trailer/boat side guides

C-WEED · Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 10:52 pm Post subject: trailer/boat side guides

I need to add side guides to my trailer. It's a 22ft cruiser with tandem axle magic tilt trailer. I noticed the 8ft long guides in Cabalas or West Marine can't remember which one. Anyway are there any do's or don'ts reference mounting or length of guides. Anybody have any "satisfied" recommended brand they went with?

Sea Wolf · Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 11:19 pm Post subject:

C-Weed

The easiest way to add guide-ons might simply be to go to the manufacturer of your trailer and have them add them on. If they commonly equip trailers for C-Dorys, they'll know exactly how to fit them to their brand of trailer and make them fit the boat.

Since you're in Alabama, you trailer was probably put under your boat by a local/regional C-Dory dealer and was probably made back there somewhere. Out here, E-Z Loader and King Trailers are most common.

Check with your nearest local / regional C-Dory dealer to see if this would work and what the price would be from the trailer manufacturer.

If it doesn't, then go the custom route.

At least this is how I'd approach it. HTH. Joe.

Sneaks · Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:49 am Post subject:

Seaweed

If you have, or are contemplating the Wallas stove, be careful with the side guide type that run along the side of the C-22. I'm bringing my trailer back to Pacific Trailer tomorrow, specifically to replace them with the type that consists of two vertical guides at the end of the trailer. The Wallas exhaust overboard discharge is precisely the same height as the original guide and exhausts right into the guide fabric. Dunno the temps involved, but I'd rather be safe if we use the C-22 as an RV occasionally.

With previous trailer boats, the critical "guiding" was most often needed lining up with the trailer and getting between the center bunkers. I would assume it's slightly more difficult in a crosswind with a C-Dory if you're not aggressively powering on, but IMHO they're handier too.

Don

Da Nag · Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:25 am Post subject:

Sneaks · Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 10:50 am Post subject:

C-WEED · Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 9:42 pm Post subject: side-guides

ALL: I do have the wallas, so exhuast is a consideration I wouldn't have thought of until I smelled something burning. I will see what I can get from the factory.

KenMcC · Posted: Tue Oct 12, 2004 11:40 pm Post subject:

Hi, Folks,

Wallas 95D exhaust temperature at the outside port is about 405º F. when ambient temperature is around 85º F.

Certainly not enough to set anything on fire, but enough to melt some of the lower melting point polymers such as polypropylene.

Ken

Sneaks · Posted: Wed Oct 13, 2004 4:48 pm Post subject:

C-Weed

Just got back from Pacific Trailer. Easy fix. I still have side guides, they're just a few inches higher than they were originally. The exhaust comes out far enough below the guide to present little problem. Pacific Trailer put longer legs on each end. They're a little wider because of the C-Dory potbelly, but should work fine. If you do get side guides (And I agree with DaNerd they're preferred) just make sure the bottom of the guide clears the top of the Wallas exhaust by at least an inch.

The porpoising problem was also solved. With the swing away hitch, there was too much up and down play between the hitch and the trailer. Pac Trailer laid a few welds down and the difference is remarkable. Totally stable feeling.