Trailer bunk question

[wetnwild]

I need to be able to slide my skis off my trailer a bit easier when I am on land. When the carpet is dry it is not so easy... Is anyone using trex decking or any other composite? or does it flex too much?

What are my options if I want to put something overtop the carpeted wood bunks, besides the plastic slides I can buy from the trailer store...

Thanks for your input

 

[ger87410]

I've seen recommendations for, and will eventually try myself, cutting a pvc pipe in half and putting over the board. Just not looking forward to cutting the pipe.

 

[Shonuff]

Take Wet Black silicone tire dressing and smather that crap on your carpet. It'll fall off on the highway after that.

 

[GDFL]

keep the carpet sprayed down with silicon spray periodically and it will help a ton.

 

[Shonuff]

Jinx!!!

 

[snowxr]

Get a couple strips of snowmobile hyfax (slides) and screw them on your bunks. These are made of UHMW, and are available in lots of colors. They run about $13 each, and you can get them around 5 feet long. If you're not in the snowbelt try Dennis Kirk.

 

[ger87410]

Get a couple strips of snowmobile hyfax (slides) and screw them on your bunks. They run about $13 each, and you can get them around 5 feet long.

Where would 1 go about getting some of these? Only through ordering?

 

[FyrHazard]

I just bolted some pieces of UHMW Plastic to the top of my bunks. I store my ski on a stand in the garage when I'm not using it, so I need to be able to easily slide it back and forth from the stand to the trailer. You can do it with 1 finger with this stuff. Just have to make sure you're strapped down on the trailer.

 

[The Penguin]

Where would 1 go about getting some of these? Only through ordering?

http://lmgtfy.com/?q=hyfax+slides

 

[ger87410]

Thanx, Penguin!

I was hoping for a local source. Shipping sucks and you always think of these things at the last minute.

 

[Mark44]

A little spray of silicone goes a long way.

Mark44

 

[tilleryrat]

furniture polish....works just the same, but strap her down!

 

[yankeeboy]

replace the bunks with 3" pvc. never rots and easier to slide off than carpet.

 

[wetnwild]

thanks everyone. I will start with tire spray and silicone because I was just at Ace Hardware and bought that chit anyhow.

 

[Alex]

http://www.ultimatebunkboards.com/ the best and last set of bunk boards you will have to buy

 

[FyrHazard]

Those are the same material I was using - Polyethelene. Should make a pretty nice bunk!

 

[The Penguin]

at $5.50 per linear foot, I can buy a whole lot of treated pine 2x4's :biggrin:

 

[FX-Rex]

I've used trex 2x4's. They slid nicely but there was a nasty sag. I wouldn't use them again.

 

[kraqus]

I have these installed on my trailer and Stands, they are great:
http://www.surfixinc.com/surfix_trailer_bunkslides.html

I found these after a quick search:
http://www.parkeryamaha.com/powermaddmarineslides.aspx


Benny

 

[wetnwild]

Thanks again everyone. after checking the surfixinc site, posted by benny, I am gonna go to the Depot and by thin strip of azek trim and screw it down with stainless...