tie downs

[n2huntin]

what kind if tie downs do you guys have success with? i bought a pair at eds with my boat and they are less than sufficient.every time i get home after trailering they are hanging off or loose. ive tried all different tensions and they just dont hold.i need a pair that will hold up.thanks

[Porcini]

I use the Cabelas Heavy-Duty Tie-Downs. The standard ones are $20 for a pair, they work well, and are very easy to use. I've trailered my boat over 20K miles with no issues.

http://www.cabelas.com

[218Elite08]

I use the Boat Buckle tie downs. I buy the stainless version for both the bow and stern. I have them on the Ranger too. No problems with them in fresh or salt. *thumbsup* http://www.basspro.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/Product_10151_-1_10001_1049_200004003_200000000_200004000_200-4-3

Brian

[Tawn]

I use the Boat Buckle tie downs. The ones that came with mine from Ed's were junk.

[n2huntin]

thanks for the info guys. i guess i just have to buy a better pair.im having a few issues with the things on the trailer from eds. i can handle that but im still dealing with the cracks on top of my transom due to what looks to be like over torqing the motor mount bolts and the motor is mounted crooked. eds said that the hulls come in pre drilled and they just bolt the motor. does anybody know if this is true?i hate to complain i just want it to be right and not have trouble down the road.im in the process now dealing with them. we will see how it goes.

[DIVERHERB]

Don't know for sure about the C/S but most boats I have seen that come through with out being rigged are drilled at their final destination using a template supplied by the motor manufacturer. Not sure if this is the way it is still done but was for a long time.

[Dave]

what kind if tie downs do you guys have success with? i bought a pair at eds with my boat and they are less than sufficient.every time i get home after trailering they are hanging off or loose. ive tried all different tensions and they just dont hold.i need a pair that will hold up.thanks

A system similar to the way Brian straps his transom will keep the boat from bouncing or shifting under extreme conditions, since he can apply (by ratchet) considerable vertical force on the straps to "lock" the rear of the boat to the trailer, considering where his brackets are located.

Are the clamps coming loose or is the boat shifting forward, in effect causing the straps to come loose? I know there are better straps and better ways (locations and brackets) to tie down a boat transom, however I have my original "Ed's" tie downs (see image below) and haven't had a bit of trouble with 'em - I am satisfied with the straps but not the "system". I guess I've ramped and towed my boat 30+ times since I bought it, 30 or more miles one way to the ramp. I have had a couple of times when the straps have loosened but I'm convinced it is because I either hit some rough road that caused the boat to shift forward an inch or two or I tightened up the bow strap AFTER I installed the transom straps and failed to re-tighten the transom straps. The clamps (on the straps) have never come loose on their own, that I know of.

What I don't like is "how" the straps strap to the RoadKing trailer, (well in front of the transom) which I believe to be a flawed system; minimally capable of keeping the boat anchored down on the trailer under all but the most favorable traveling conditions.

Dave

http://i216.photobucket.com/albums/cc188/djerhart/HummingbirdTransducerlocation001.jpg

Dave

[Chatham Scott]

Are these really needed? All I do is wrap a single strap around the stern end of the boat with hooks attached to the trailer and a ratcheted connection.. That's all I've ever seen anyone do.. The boat never seems to budge an inch when being trailered..

[NOTHING ELSE MATTERS]

Scott, i was doing the same thing my self since i remember, but, i was told by my dealer and a few other people that you can't do that with skiffs, it would brake/push in the sides of the boat. *006*

[Chatham Scott]

Scott, i was doing the same thing my self since i remember, but, i was told by my dealer and a few other people that you can't do that with skiffs, it would brake/push in the sides of the boat. *006*

Well, once again, I've learned something new here.. Thanks very much... I guess I'll be investing in some new tie-downs...

[bp4life71]

I trailered over 500 miles from VA to upstate NY with Ed's Straps.......some roads were less than ideal and the boat was just as strapped down when I arrived in NY as when I left. No problems at all...and that was with a 218DLV with the extra weight of T-tops and full tank of gas...... on a single axle galvanized trailer.