Do you loosen your trailer tie downs when not using boat?

[River Runnin]

I have a Man Boat! ...So It doesn't matter! .... Besides! it's in the water most of the time!

 

[ONE-A-DAY]

You’re jerking our chain right? Lol


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Uh, no. Meds only help with so much. And everyone armor alls their boat tires as well. Get with the program

 

[FreeBird236]

I always do. I feel it helps relieve the stress the fiberglass is under as well as the straps being under tension in the heat.

 

[jailbird141]

I always try to tighten my winch as tight as possible after tightening down the rear straps. I think it stretches the boat and if I can get a bigger boat by over tightening my winch, it will be a lot cheaper than buying a new one. Hopefully no one copies my idea .....

 

[TexasJet]

I would never tow the CP with the cover on. It's strong enough but rubs in all the wrong places. I rarely tow with the cover on the Baja and if I do I put a thick towel on the deck and windshield. I loosen all straps when in storage. Even the bow winch strap.

 

[ONE-A-DAY]

I always try to tighten my winch as tight as possible after tightening down the rear straps. I think it stretches the boat and if I can get a bigger boat by over tightening my winch, it will be a lot cheaper than buying a new one. Hopefully no one copies my idea .....

Thats brilliant.

 

[Deja_Vu]

Nope, it’s always strapped down and ready for the launch ramp.

Just fits in the garage still hooked up to the truck. I do lower the drive.

 

[milkmoney]

Yep. It’s like the bote you claim to own yet I’ve never seen, so it does not exist.

Are you asking for a ride. ???

Like I said why use mine when yours is perfectly fine to ride in.
I don't have a hot wife for you to look at ......still want a ride

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[milkmoney]

Uh, no. Meds only help with so much. And everyone armor alls their boat tires as well. Get with the program

I might one up ya walt ...do you wax yore door Jams and fender wells ?????

And we all know I clean my interior with q-tips

By the way , I didnt own a cobra

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[TCHB]

Yes I always release the tension on all straps.

 

[Bpracing1127]

But do you drop the trim tabs? Oh wait you don't have any.

Burn!!!!

 

[throttle]

Is that based on the weight of the pontoon ( straps) and why lowering this merc and not the out drive ( cobra ) ...????

What has changed

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I not even sure of my mindset but I never worried about the cobra sitting on the trailer while going back to the house. I did always drop the drive for storage.
I just don’t think I hav reached a comfort level yet with the toon. The toons make a creaking sound on trailer (flexing?) when not making contact correctly on the bunks. Maybe that’s normal, but I don’t want to have a hard lesson by not simply pulling the straps.


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[milkmoney]

I not even sure of my mindset but I never worried about the cobra sitting on the trailer while going back to the house. I did always drop the drive for storage.
I just don’t think I hav reached a comfort level yet with the toon. The toons make a creaking sound on trailer (flexing?) when not making contact correctly on the bunks. Maybe that’s normal, but I don’t want to have a hard lesson by not simply pulling the straps.


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Makes sense.....

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[throttle]

I might one up ya walt ...do you wax yore door Jams and fender wells ?????

And we all know I clean my interior with q-tips

By the way , I didnt own a cobra

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He had a double quote, he was referring to my last Cobra. New owner bought a house in town last year, also has other family or friends with Cobra


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[USMC2010]

Sometimes if I think about I loosen the bow strap. The back is almost always tied down but never too tight. I don't get the trailer leveling, I raise it up until I can drive away and there it sits until I hook again. I do lower the drive.

 

[ElAzul]

Sorry baller , us poor folk have these things sticking out the back of our boats

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Lol your trailer probably cost more than my whole operation

 

[milkmoney]

Lol your trailer probably cost more than my whole operation

Lol. My little double axel shit box hauler. Lol

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[Outdrive1]

Sometimes if I think about I loosen the bow strap. The back is almost always tied down but never too tight. I don't get the trailer leveling, I raise it up until I can drive away and there it sits until I hook again. I do lower the drive.

Trailer has to be level or it looks unlevel. Lol. Thats unacceptable.


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[LargeOrangeFont]

Are you asking for a ride. ???

Like I said why use mine when yours is perfectly fine to ride in.
I don't have a hot wife for you to look at ......still want a ride

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Sure. We can ride to the dock and settle this.

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

You’re jerking our chain right? Lol


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He would only jerk your chain if it was wrapped in a towel. We don’t want scratch the chain.

 

[LargeOrangeFont]

Trailer has to be level or it looks unlevel. Lol. Thats unacceptable.


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You store engine cams and cranks upright so they don’t bend too right?

 

[milkmoney]

Sure. We can ride to the dock and settle this.

Pick a dock

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[LargeOrangeFont]

Pick a dock

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Anyone with a bar attached to it.

 

[milkmoney]

Anyone with a bar attached to it.

Hell ya ..foxes , roadrunner

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[Sharp Shooter]

I leave my tie down attached even when I'm using the boat. I go from the strut to the trailer on both sides.

 

[DWC]

I don’t but maybe i should..

 

[robby dmax]

I always loosen the tension on the front straps.
Rear transom straps are there but not on

 

[guest hs]

I have never put transom straps on any boat I have ever owned and loosening the bow strap that is just ludicrous, way over think things.

 

[240Hallett]

I loosen the bow straps enough so that it’s hard to forget to tighten them.

Neither the boat nor the trailer have hooks for transom straps.

 

[Rjt01]

I use an axle stand to set the boat nose high as I store it outside till I finish the garage project. Always strap the back when towing and loosen when sitting .

 

[guest hs]

I keep misters on my boat when stored so it’s kept moist!

 

[ElAzul]

I keep misters on my boat when stored so it’s kept moist!

Lol Moist

 

[ltbaney1]

i unhook the bowstrap and hook it to the jack handle so i can lower it to my truck with out re hooking. no transom straps.

 

[Mike K]

yes loosen them for sure ... why have all the stress on all the parts while it's sitting?