Boat trailer bunk slides

[walleyedpb]

I want to put some bunk slides on my trailer for my Lowe 1448L john boat. This is a rivetted aluminum boat with a painted bottom. The bunks are vertical 2x4's, approximately 7 feet long. In the Cabela's catalogue, I see a good looking product called "glyde sliks". When I read the literature, however, it says they are not suitable for rivetted aluminum boats. Every product I looked at said they are not suitable for rivetted aluminum boats. I even talked to a product specialist at Cabela's, and he confirmed that the glyde sliks were not for use with riveted boats. He was not able to find any products that were compatable with my boat. Does anyone out there know of a bunk slide that will work with a rivetted aluminum boat? Thanks.

[res]

Might I ask what problem you are having to want the slides? A 14' jon is not real heavy so not much is needed to get it on and off the trailer. All of my boats have just used the carpet on the bunks. You might try turning the boards flat instead of vertical if the boat seems to be sticking. The other option would be to go to roller bunks. They are usually used on much heavier boats but if you look around you should be able to find a couple. Rick

[SabikiRig]

I want to put some bunk slides on my trailer for my Lowe 1448L john boat. This is a rivetted aluminum boat with a painted bottom. The bunks are vertical 2x4's, approximately 7 feet long. In the Cabela's catalogue, I see a good looking product called "glyde sliks". When I read the literature, however, it says they are not suitable for rivetted aluminum boats. Every product I looked at said they are not suitable for rivetted aluminum boats. I even talked to a product specialist at Cabela's, and he confirmed that the glyde sliks were not for use with riveted boats. He was not able to find any products that were compatable with my boat. Does anyone out there know of a bunk slide that will work with a rivetted aluminum boat? Thanks.

Roller Trailers are not recommended for Aluminum boats due to the point loading condition from the rollers.

Last year I rebunked and re-bracketed the Trailer for my Barnegat Bay Sneakboat. The trailer was older and had the 2x4 setup you mention.

I used Trex Composite decking and new Galvanized Brackets which allowed a larger range of adjustment. The decking boards were also mounted like they would installed on a deck rather than on the end like the 2x4's giving the bunks a larger foot print when it came to support.

The Trex will not rot can be drilled, cut and routered just like Treated and it just slick enough for launching my boat.

[Topshelf]

I have a 16 ft Jon boat that my buddy and I made guides for. We used angle iron for the vertical pieces and bolted those to the trailer front and back. Then we just used 2x4's between the front and back angle iron and covered the 2x4's with some scrap carpet. The bunks are the same.

This has worked fine 1990 or so when the boat was new with absolutly no problems. I do need to re-carpet now but thats a fall/winter project

[frenchriver1]

If you still want glide-type bunks, get those that are 2X4 made entirely of glide material. Nothing to wear out...

http://www.ultimatebunkboards.com/index.html

[bklompy]

If you want slippery bunks use spray silicone work well maybe to well put new carpet on my bunks about a month ago then sprayed them with the silicone. i went out of port sheldon last sunday night for the first time since ive done that and had my boat actually slide down the bunks :yikes: had to gun it to get it to the water never in three years of backing down that ramp have i ever had a problem till now no more undoing the winch strap and chain