One more. Just when I thought I had replaced about everything on my 6-year-old trailer, I noticed the carpeting coming off the bunk boards. Do you guys have any specific brand of bunk-carpeting that you like? Do you glue it or staple it or both? Staples I imagine would be stainless steel.

5 hours ago, Moulton9 said:

I have a 23 T220 and I am having an issue with my rear ballast bags. When I am filling them they get rock solid full of air and seem to put a lot of pressure on the fiberglass, want to pinch the hose on top, etc. I believe that the top hose is the air vent but the bags blow up like a balloon long before they fill up. What can be done to remediate this pressure? 

See above I meant to Quote you.

Look at my pic you probably have a check valve that is stuck or on backwards, Look at the red hose in pic. The valve is in the link it may look different and be black.

https://www.wakemakers.com/products/marine-check-valve?variant=41461068169381

7 minutes ago, justgary said:

All of the ramps around here are concrete.  Power loading doesn't hurt them.  I back in until the fenders are sticking up about 1 or 2 inches above the water.  Idle the boat forward until it stops on the bunks and give it a bit of extra power as the truck driver gets out and cranks the winch handle to snug the bow into the stop.  Done and clear of the ramp in about 15 seconds (with experienced help).

On a dirt ramp I could see how you might not want to power load.

We have concrete ramps here as well, but relatively shallow lakes.  Power loading eventually creates a sandbar behind the ramp that can be an issue when the water gets low.  Ask me how I know..

Last summer while in a drought, my first launch of my new 'Bu.  Back into the water down a pretty steep ramp, start the boat, all checks out and I back off of the trailer. just floating waiting for the truck driver to walk down to the dock so that I can pick him up and I can "feel" the boat drift aground in soft sand.  I made it off the back of the platform in record time to find myself in 2.5' deep water, standing on a nice soft sandbar.  No damage done and we were able to go around the sand bar - +6 feet deep as long as you weren't 25' directly behind the ramp.

On the plus side, my iphone was in my pocket for the entire 15 minutes that I was in the water and worked just fine through it all!

9 hours ago, BlindSquirrel said:

Yep, the other 8 are on the lower side of the motor just below the valve covers. 

And I was about to make a joke that they are lower on the engine, just above the oil pan.  Nevermind.