08-18-2010, 04:28 AM
I would sure like to have a trailer with regular 13" tires and suspension, but I have been using my little red trailer for 4 years now and over very very rough terrain and Interstate speeds. It's just as wide as my cherokee so if the cherokee fits so does the trailer.
I have carried 2 toons on it and it does well even on the 2x4 uprights. I have thought of moving the tail lights to the fenders so I can put the tail right down in the water and having an electric winch for loading especially when the ramp or shore is steep. If I took the motor and battery off it wouldn't be needed but I leave them on the toon most all the time.
I have thought about an enclosed trailer which then could double as my "tent" for ever nighters, but it would be difficult at times to load, not being able to easily pull it in and then climb back over the toon, an electric winch might then be a necessity, for me. On some of the steep, sandy, loose shores I go to, with the added weight it might mean getting stuck. Plus not sure how I would be able to easily load 2 toons. All in all an enclosed trailer would be very nice to have.
One thing on my trailer now that I like is that I used eye bolts on the trailer to be used for hooking the toon down. I did have mine slide off once on a steep hill because the front strap came undone and I had lost the rear strap, so I went to 2 seperate straps on the rear with one through both of the oar supports. I also slide the motor up to the transome mount and then bungie it down to the toon frame to keep it from bouncing too much on the rough roads.
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I have carried 2 toons on it and it does well even on the 2x4 uprights. I have thought of moving the tail lights to the fenders so I can put the tail right down in the water and having an electric winch for loading especially when the ramp or shore is steep. If I took the motor and battery off it wouldn't be needed but I leave them on the toon most all the time.
I have thought about an enclosed trailer which then could double as my "tent" for ever nighters, but it would be difficult at times to load, not being able to easily pull it in and then climb back over the toon, an electric winch might then be a necessity, for me. On some of the steep, sandy, loose shores I go to, with the added weight it might mean getting stuck. Plus not sure how I would be able to easily load 2 toons. All in all an enclosed trailer would be very nice to have.
One thing on my trailer now that I like is that I used eye bolts on the trailer to be used for hooking the toon down. I did have mine slide off once on a steep hill because the front strap came undone and I had lost the rear strap, so I went to 2 seperate straps on the rear with one through both of the oar supports. I also slide the motor up to the transome mount and then bungie it down to the toon frame to keep it from bouncing too much on the rough roads.
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