The Bottom Line
Pros
- Improves Towing Safety
- Guides Tow Vehicle to Ball
- Light Has Many Uses
Cons
- Somewhat Expensive
- V Guide Is Heavy and Hard to Stow
Description
- The Trailer Trapper System helps you attach your fishing boat to the tow vehicle and improves safety
- Your boat trailer can not bounce off the ball even if the latch fails
- The optional light helps back up at night, clean fish after dark with it and it has many other uses.
Guide Review - Trailer Trapper Fishing Boat Towing Safety Device
My first six bass boats were all on single axle trailers and I could move them around to hook up to my tow vehicle easily. All I had to do was back up close to the trailer then move it by hand. When I bought my current boat it had a dual axle trailer and I quickly found it was almost impossible to move the tongue of the trailer if I did not back up perfectly.At the Georgia Bass Chapter Federation Top Six one of the sponsors, Marineovations, LLC, had a demonstration video of their trailer hitch system. I bought one and have found it extremely helpful when hooking up my boat, especially when I am alone.
The system consists of a special ball mount that goes into a hitch receiver on tow vehicles. It has a small square mount on top that holds two other parts of the kit. One is a “V” shaped flat iron guide that has the “V” right above the trailer ball. When you back up, your trailer coupler will be guided right to the top of the ball. It is a simple matter to lower your trailer onto the ball.
Once you have the trailer hooked up, you remove the “V” guide and replace it with a “L” shaped device called the Trailer Trapper that fits right over the ball and coupler. A pin holds it in place and there is no way the trailer can come off the ball.
According to the Marineovations site, there were 24 people killed in traffic accidents in Georgia in 2004 when their trailer came unhooked while driving.
One other part of the system that I like is a 12 volt light on a pole.
