1998 NSS Trailer

You may want to consider Boat Mate in Tennessee near Knoxville.  That seems to be the trailer the new boats get in the Southeast. Ramlin in Orlando seems to be only in the trailer repair business. However, I have also heard they are still making new trailers too. Not sure what the deal is with Ramlin. That would be my choice, but there is talk that they are not building new trailers anymore.  I believe at one time Prestige Trailers was also out of business, but maybe they are back now.  Ex Loader also makes an inboard trailer too, but I am not familiar with their inboard trailers. I had one for a pontoon in the past that was well made. Some of the guys love Eagle and some of the Eagle trailers make the boat ride very high on the trailer. C construction would be better than the tube construction. 

Get a boatmate through a Southeast US Correct Craft dealer and they’ll send it to Ramlin in Orlando and have them cut and re-weld a brand new trailer it so it’ll work right. Or take your existing trailer in and have new spindles or axles put on. If it’s not rusted through it’s repairable.

Thank you everyone for the info. I will look into these suggestions.

Thanks Gary

Thank you Steve

Thanks for the info Bruce. The Sport is a direct drive and I have a Super Sport, which is a V Drive. The issue with the Sport trailer will be that the axle is too far forward and I will not have enough tongue weight for the V drive. I do appreciate the heads up. 

I talked with couple of dealers in my area and I narrowed my choices down to a Boatmate and a Phoenix trailer and I decided to go with the Phoenix. I am placing an order for one with a bow stop instead of the roller and it will probably be ready in 8 - 10 weeks. I will pick it up and then switch over the boat from the old trailer to the new trailer next spring most likely. Thank you again for everyone's help.

Looking good! Out of curiosity could you post up the brand,size and load capacity of the tires please? I'm going to go get new ones for mine just wondering what they put on a single axle. I'm leaning towards a Carlisle with a load rating of 1800 ea at $84.00 vs Goodyears 2200 ea at $130.00

Gary S wrote: Looking good! Out of curiosity could you post up the brand,size and load capacity of the tires please? I'm going to go get new ones for mine just wondering what they put on a single axle. I'm leaning towards a Carlisle with a load rating of 1800 ea at $84.00 vs Goodyears 2200 ea at $130.00

Thanks for that info.  Off to Discount Tire !

I think it's to keep the trailer within width constraints. These trailers are wide as it is,if the boat sat down between the fenders the trailer would be even wider. My Mustang and my Shamrock I have no trouble towing,their track is inside the tow vehicle. The Phoenix you have to be very careful in construction zones- I have taken out several orange barricade drums. I'll have to measure it but I think it's track is wider than my Avalanche's,so if your just on your side of white line the trailer wheels are on the other side of that line

Gary, I just paid out the door $165 for the new Goodyear (1 mounted tire -- will get another after I go back to the lake).  My other boat is right at load capacity for 2 Load Cs. The tires always make it 5 years, then it gets ugly.  Prior to the new GoodYear Endurance, all I could get were GoodYear Marathon (crap) or Carlise (slightly better crap) which were load C max psi 50 in my tire rim size.  I have the old crappy GY Marathons on it right now.  Like clockwork, first run to the lake just shy of 5 years on my trailer (5.6 from trailer tire born on date) starboard side starts to separate.  Luckily this time I was at the state park with nice flat parking lot to throw on the spare.  I am more than happy to pay more to put the 2200 load D, 65 PSI max on that trailer now that the GY Endurances are out.  More capacity the better.  

My good friend works as an admin assistant for the company that makes the Carlisles.  They also make the classic Crager mag wheels.  They treat her good so I really wanted them to work for me too, but I opted for the excess load capacity.  Glad they will work out for you.  

gun-driver wrote:    Avalanche, isn't that a cross-dressed car

I'll will say one thing this "car" is pretty boring to drive,I mean it will do 80 towing the Nautique with no sweat. It must be pretty fulfilling knowing that on your work day 1- Hey it started ! and 2- you have another chance to possibly beat your personal best of 79