The Bunk Daddy
The bunk daddy is our own patented product designed to make it a simple project to add PVC bunks to almost any style of trailer. These clever little devices attach to generic Unistrut that you can simply bolt down to your trailer. Unistrut is widely available at your local home improvement store.
If you are incapable of bolting Unistrut to a trailer on your own, I highly suggest reevaluating your position on choosing to DIY an entire trailer project that has to be road worthy.
Bunk Daddies are available for purchase in sets of 4, which is enough for one set of bunks, for one yak.
Available in out online store!
https://www.floatertoterindustries.com/store/p/bunk-daddy-set-of-4
Steel pipe bunks are available as an option on our custom builds.
Tool free capacity expansion
By utilizing the ancient Chinese secret technology of standard 2” trailer receiver hitches, and 2” square tubing, we have cleverly devised a way to expand the capacity of our kayak trailers, with no need for tools or difficult processes.
We can add 2” receiver hitches wherever we need to. We can then make horizonal for cross bars, vertical extensions, accessory additions, etc. All of these things are now easily removable by one person, and no tools.
Storage and outfitting
Anybody can slap a truck toolbox onto a trailer and call it good. And that is great if it meets your needs. My personal preference is to have rod and gear storage on board that is capable of holding quite literally everything I need in order to simply hook and go. No loading or pre rigging.
Custom storage is available, designable, and not hard to come by.
from Rod tubes, to complete custom outfitted aluminum Q series boxes from RC Industries, we have the solution you need.
The Q series boxes are super sweet. They are heavy duty, lockable, and can be outfitted with rigging lights, rod holders, etc.
I like to use 18v tool batteries with voltage regulators (milwaukee, dewalt, makita, etc) to power the lights because its simple, and self contained. You don’t have to wire directly into the trailer harness to do it. No fishing the wires through the frame. The trailer gets to keep its simple flat 4 connector, and you simply plug slap a drill battery in, hit the switch, and you’re lit up like a Christmas tree.
Lower Bunk Height
In order to accomplish this, I have to use a wider trailer. I prefer the yak to sit down in between the fenders for a few different reasons. Since you are reading this, you probably would like to know why. Well I guess I can explain…
It keeps the center of gravity lower on the trailer. Wet launch trailers go in the water like a traditional boat trailer, so your accessories need to be mounted higher up. In order to keep the center of gravity lower, so the trailer doesn’t feel tippy, I try to keep the boats lower, and therefore the accessories above them lower.
You don’t have to back the trailer so far down into the water at the ramp. Heck, I don’t even get my feet wet while launching or loading anymore.
Stability. A wider trailer is more stabile and pulls better. Plain and simple
On the occasions you cant wet launch, you don’t have to lift the yak quite as high up to get it it on the toter. Some of these yaks are heavy. Ask a Hobie owner how much they love lifting their yak up onto their roof rack. Spoiler alert…… they don’t do that because the yak is too heavy for that nonsense.