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Appreciate the info and comments.

Per my other recent thread relating to whether my current trailer was worth upgrading, my plan B is to replace all rollers/brackets. I plan to use Stoltz rollers with stainless pins.

Roger that about placing the rollers as close to the frame as possible, and replacing bunks/brackets.

The trailer (and boat) are new to me. The trailer *seems* to be a Calkins (now Carnai) based on the labeling.


I need to ask for more detail when you say dunk the trailer using the second winch:

I can see this approach working if it would allow the trailer wheels to partially or completely roll off the 6 ft precipice at the end ramp that represents the zero tide mark. If it doesn't, I see the problem remaining of bridging the 3 ft or so gap between the level of the water and the trailer -- the end of the ramp has a shallow angle and doesn't project the trailer into the water if the wheels remain on the ramp (ie no dunking). That's the beauty of the pivoting bunk approach -- it gets over the problem of not being able to dunk the trailer with the wheels on the ramp at zero tide by bridging the 3 ft gap between trailer and water level.