All boat and trailer combos have slight nuisances
I've had both bow rollers and bow stops
now I've only launched this boat twice so far
once before I bought it and once since I re did things
I'm very happy with the trailer
it it is way overboard on its capacity and is a very stout aluminum I beam Trailer
I did not care for two things
one was that the bow came very close to the front cross member on loading and off loading
so I immediately installed one of those nice soft CE Smith Keel Rollers
another thing I didn't like was the bow roller
it was hard and did not roll
my first thought was to replace the bow roller with something the quality of the CE Smith Keel Roller but I decided to go with a nice non marring stop
i adjusted the Keel Roller to help lift the bow into place but that when the bow is set into the stop there is no pressure at the keel
now on bigger boats and my airboat I would usually power load and hold the boat in place with the motors till I hook up etc but on this boat ramp dependent I'll be floating the boat on and off hopefully in most situations
we spent so much time on buffing the hull I'm nervous
on on my big Contender power loading was the way to go
air boat I just get the back of the trailer in the water and drive up on it
I added a new winch and strap and I'm ready to see how it loads and off loads
I know this has been covered before but I'd like to see what you all doing and if we can have a dock line and bumper thread why not another Bow stop/roller thread