Mikey, you're boat is a 1987. Nothing wrong with that, but it's a totally different world and hull shape from what we're talking about. I can load my boat on my own with the roller. With the Boat Buddy I couldn't. The BB is rubber. When the rubber would contact the boat, IT WOULD STOP THE BOAT. It would then push the truck/trailer up a few inches and then all movement would stop. It didn't matter at what depth the trailer was. If it was too low, then the boat would be stuffed. If it was too high, then the boat couldn't get far enough up the bunks. With the BB, the driver of the truck would have to have the trailer out of the water farther, then when the boat gets as far up the bunks as possible, the truck would have to back down slowly, while powering the boat on at the same time. With the roller, the nose of the bow can hit it, and the roller rolls, just like it should, allowing the boat to lift up to come on the trailer. THe BB just stopped the boat.