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Boat rollers play a very important role in reducing the effort to launch and retrieve your boat from trailer. Some trailers come with self-adjusted rollers but in others you have to adjust it according to your need. There are different types of boat rollers available in the market and in different price range. One can choose it according to size of one’s boat and trailers. Significantly, when you use boat rollers, you basically shift some of the weight from the carpeted bunk to the roller by minimizing the friction between boat and trailer. You will be surprised at how easier the launching has become. You do not need to submerge the trailer to float off the boat. You will not get water in the wheel bearing area, and will keep the tow vehicle off of the slippery portion of the ramp. There are various types of rollers, such as keel rollers, spool rollers, bow rollers, and rib rollers. Keel Rollers are developed and designed to support the bottom and/or the keel of a powerboat on a boat trailer. These kind of rollers are wider than most of the other available rollers. These rollers have a low pitch to adapt to the flat bottom of a boat’s hull. The roller facilitates a boatman to push or pull his boat on and off the trailer, without much physical involvements. . Spool Rollers and Bow Rollers are quite similar to each other. Bow rollers play a vital role at the time, when your boat and trailer are in transit. Bow rollers provide support to your boat to help eliminate movement, which may cause potential damage. They are made to support the bow or front of a power boat. The ‘V’ shaped appearance of the hull in the bow of a power boat aligns up with the center of the roller. The roller acts as a guide and help pushing or pulling the boat. Rib Rollers assist the ribs of power boats onto the trailer. They make loading and unloading simpler by providing negligible resistance than just carpet on trailer bunks. Some of the rib rollers are very smooth which work efficiently for boats that come in and out of the water frequently. While some of the models are ribbed for effective traction on slippery or slimy boat bottoms. Apart from various types these boat rollers are available in different materials. Their durability and life depend mostly on the type of material used in its manufacturing. For example, it is available in rubber and plastics; rubber boat rollers which tend to take a fair beating have more chances to crack and split but plastic bow rollers are built to last longer. Undoubtedly, boat rollers are of great use as they help guiding a boat on and off of a trailer during loading and launching. Rollers help making it more easy to launch and load or pull and push the boat on and off of the trailer and are available in different types to cope up with your requirement. Auto and Marine Urethane offer: Boat Trailer Rollers , quality polyurethane components including boat rollers, Coil Spacers, Coil Spring Spacers wedges as well as general engineering and cnc machining work.
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