I’m getting ready to order my new trailer for the Lund and wanted to get some opinions.
I know I want add the bunk glides, but there are several out there & I don’t know which ones work the best.
I’d thought about making some out of starboard, but I’m not sure how well that would work.
Any suggestions?
Thanks, Bob
Bob Van Gundy
Marine Designs,Inc.
Custom Aluminum Fabrication
803-727-4069
I saw some at the palmetto sportsmans classic this weekend that are pretty cool on a wesco trailer. They fit over a 2x4 and looked like a carpeted bunk, but the pieces were in sections and just nailed or screwed to the wood. I’d check with wesco and ask them.
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I just installed these on my boat. They custom cut to the length desired. Comes with hardware and countersunk pre-drilled holes. Slippery!
Just make sure you back the boat completely into the water BEFORE taking the bow strap off 
I’ve seen 3 sitting high and dry on the ramp, launched 15 feet too early. They all had those slick bunks.
I’ll stick with carpet.
Capt. Larry Teuton
912-six55-5674
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“Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made.” -Robert N. Rose
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Originally posted by Cracker LarryJust make sure you back the boat completely into the water BEFORE taking the bow strap off
I’ll stick with carpet.
Capt. Larry Teuton
912-six55-5674
lteuton at aol dot com“Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made.” -Robert N. Rose
I totally agree. I like the carpeted bunks the best. I have seen a real big Parker sitting on the hill on its side from someone doing the same thing Larry is talking about, but it was a roller trailer. I’m sure the bunk slicks are just as bad.
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The reason I put mine on is b/c they say that an aluminum boat that sits on wet (salty) bunks causes corrosion on the boat in the location where it hits the bunks.
I’ve heard that all my life, but I’ve never seen it to be so and I’ve seen a lot of aluminum boats. I “think” it is an urban legend, but I’ve been wrong before.
Either way, I wouldn’t put my boat on a surface that slick. I want it stuck to the trailer until I float it off. Just me.
Capt. Larry Teuton
912-six55-5674
lteuton at aol dot com
“Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made.” -Robert N. Rose
I have my aluminum Jon sitting in the mud year round. I pull it out once a year to pressure wash it and I haven’t seen any adverse effects yet going on 4 years.
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Originally posted by Cracker LarryJust make sure you back the boat completely into the water BEFORE taking the bow strap off
I’ll stick with carpet.
This ^^ also happened to my friend and experienced boater. I bet they are great but I’m way too much of a dumass to trust myself to remember.
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don’t sell yourself short. you’re just the right amount of dumass
Its probably about time to start another dumass story thread
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1966 13’ Boston Whaler w/ Merc 25 4 stroke “Flatty”
www.ralphphillipsinshore.com
please bro. don’t insult me. in the land of dumass, I am their king. my family, their Ming dynasty.
Yall should see what I did to my fingers in a band saw a month ago. No, you don’t want to see it [:0]
Capt. Larry Teuton
912-six55-5674
lteuton at aol dot com
“Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made.” -Robert N. Rose
Salt WILL corrode it and cause it to leak where it sits on the bunks. I had an old smoker draft deep v that started leaking and I couldn’t figure it out. Finally I stuck the hose in and let her rip. Few mins later water was pouring out around the bunks. I don’t think it’s as bad on boats that have been primed and painted. This style boat with bare aluminum will corrode tho. I would put some slicks on it for sure.
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Ok maybe I should say SOMETHING COULD cause it to corrode. Just because mine did doesn’t mean yours will. Not sure if it was salt or combination of treated lumber and salt or what but it did happen.
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The only ones I’ve heard of it happen too were all bare aluminum old boats. Never seen it though. I think most modern hull coatings will protect it. I also think that the chemicals in the older pressure treated woods reacting with the bare aluminum had a lot to do with it. They had a lot of metals in the PT lumber, copper and such. If you take 2 different metals and separate them with a dielectric (carpet wet with salt water) then it basically creates a battery and current will flow between them, which will cause the least anodic of the metals to erode.
Which is why man invented zincs:smiley:
Capt. Larry Teuton
912-six55-5674
lteuton at aol dot com
“Ships are the nearest things to dreams that hands have ever made.” -Robert N. Rose
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Originally posted by empty pocketsI just installed these on my boat. They custom cut to the length desired. Comes with hardware and countersunk pre-drilled holes. Slippery!
http://www.surfixinc.com/surfix_trailer_bunkslides.html
The company says it’s a polymer similar to starboard. That’s what originally got me thinking about using starboard.
Bob Van Gundy
Marine Designs,Inc.
Custom Aluminum Fabrication
803-727-4069
I’m sticking w the carpet crowd,but I’m the guy you see pulling my rig down I-26 w no trailer lights and my flashers on so what do I know…
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Y'all should see what I did to my fingers in a band saw a month ago. No, you don't want to see it
Dang Larry, you okay? I haven’t done that (yet) but if I’m working with my hands, I will end up cut or punctured before the day is over.
“Apathy is the Glove into Which Evil Slips It’s Hand”.
Hey Bob, unless you already have starboard on hand, you might check with Piedmont Plastics. Tell the guy what you want to do and he may have something that would work and cost a little less. I’m kind of like these other guys, I don’t trust myself with bunk slicks.
Slicks are great. I have them under my 16’ jon boat. I never get the hubs under water. Just back down the ramp enough to get the tires wet and unhook the strap and give a little push. I reload the same way. Pull the boat up nearly half-way by just pulling on the dock line, then hook the strap and winch the rest of the way. My hubs have never been submerged so there is no chance of water getting in the bearings.
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