Converting this trailer for my Mirror dinghy to take my 3.2m SIB

[9D280]

If you aren't towing with the engne on I suspect the trailer itself will keep the nose weight up. If no engne i'll +1 Chipko's thoughts as Unless you make it from lead I doublt you'll overome the weight of the trailer ahead of the axle.

WRt tying it down, I use the towing eyes on my transom. I doub't you'll have them on a SIB, but could you use something daft like a scrap 2 / 4HP Outboard clamp (minus the engine!) - then you just clamp it on & use that for your ratchet strap(s)?

Another thought crossed my mind - Did the mirror actually sit on that keel block halfway down the trailer "chassis"? (Just behind the "V" of the trolley frame) - I'll bet the SIB dosenlt touch that, so could you use it to add a "forward Bunk" (that would support it on the road but not add weight to the launch trolley).... or maybe use as a fix point for the trolley?

[Croolis]

I have the brackets for transom wheels on the transom (I'll be glad to not have to use those any more), so I expect I can use those somehow at the back. There's handles and whatnot around the boat, but SIBs being SIBs, if loss of tautness is a thing there's nothing to stop it as there's nothing besides the transom that's solid. Anyway, I guess there's ways to deal with it as I don't see anyone saying it's a non starter for that.

That black rubber block halfway down the centre line, I think the launching trolley should actually be sitting on it, think the crosspiece on the launch trolley you see right next to it is just sitting wrong in the shot, shuld be on top of the block. There are two more of the same block at the back on the welded on bunk that the launch trolley is sitting on there. It's damping for the trolley against the road trailer. My other combi trailer used to rattle like mad because it didn't have any of that.

[Croolis]

Originally Posted by Croolis

That black rubber block halfway down the centre line, I think the launching trolley should actually be sitting on it, think the crosspiece on the launch trolley you see right next to it is just sitting wrong in the shot, shuld be on top of the block. There are two more of the same block at the back on the welded on bunk that the launch trolley is sitting on there. It's damping for the trolley against the road trailer. My other combi trailer used to rattle like mad because it didn't have any of that.

Looking at it, maybe, maybe not as it goes. Maybe it is supposed to be a keel support for the boat. I hadn't launched the Mirror for so long, and I wasn't present when the guy who bought the boat took it off the trolley, so I don't know. I'll figure it out when I get to grips with it. Won't be for another month before I start looking at it anyway. I have some major stuff going on.