Minnesota Classic Glastron Forum
General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: $hankmade on August 28, 2014, 04:33:20 PM
-
This trailer says 19-22 foot boat. Looks like all the adjustment is in the bracket where the winch goes. Will this work under my CVX 20? The price is right comes with new fenders and my old one is falling appart.
-
pictures would probably help.
-
The bow support might be a little high, even when you adjust it and bring it down all the way. These Glastron Carlson boats are pretty low profile compared to modern boat designs. I recently picked up a newer trailer and had to do a modification to the front bow support to get it low enough and fit under the boats nose properly. I'm sure it can be adjusted with a simple grinder to chop a bit off and then a drill for new pin holes. You really will not know though until you trial fit it at a boat landing. The bunks should adjust in and out with a few tools and I would think installing the fenders would be a must; those tires otherwise would throw up a lot of pea rock nicking up your hull.
Best of luck.
-
You might be able to flip the bow support over to give it a lower support point. Had to do that on my trailer swap as well.
Good luck!
-
I can do the metal fab work, so thats good. I called the guy, gonna check it out tomorrow in the AM. Thanks for the advice.
-
You really don't need a tandem trailer with that size boat. It's nearly impossible to move the trailer/boat around without it connected to a car when you have tandem trailer. Then you twice the bearings and tires to worry about. Just something to think about.
-
Is it just the picture or is that rear axle bent?
-
I agree with Jason, that if you move it around much there hard to handle ...
And two times the up keep with tandem's.
BUT ...
If you get a flat or bad bearing out on the road, remove tire and you can make it home.
-
I agree with Jason, that if you move it around much there hard to handle ...
I would go with this type of trailer..
Shorelander Boat Trailer - $450 (Millard)
http://omaha.craigslist.org/boa/4641530542.html (http://omaha.craigslist.org/boa/4641530542.html)
I purchased a new one for my cvx16 a few years ago it would easily handle a 18 - 19 ft boat..
-
Thanks for the insight guys. I never considered the mobility of 4 vs 2. I need to be able to move it in the garage by hand. I'll keep looking. If Michigan was only one state over, I'd pick up that ski machine and trailer!
-
Try Searchtempest ...
http://www.searchtempest.com/ (http://www.searchtempest.com/)
-
I can't remember place, link or thread with info ... But there was a dealer selling almost new trailers for like $500.
I think it was in Missouri ?
-
I can't remember place, link or thread with info ... But there was a dealer selling almost new trailers for like $500.
I think it was in Missouri ?
Yes, Missouri...they were new trailers, just leftover stock from last year...
-
Of course I'd like to buy a new one for $500! I found this one up in International Falls for $600 had a 21ft boat on it. Its at least a 4hr drive.
-
You might try Twin City Outboard in Shakopee. They always have trailers from boats they have junked. Call James at Boat Motor Recyclers too. (952 894 4888) What ever you get I always pack the bearings install double lip seals, and bearing buddies. If you have breaks you need to go through them too. It's not hard to put $500 - $1,000 into a trailer, so start with something worth fixing.
-
Of course I'd like to buy a new one for $500! I found this one up in International Falls for $600 had a 21ft boat on it. Its at least a 4hr drive.
That looks like the haul rite trailer that my CVZ came with. Nice pulling trailer, could barely tell it was there when I pulled the CVZ home from Illinois last year.
-
You can also look for a cheap donor boat with a decent trailer and do a switcheroo.
-
Gregg, Doran … it was Bud's Motorsports down near Lake of the Ozarks. That's where I bought the trailer for the GT. It was a 2012 Tracker Trailer, never titled or mated to a boat, I bought it in 2013 for $575. Swing away tongue, retractable safety cables, guide-ons, chromed diamond plate steps at the fenders … The Tracker facility is near there, I think in Springfield, and this guy buys up all kinds of trailers and boat accessories that they aren't using on current model years. www.budsmotorsports.com (http://www.budsmotorsports.com)
-
make the 12 hour drive out to MI to get this trailer. Looks like an aluminum trailer and you wouldn't need to adjust anything to get it to fit. I tempted to get it just for the fenders for $300!
1984 Glastron Carlson CVX 20 Ski Machine Boat - $300 (Ortonville)
http://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/boa/4639537368.html (http://detroit.craigslist.org/okl/boa/4639537368.html)
(http://images.craigslist.org/00M0M_1UE9YAlAUXp_600x450.jpg)
-
I've got two mesages to the guy with no reply. I was trying for the trailer and hull. I would make that trip.
-
Just an FYI - The guy selling that boat bought the whole package for the trailer so I don't think he'll sell it unless you give him an offer he can't refuse.
That said, what a waste/shame to gut a really nice ski-machine and part it out because the floor and transom are soft. Even if I needed some of the parts he is selling he wouldn't get any of my money just out of principle.
Those ski machines are cool, too bad someone in the club doesn't run one.
-
I found a 17ft I/O glastron open bow sitting on an original glastron trailer. I am wondering since a good 18-24 inches of my boat are the extensions in the back around the motor if it would fit on the 17ft trailer? What is an acceptable amount of transom past the end of the trailer?
-
look at this, 1983 trailer specs
http://forum.cgoamn.com/index.php?topic=2920.0 (http://forum.cgoamn.com/index.php?topic=2920.0)
-
http://www.classicglastron.com/85gl-skimspecs-sprint.html (http://www.classicglastron.com/85gl-skimspecs-sprint.html)
-
If it was my boat I would want them flush with the transom, and if they stick past it a little, even better.
The other issue is the axle may end up being too far forward, and the tongue weight too light. Which means it will tow like crap.
-
How about this one?
http://desmoines.craigslist.org/bod/4631412648.html (http://desmoines.craigslist.org/bod/4631412648.html)
-
this one looks pretty nice
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/boa/4652547902.html (http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/boa/4652547902.html)
-
I saw that G3 one today. It looks nice, I got excited for a minute!!! The old Glastron specs say it needs to be rated for 2800 lbs. That one is 2200.