Trailering

After building a boat there is the obvious need for a way to get it to the river and back. Most if not all batteaux trailers started their lives as mobile homes. The Rucker trailer was a mobile home which had been involved in a fire. It takes some metalworking knowledge and somebody good with a welder and in a weekend you can have a good trailer for almost no money. I would caution that different generations of mobile homes have different quality of steel frames. Lightweight frames will require significant strengthening and should be avoided. We’ve seen many vehicles used to pull trailers ranging from lightweight ½ ton 4 cylinder trucks, to tractor trailers. I personally believe that to safely pull and most importantly stop a batteau and trailer you should have at least a ¾ ton truck. Of course there is a significant difference in the weight of different batteaux and trailers which is a factor also.