Sad Day At The Lake!

Fantastic. You will love that boat. Can't wait to see pics.

Used trailers are hard to find, but if you scour CL for a while you might find one. There's one near me but uhh, it's in Vermont - A bit far for you.

Looks to be a pretty deep lake according to the soundings. Is that underwater mountain you hit charted as a hazard with low lake levels? Looks close in to shore.

You might want to check over on PN or Planet Nautique. Their might be some in-site on an available used Vee Drive trailer. I would also check skiitagain.com Mostly water skiers, but you might get lucky.

vbatla wrote: Will a 2002 Super Air fit on a GS22 trailer?

It wouldn't be too small... might be a bit big though. The absolute best thing is to try it, if possible.

Dreaming wrote: Your location says Granger -   I looked and found one in WA and one in TX, so it might help if you updated your profile location..   There has been a single axle Ramlin on CL in Seattle for about a year,   Ad says it came from NY and has new tires etc and was for a V drive.   If your in Granger WA, it may be worth looking at.   There is a Mastercraft trailer in Mercer Island also that might be worth a look.   If you're in Texas, neither one is probably worth the effort.

Good point. I'm in Texas. Just updated my profile.

vbatla wrote: Lake Georgetown in TX

I have a 2013 Phoenix tandem under my '95, all in all works fine. Complaints are but not limited to Phoenix brand are 1- no rust proofing done to inside of channel rails. I even found the pieces cut out for side light access still laying inside them. If you have access to a Ziebart type of product it would be well worth it. 2- Bow rollers are a pain, some ramps the roller actually is at the gunnel or above. Ramlin had the best setup IMOH, too bad they are not in the boat trailer business. I liked it so much I'm changing mine over.
If your ordering get the retractable rear tie downs,very convenient. They also use Kia or Hyundai calipers and disc's,can't remember which off hand but easily available. I also have The Vault bearings that so far been good but I only launch once or twice a year.

Best picture I have of the front-



Boat sitting on trailer-



Current Ramlin sourced bow stop in place of Phoenix's setup-



Ramlin trailer with their bow stop and winch-

So nice that my grandma let Gary borrow her Lincoln. FYI Gary, Ramlin is very much in the trailer business still. Put that trailer to use and bring Big Bertha down to O-town and Ramlin will fix their “competitors” trailer just right.

I'd go for the Ramlin as well but I thought they quit doing boat trailers and it seems a couple of well known members here had problems with them getting trailers for the right hull ?? The Lincoln which was just a F 150 with a sedan body is long gone- replaced by the Avalanche

Here is what it says on their web site-
Ram-Lin works side by side with Correct Craft to provide the highest quality products and services: wet coating boat towers, powder coating various boat components and CNC manufacturing components for the wake board towers. As of December 2017, Ram-Lin no longer manufactures new trailers for Correct Craft/Nautique. If you need your trailer repaired, please contact our parts department to schedule an appointment.

vbatla wrote:     The trailer co he's referring to is Magnum. They're popular around here. I contacted them last week. The quote was 6500 plus tax. 10 - 12 week wait.

OUCH!!!!!

A lot of people with Boatmate trailers are upset about their performance with the 2010 - current SN 200’s. They don’t load properly and require modifications to perform adequately, still not a good fit. Another reason to stick with my 196. The 200’s do ski well though.

frozenskier wrote: vbtla, Just curious, How did you make out with the Insurance Company?

Still waiting... The official response from the insurance co is: "We are evaluating the damage to your property."

DHM went out of business over 10 years ago. The company that bought them has also gone out of business.

My ‘96 196 sits on a single axle Prestige trailer. Steel. Judging by the OEM trailer sticker, it appears original to the boat as you can still make out Ski Nautique. Maybe this outfit is still around.