What is this part?

[pbgbottle]

here you might want to read this it is an upgrade for the older trailers.
it has all the measurements you should need .
Mastercraft boat buddy retrofit. check the attatchment .
this may be another option for you . one day i will retrofit my trailer.

i too hate my bar but i would never go without it .PDF file below
this is for 1987-1989 trailers



,,,,,,,,,,,,,PDF here

[Miss Rita]

I think the bar is an ingenious way to keep the boat on the trailer during a panic stop. Having said that, I removed the bar on my trailer, and am quite happy that I did. If you decide to keep the bar, good luck loading your boat next time you're alone.

If the bar was such a great idea, MC wouldn't have stopped providing them 20 years ago.

If there's concern about restraining the boat on the trailer it would be easy to replace the bar with a length of chain and a turnbuckle.

[mzimme]

I load my boat alone everytime with that bar... not so bad once you figure it out.

[Miss Rita]

I load my boat alone everytime with that bar... not so bad once you figure it out.

I went to college, and then some. I may not be smart, but I'm ejucated. I could never figure out how to keep one hand on the throttle, one hand on the wheel, and one hand on the trailering bar.

You're a better man than me.

[madcityskier]

Put the trailer deeper, float it on, with the wheel centered pull it out nice and slow. As far as this being changed for the better, keep in mind that they went to the boat buddy, which leaves marks on the glass and has been known to take chunks out of the glass according to some of the threads here. Sometimes the easiest answer isn't the best. For that matter I rarely need to do it alone, there are always three of us skiing anyway.

[Cloaked]

Originally Posted by Miss Rita

I went to college, and then some. I may not be smart, but I'm ejucated. I could never figure out how to keep one hand on the throttle, one hand on the wheel, and one hand on the trailering bar.

You're a better man than me.

lol...

It's easy to unload and load with one person. Been doing it for more years than you may possibly be of age... lol.....

If you read a lot here (or a little) you'd have seen one of many write-ups on how it's done.

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[Miss Rita]

I tried the float-on technique. The ramp I use must be a little shallow, because I would have to back the Tahoe in so far that the exhaust was under water before the boat got close to the bar, and even then it would have to be powered the last 6-12". Once that was accomplished it seemed that the boat would never be centered as it settled on the trailer.

I guess we have to agree to disagree. I like the control of hand-winching the boat the last couple of feet, I don't have to power-load, the boat is always centered, and I can do it alone.

[mctristar]

had more damn issues with this thing.
im thinking about elongating the cut out in the bar about an inch or so, to make it a bit easier to load.
i just cant seem to get the boat far enough forward and when i do i release the winch to put the bar on and the damn thing slides back.
PITA

[JimN]

Originally Posted by mctristar

i just cant seem to get the boat far enough forward and when i do i release the winch to put the bar on and the damn thing slides back.
PITA

This is on level ground, or with the tongue above the sheels?

[O2BESOHUGE]

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