I've seen damage to Mboats caused by rollers. Bunk boards are best. I've asked Jerry and he doesn't remember ever selling a trailer with rollers. :: Dave Scobie :: M6'8" #650 :: SV SWALLOW - sv-swallow.com :: former owner M17 #375 SWEET PEA - m17-375.com :: former owner M15 #288 SCRED - www.freewebs.com/m15-named-scred/ On Wed, Jun 19, 2019, 11:24 AM Rusty Knorr via montgomery_boats < montgomery_boats@mailman.xmission.com> wrote:
Oh boy, here’s a can of worms!
I have rollers on my ‘83 M-15, I think it’s probably the original trailer, and no deformation of the hull at all. I LOVE the rollers because it makes launching and retrieving so easy and foolproof. I can’t imagine with the quality of these boats and their fiberglass layup that the damage to a hull could be cause by anything but abuse such as high speed driving over rough roads with insufficient suspension or letting the boat bounce on the rollers. Rollers have been used on all manner of boats for decades without issue, but I hear lots of stories of hull damage. Makes me wonder what is actually happening to cause it.
Rusty Knorr M-15 “Vanilla”