With a winch post on your boat trailer winch, you will have a lot of flexibility. It would allow you to use different angles to work your winch with.
Why Do You Need to Adjust the Boat Trailer Winch Post?
For your winch to be effective, its pull will have to be straight. This in fact is listed on winch’s description. With a straight pull, winch could be very powerful. Moreover, if its pull is at an angle, the power will decrease. However, with a winch post, this could be adjusted vertically and horizontally which means, it could help to make your winch more effective. Furthermore, by adjusting your winch post, you could be assured that your boat will have better support. The trailer is often used for boat transport on land and if your winch post does not support it rightly, then your boat could be rock or sway around when you are transporting your boat. When your boat does not have the right support, your boat could get damaged.
How to Make Adjustments on Your Boat Trailer Winch Post
Adjustment of the winch post is easy. All you have to do is to handle a wrench. A winch post is often installed on a trailer. It is secured with nuts and bolts which means you will need to adjust and secure it. All you need to do is loosen the nuts at the base and remove the post. After, you will have to remove the nuts one at a time.
If the nuts are very tight, you could use WD-40. This could make the nuts and bolts easier to loosen. If this does not work, you might have to use a more powerful tool. Keep in mind, however, that you will have to ensure that the tool that you are using will just loose it and nothing more. You will have to be careful as it could damage the nut or the bolt which would make it very difficult for you to put the two back together.
Once they are loosened, remove the nuts from the bolts then adjust the post. Ensure that your boat is resting securely on the trailer. Do not adjust it too high nor too low nor too back or too forward.
Once you have the perfect position, secure the post with the nuts and bolts again. You could do this using your hands first. This way, you could avoid damaging the bolts.
Conclusion
We hope that through this article, we were able to guide you on how to adjust your winch post.
