Trailering the PA-14 makes is so much easier. I'm certain there will be spots that the trailer is not going to be able to work. I have the bed extender for that if I get into that type of situation. If this is the case there may be a 12 volt winch mounted in the bed of my truck, that should do the trick.
There is nothing special with what I have done, I just followed the lead of those before me who posted great ideas for build and mods to the forum.
Another mod I needed to make is on the small front bumper where the front handle of the kak sits. When I got the trailer the bumper was oriented in the wrong direction to hold to yak in place. I removed it and drilled a new hole through the bumper in the opposite direction and reinstalled it. Turns out in that orientation it was short in the front and the metal bumper bracket hit the front handle. I did not want to be towing the yak with metal rubbing the handle.
So it was back to the boat yard for a larger oversized bumper. I cut out sections of the bumper to it would fit the metal supports and drilled a new hole in the correct orientation. Worked great, now the bumper sticks out far ahead of the metal bracket. No more rubbing.
Final two mods. I used the bunk brackets that came with the trailer to mount my PVC uprights on the back. They are a huge help when backing up the trailer, now I can see just how badly I am at backing up a trailer.
The other thing I decided upon was mounting the bunks to the trailer just in case I ever have to walk out on the trailer when launching or reloading. Why not use them? They would just be taking up space in my shed. So I just lag bolted from underneath through the unistrut holes. Boom, done! I may never use them but they are there just in case.
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