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I received a new trailer from super sport marine and when I pulled the boat out the front bunk is not supporting the boat, I have the winch released but it still is several inches too low.
I know I don’t want to leave it like this but any suggestions would be appreciated.

macowneril2015 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 23, 2023 7:16 am I received a new trailer from super sport marine and when I pulled the boat out the front bunk is not supporting the boat, I have the winch released but it still is several inches too low.
I know I don’t want to leave it like this but any suggestions would be appreciated.

It really depends on how the trailer is built, but modifying bunks shouldn't be terribly hard. On my trailer the bunks are bolted on, so raising them is a question of brackets and bolts.

You may be able to "thicken" the forward bunk by adding a 2x4 or 4x4 with some long construction screws, and then padding it with scrap carpet. In the back of my trailer, the horizontal bunks didn't have the proper angle from the manufacturer, and the solution was to cut a small piece of wood to lift the end of the bunks to right angle.

Photos for diagnosis would be helpful!

Is the bow firmly seated in the rubber ‘V’ pad near the winch? If so, you may have simply Mac-bumped too enthusiastically. If you let the boat slide too far forward, it may hang up on that V-bumper and not drop properly onto the forward bunk.

That's an ongoing problems with the after-market trailer (but it plagues the owners of the original trailer to some extent). When you pull the boat out of the water onto the trailer, the angle between the boat's longitudinal axis and the trailer's is way different than the one obtained when you pull the boat out of the water. One the boat settles on the end bunks, everything changes.

You may want to back up onto the ramp, float the boat, and crank your winch some more--you will probably get the boat several inches closer. We typically do it three times and the boat still settles back with two or three inches away from the plastic roller.

No MacBump for we, thank you very much, after a disastrous experience that resulted in a broken front post, a twisted trailer, a ruined back side of the towing vehicle. With two inched to spare, the boat settles forward on its own. By the time I check the tires (30 minutes into the trip) I can usually crank it all the way up