Re: Trailer Allows Loaded Dolly to Roll On/Off Trailer
Hi Pat,
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I've done this quite a bit using a shop-built dolly made from dimension lumber and wheelbarrow wheels. The dolly rolls up onto a 16' utility trailer using cheap Harbor Freight ramps. The only drawback is that the trailer is sprung for 7500 lbs. (it's my firewood trailer, among other uses), so a boat light enough to launch with a dolly really wants to bounce off the deck. To solve this problem, I bolted transverse 2x4 bunks blocked up off the deck with 4x4 scraps and strapped the boat to them, while the dolly was bungeed to the side rails of the trailer. This works fine, but it's an inconvenience to reconfigure the trailer deck when it's needed for something else, and moving the boat on/off the dolly all the time partially defeats the purpose of using a dolly. This approach also require using my F-350 to get a 150 lb boat to the lake.
A couple of simpler ideas have come to mind that I might try. If those don't work out, it's probably going to be the Trailex SUT-350.
Jon
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> I don't understand why the concept of a loaded dolley on a trailer has not taken root before in the U.S....snip...
I've done this quite a bit using a shop-built dolly made from dimension lumber and wheelbarrow wheels. The dolly rolls up onto a 16' utility trailer using cheap Harbor Freight ramps. The only drawback is that the trailer is sprung for 7500 lbs. (it's my firewood trailer, among other uses), so a boat light enough to launch with a dolly really wants to bounce off the deck. To solve this problem, I bolted transverse 2x4 bunks blocked up off the deck with 4x4 scraps and strapped the boat to them, while the dolly was bungeed to the side rails of the trailer. This works fine, but it's an inconvenience to reconfigure the trailer deck when it's needed for something else, and moving the boat on/off the dolly all the time partially defeats the purpose of using a dolly. This approach also require using my F-350 to get a 150 lb boat to the lake.
A couple of simpler ideas have come to mind that I might try. If those don't work out, it's probably going to be the Trailex SUT-350.
Jon
Thought some may be interested in this new Trailer available in U.S. that lets dolly roll on & off trailer with boat loaded on dolly the whole time. One trailer coud easily be used with multiple hulls sitting around your yard on thier individual dollys. Not a bad option for the busy builder with too many boats.
I have suggested that the new business owner fabricate a custom steel dolley for this trailer.
A Voodoo model, Windline sails dolly might be better than a Seitech for this trailer, as the Seitech has plastic joints. The company is wodeveloping a double stack trailer, too, but that option is not yet ready for sale.
I don't understand why the concept of a loaded dolley on a trailer has not taken root before in the U.S.
I'm just about done with my own version of the same dolly-on-trailer home buid, but might have one (or two) of these Right-On
brand trailers if I'd seen them before I started my project.
This trailer looks a LOT like a modified Harbor Freight Trailer, or at least one form the same OEM, with additional fabricated items. If one were to buy, they should take care that the trailer does NOT have those lousy Harbor Freight 45 MPH limited tires or be prepared to upgrade those tires (I don't know what tires are SPEC'd).
I'm not affiliated with this company in any way, but am very glad to see this matched dolly/trailer concpt finally taking root in the U.S.
Pat Smith
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Right-On-Trailer-Co/10150130424075118
http://www.rightontrailer.com/
I have suggested that the new business owner fabricate a custom steel dolley for this trailer.
A Voodoo model, Windline sails dolly might be better than a Seitech for this trailer, as the Seitech has plastic joints. The company is wodeveloping a double stack trailer, too, but that option is not yet ready for sale.
I don't understand why the concept of a loaded dolley on a trailer has not taken root before in the U.S.
I'm just about done with my own version of the same dolly-on-trailer home buid, but might have one (or two) of these Right-On
brand trailers if I'd seen them before I started my project.
This trailer looks a LOT like a modified Harbor Freight Trailer, or at least one form the same OEM, with additional fabricated items. If one were to buy, they should take care that the trailer does NOT have those lousy Harbor Freight 45 MPH limited tires or be prepared to upgrade those tires (I don't know what tires are SPEC'd).
I'm not affiliated with this company in any way, but am very glad to see this matched dolly/trailer concpt finally taking root in the U.S.
Pat Smith
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Right-On-Trailer-Co/10150130424075118
http://www.rightontrailer.com/