 2x3x1/8" steel tube - 80" f-r, 60" wide to outside. The rear crossmember is moved forward 4" from the end and the roller is mounted at the end

diagonal tongue braces - 2x3 tube, extend 40" fwd on the tongue

roller - 2"x 1/8" wall round steel tube, 58", fits between rails, axles are 3/4" steel stubs welded to the top of the frame, umhw plastic bushings

These trailers are simple to make, very similar in plan to a utility box trailer.

A 2000lb axle/spring kit for 60" frame is easy to get, 14" wheels tires work well.

Don't make the traile too narrow, be sure to allow for the chines on a wood boat.

Lemme know if you need more info.

K

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Permalink Reply by PATRICK M CLEAREY on May 2, 2010 at 5:25am

Kevin

Thanks alot, the info will be very useful. I have a 14.5 ft boat. I think I'll go 70" for the bunk. I searched the archives and found a few measurements. The trailer was quoted with 3 (spare tire) 13" aluminum rims. I think they'll be fine. So inside your box frame must have been 56" (60-(2"x2)). I was thinking 60" inside, although the bottom of the boat is probly no more than 50".

I'll pass this info on to the trailer builder. Thanks for your effort.

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Permalink Reply by lhedrick on May 2, 2010 at 7:46am

I have a Hyde trailer. I have 2 boats a 14 and 16 footer. In my view the trailer is a bit short for the 16 footer. It hangs over the back roller a long way.

Each season I will put the tandem bar on to bring 2 boats back up to the put in on the Green. With the 14 footer up front I can get the second boat hooked up but when I had bar made it could have been 6 inches longer. The tandem bar needs to be 2 foot longer if I wanted to pull 2 16 footers. The bar already sticks out a long way.

If I was having someone weld me a trialer I might make it 2 foot 6 inches longer to the roller.

Going to my shop today and I will try to remember to get the dimension of my hyde trailer.

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Permalink Reply by Dennis Liden on May 2, 2010 at 9:00pm

Hi Patrick, I am a new member of Wooden Boat People and I build Custom Drift Boat Trailers. I have read the discussion regarding your request for trailer dimensions. I have compaired your boat length and the relitive rotation center to my trailer design, which in the standard 16'-17' model uses a 70" frame rail and a rear roller centered 3" behind the rear cross member. In my CAD Model, the rotation of your boat, as it rolls up on the trailer and swings down, the misses the front cross member by about 4-1/2". If you want the bow to come down on the cross member and utalize it as your front bunk, I would suggest making your frame rail shorter or installing a seperate bunk or roll farther back. I use a front roller mounted on the back side of the front cross member. The CAD model is set up useing a 16' Eastside profile which is 14'-11" OAL and it rotates nicely to come down onto the roll without having to manually lift the bow in order for it to come up on the front bunk/roll.
I hope this was helpfull and if you have any questions or need other information; please contact me. My e-mail is (dliden@centurytel.net). Best Regards

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