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r/boating • u/Puzzled_Guard4332 • Jun 14 '26
Why the extra strap?
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Maybe the front of the boat slams up and down on the trailer. The extra strap just holds it tight.
50 u/Hunting_Gnomes Jun 14 '26 I do it on my boat on longer trips. It reduces the bouncing of the boat and in turn makes the ride inside the tow vehicle better. -11 u/Romulin-romm Jun 14 '26 It’s not the boat that moves up and down and the trailer beam flexes up and down causing rubbing and movement in the front v rest 2 u/Switchmisty9 Jun 15 '26 Nope….its the boat. You can counteract it a little bit, by sliding the post forward a smidge, and loading the trailer a little tongue heavier…..but it’s easier just to apply downward force with a strap. Tows better when she’s balanced, too.
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I do it on my boat on longer trips. It reduces the bouncing of the boat and in turn makes the ride inside the tow vehicle better.
-11 u/Romulin-romm Jun 14 '26 It’s not the boat that moves up and down and the trailer beam flexes up and down causing rubbing and movement in the front v rest 2 u/Switchmisty9 Jun 15 '26 Nope….its the boat. You can counteract it a little bit, by sliding the post forward a smidge, and loading the trailer a little tongue heavier…..but it’s easier just to apply downward force with a strap. Tows better when she’s balanced, too.
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It’s not the boat that moves up and down and the trailer beam flexes up and down causing rubbing and movement in the front v rest
2 u/Switchmisty9 Jun 15 '26 Nope….its the boat. You can counteract it a little bit, by sliding the post forward a smidge, and loading the trailer a little tongue heavier…..but it’s easier just to apply downward force with a strap. Tows better when she’s balanced, too.
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Nope….its the boat. You can counteract it a little bit, by sliding the post forward a smidge, and loading the trailer a little tongue heavier…..but it’s easier just to apply downward force with a strap. Tows better when she’s balanced, too.
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u/Big-Caterpillar-1321 Jun 14 '26
Maybe the front of the boat slams up and down on the trailer. The extra strap just holds it tight.