[quote=vinnyvincent]Your's are too close together, but it seems like it would work the way they are temporarily if you wanted to take the boat out on the water to test it out. Just strap it down good and keep it under 55. Once you shift the boat back a little, so the weight is centered over the axle, I really don't think it will be much of an issue.
Hook the trailer up once you shift the boat back and do some test runs close to the house and see how you feel about it. With the insurance really the worst that could happen is everything gets destroyed and they cut a check for more than what you paid for it.
You just want to make sure nothing crazy is going to happen like the trailer coming unhooked from the truck, or the boat flying off the trailer and cartwheeling down the freeway, because you run the risk of hurting someone else if that happens. Honestly if you keep your speed down none of this should ever happen regardless. The guy I purchased my boat from was using twine to strap it down!
Best case scenario and most likely is you're going to get out there this season, get some time on the boat and have a blast, then be able to determine what really needs to be done to everything to make it all more ideal.
To answer your question, I've never measured mine, but 7' seems about right. when I put the boat onto my trailer, the rear cross bars line up with the rear support and the front crossbar ends up just behind the front support. Basically just measure your cross bars front to back and add on about ten inches and you'll be in the ballpark. Just because this is the "right" spacing doesn't mean what you currently have won't work for you short term.[/quote]
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