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Shorelander vs rocket trailer
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Spimothy Leary
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sure, shorelander's are nice, although all of the one's i've seen here in FL seemed to be steel and rusted. (so i'm assuming this shorelander in question would be galvanized ?)
rocket makes a good trailer, (I'm assuming your talking the Rocket out of Ft Myers FL, its 5 minutes from me) but they make good/better/best levels of quality as well depending on what the customer wants. You can have a good trailer that is still a bad fit for your ski. So I have no idea if you have the cheap utility version or if you have a heavy duty model.
I would only make a change if your having legit issues with your current one, as long as your current trailer isn't undersized and has good tires and solid bunks your generally fine. Generally speaking I really can't tell the difference between A/B when when it comes to trailers as long as they have the 3 things above.
Triton Aluminum's are probably the best overall (general consensus?)
A good quality IBeam aluminum would be 2nd on my list I (there are some cheapies that crack)
Next in line is just the various standard Galvanized models, and they work perfectly if good quality and the proper size.
Personally when I buy a trailer for a 4 stroke, the first thing I do Is make sure to put some bad boy tires on there, makes a world of difference IMO. If its for a small ski like an X4 then trailer's are not even worth thinking hard about but for a GTX 4tec you need the right trailer.
rocket makes a good trailer, (I'm assuming your talking the Rocket out of Ft Myers FL, its 5 minutes from me) but they make good/better/best levels of quality as well depending on what the customer wants. You can have a good trailer that is still a bad fit for your ski. So I have no idea if you have the cheap utility version or if you have a heavy duty model.
I would only make a change if your having legit issues with your current one, as long as your current trailer isn't undersized and has good tires and solid bunks your generally fine. Generally speaking I really can't tell the difference between A/B when when it comes to trailers as long as they have the 3 things above.
Triton Aluminum's are probably the best overall (general consensus?)
A good quality IBeam aluminum would be 2nd on my list I (there are some cheapies that crack)
Next in line is just the various standard Galvanized models, and they work perfectly if good quality and the proper size.
Personally when I buy a trailer for a 4 stroke, the first thing I do Is make sure to put some bad boy tires on there, makes a world of difference IMO. If its for a small ski like an X4 then trailer's are not even worth thinking hard about but for a GTX 4tec you need the right trailer.
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Spimothy Leary
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agree, I meant to imply that when I said undersized, its not all about length and width
I should have elaborated.
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I have a brand new rocket trailer that the dealer sold with the ski. It's the only trailer they sell. The thing is that I find it is too high and have to put my car in the water quite a bit to launch and retrive. It has the torsion axle and I can't put the bunks any lower because the hull would hit the trailer. I have seen many shorelander and they are really low and that is why I wanted one
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Spimothy Leary
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That's odd, usually tortion's seem to sit lower than the leaf spring models.
however, if its too high its too high... not sure about adjusting the tortions, would smaller tires do the trick ?
as long as you check things out, then do the trade.
edit: since i've only seen tortions and owned leaf, are you SURE that you can't adjust the height?
I asked My brother in law, he said he adjusted the height of his tortion trailer to match his shop stand, it wasn't a rocket but he said he popped a cap off, pulled a pin, and spun the suspension down, put the pin back in, in his case he was raising it but he said he could have lowered it and it took like 2 minutes. (ski off trailer)
however, if its too high its too high... not sure about adjusting the tortions, would smaller tires do the trick ?
as long as you check things out, then do the trade.
edit: since i've only seen tortions and owned leaf, are you SURE that you can't adjust the height?
I asked My brother in law, he said he adjusted the height of his tortion trailer to match his shop stand, it wasn't a rocket but he said he popped a cap off, pulled a pin, and spun the suspension down, put the pin back in, in his case he was raising it but he said he could have lowered it and it took like 2 minutes. (ski off trailer)
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