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Message: <blockquote data-quote="richg99" data-source="post: 418471" data-attributes="member: 4376">With regard to the trailer...before you spend any money, be sure that you can register/title it ......if your State requires that.Most aluminum boat trailers do NOT have active rollers. Rollers tend to dent aluminum hulls. Two or four longitudinal bunks are more common. A center roller can be an asset to assist in loading. Be certain that your transom is supported by the ends of the bunks.Be sure that your bunks are not made out of Treated lumber. Treated lumber can react with aluminum and cause corrosion and pitting...not a good thing on the bottom of your boat.Many trailers have adjustment points at the winch stop and some can have their axles moved forward or backwards.  Those adjustments help you keep the proper weight on the tongue, which is often recommended to be 7 to 10 percent of the total load.regards, ...richg99p.s.  Fairly often, the ideal height of the boat on the trailer is the LOWEST that you can fit. Not too low so that the motor or anything else hits when going over a bump, but the lower the boat is on the trailer .....the less distance that you have to back your vehicle into the water at the ramp.</blockquote>