Reversing a boat trailer - tips please.

wipe_out said:
Fortunately the drive is near level next to the house where the boat is, just a small gradient coming off the road and up to the house then it levels out so I am using the car for most of the section with the incline.. Boat and trailer with gear is probably just under 2700kg.. I have a 6000lbs winch, not because I need one that powerful but because it's the smallest one with the length of cable I need (20m total and about 18m usable).. I probably could have done multiple pulls with a smaller winch but its easier to be able to do it all in one go..

As it happens I have recently picked up a "British Tug" powered mover that can apparently do 3000kg off eBay so will be interesting to see if that's easier than the winch..
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At £2.5k plus new it had better be b. Good. Not enough mass for my application. What make is the winch you use?
 
davidpbo said:
At £2.5k plus new it had better be b. Good. Not enough mass for my application. What make is the winch you use?
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Yes, I would never buy a new one.. Got it off eBay for £430.. If it doesn't work it will be back on eBay.. :)

Winch was from a company called Winch-It based in Ferndown, Dorset.. This is their eBay page.. http://stores.ebay.co.uk/WINCH-IT-R...d=56181887&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14&_sop=15&_sc=1

With the bigger winches you have to get the backing plate as well which is about £20..
 
JumbleDuck said:
Fair point. However, though pushing along might be impossible, pushing round is often still an option. My Hunter + trailer is only about 1000kg in total, which is a doddle except uphill ....
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I don't have a figure for our trailer boat, but it's light enough for two people to lift the trailer wheels off the road and swing it round on the hitch to point in the required direction :p

Pete
 
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