GotMyAlly
Well-Known Member
The rollers are only to keep the keel from hitting the trailer from when loading and unloading. Allison wants the boats to just barely touch them. That doesn't leave much room for error though. I have about 1/4" to 3/8" between my rollers and hull now.
The guides are the inner flat 2x6's. No weight should be on those. They're just there to guide the boat on and off the trailer. As set up from the factory, the hull is supposed to just touch the fuzz of the carpet. Mine was sitting pretty heavily on the front edge of those boards. Enough that they had a little yellow dust in the blue carpet.
All of the weight should be supported by the two outer 2x6's, the ones standing on edge. This is very different from the way most bass boat trailers are set up. Most bass boat trailers rest the boat on four flat 2x6's. I'm sure that two vertical 2x6's are stronger, but it definitely puts the weight on a much smaller footprint of the hull. I have no doubt the Allison hull is strong enough to be supported on such a small footprint.
The guides are the inner flat 2x6's. No weight should be on those. They're just there to guide the boat on and off the trailer. As set up from the factory, the hull is supposed to just touch the fuzz of the carpet. Mine was sitting pretty heavily on the front edge of those boards. Enough that they had a little yellow dust in the blue carpet.
All of the weight should be supported by the two outer 2x6's, the ones standing on edge. This is very different from the way most bass boat trailers are set up. Most bass boat trailers rest the boat on four flat 2x6's. I'm sure that two vertical 2x6's are stronger, but it definitely puts the weight on a much smaller footprint of the hull. I have no doubt the Allison hull is strong enough to be supported on such a small footprint.