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As some of you know, I ended up buying a 34' Nauti-Line Houseboat last year,....
"Mom's Paycheck",.......aka; Bondo's Barge........
Mooring it at the Riverhouse turned out OK last year,+ I've come up with what I Hope is a Better Plan,.....
But that's Another Story,.......
The Main drawback to this Whole thing has been Moving it,.......
I had it delivered the 20 miles from the auction site for a couple Hundred Bucks,+ Charlie the Hauler was able to Launch at the Marina across the river from My places.....
Then last November,.... I towed it out into the bay,+ around Independence Point to Chaumont Harbor,.. there's a Marina over there with a Travel Lift,......
There We set it on Charlie's trailer for the ride back though the Village to the Marina across the river from My places..... It's sat on the old concrete roadbed all winter,.... John only charges me $100.00 for the winter....
But,.....
That's Another couple Hundred for Charlie,+ a Few Hundred for the Travel lift ride......
Soooo,........ I figured I could Build a Wagon out of My Junk Pile,+ Cut Charlie,+ the Travel Lift out of the picture,....... Give John another Hundred or 2,+ Still be Ahead of the Game,..........
I had to Call In a Favor for the 3 sets of housetrailer Axles,+ Wheels........
Then I had these old Bar-Joists I snagged from a Jobsite a couple of years ago leaning by the compost pile,............
So,..... I started gluing things together,...........
And Gluing More things together,...............
Of Course,... A week or so ago,.... The Great Nor'Easter,.......
Finally,..... Last week the weather broke,+ things started to Look like a Boat Trailer......
To be Continued..................................
"Mom's Paycheck",.......aka; Bondo's Barge........
Mooring it at the Riverhouse turned out OK last year,+ I've come up with what I Hope is a Better Plan,.....
But that's Another Story,.......
The Main drawback to this Whole thing has been Moving it,.......
I had it delivered the 20 miles from the auction site for a couple Hundred Bucks,+ Charlie the Hauler was able to Launch at the Marina across the river from My places.....
Then last November,.... I towed it out into the bay,+ around Independence Point to Chaumont Harbor,.. there's a Marina over there with a Travel Lift,......
There We set it on Charlie's trailer for the ride back though the Village to the Marina across the river from My places..... It's sat on the old concrete roadbed all winter,.... John only charges me $100.00 for the winter....
But,.....
That's Another couple Hundred for Charlie,+ a Few Hundred for the Travel lift ride......
Soooo,........ I figured I could Build a Wagon out of My Junk Pile,+ Cut Charlie,+ the Travel Lift out of the picture,....... Give John another Hundred or 2,+ Still be Ahead of the Game,..........
I had to Call In a Favor for the 3 sets of housetrailer Axles,+ Wheels........
Then I had these old Bar-Joists I snagged from a Jobsite a couple of years ago leaning by the compost pile,............
So,..... I started gluing things together,...........
And Gluing More things together,...............
Of Course,... A week or so ago,.... The Great Nor'Easter,.......
Finally,..... Last week the weather broke,+ things started to Look like a Boat Trailer......
To be Continued..................................
