Originally Posted by
NortonDommi
Hi Bill,
A friend bought a jet ski trailer for his 12 1/2' tinny. It came with carpet covered wood runners and was a P.I.T.A. to load. Took a lot of effort from two of us.
I picked up some HMWPE cutting boards at the local clearance shed and cut them into strips, counter sunk screw holes and covered the wood. At the back end cut tapered leads onto the runner and formed the cutting board to shape with a hot-air gun.
To load now with fully laden boat takes hook-up to winch and wind. One person operation. The first time we put the boat on with the cutting board covers it nearly went off the front it slid so easily.
If you are going to push trees with your Cat I hope you have a VERY strong safety cage with mesh screening, that can be very dangerous as sometimes a trunk will explode or twist in an unexpected way.
Tight lines.