I'm going to be trailering my boat on the highway, usually I roll my dolly up on the trailler and the hull rides on the dolly, its worked pretty well and I'm only about 10 miles to the water, the fastest I'd go is about 50mph and not for an extended time.
anyway, would this setup be bad for longer distances like 2+hrs on the highway at constant 60-80mph ? would it be better to flip the hull and have it ride on the deck?
my main concerns are,
-damage to the boat from the trailer or dolly at highway speeds
-damage from road debris like pebbles and such at highway speeds
Also, one of the guys in our fleet has a similar setup where the boat rides on the dolly, he's traveled with it and he insists that you should put the gunwale supports down and have the boat ride on the strap, my concern with this is deformation of the hull
Thanks in advance
Wow, punctuation needed there Matt, otherwise some useful info.
As Matt says in the UK most people use a road trailer. Ensure you use top and bottom covers and load the boat and launching trolley onto the road base, strap it down securely (strap at front and one over the middle) and off you go.
I've attached a pic of our set up to give you a better idea. Ours is a double stacking road trailer and we've done many many miles using this set up with the longest drive being UK to Porto, Portugal. Boats travel perfectly fine on gunwhale hung trolleys this way.
[quote=" i wonder how much it would cost to export the british built trollys (dollies) and road bases/ doubble stacks to match to the US - buisness oppertunity there for someone with enough money to set up an operation like that.