A Beginner’s Guide to Boat Trailers
Trailering your boat opens you up to new frontiers in fun and adventure. It allows you to explore waters far from home, keeping the experience exciting and new. In the following pages, we’ll give you some trailering basics, including an overview of trailers and a good look at their component parts. We’ll also show you some pointers on hauling, unloading, reloading, and trailer upkeep.
Boat Trailer Types
Boat trailers support the underside of the hull with either bunks or rollers. Sometimes the bunk trailer will also have keel rollers (see cover illustration), which are not meant to support the boat but rather to serve only as an aid in positioning the boat on the trailer.
