Re: Jon boat trailer Build
I made a trailer for my 1436 john boat.
I bought a $150 Harbor Freight trailer kit (on sale + 20% off coupon) and replaced the tongue with a 20' stick of 2.5 x 2.5 square steel tube. Once I figured out how long I needed the trailer I chopped off the tongue, welded on piece of the left over tongue for a winch post, bolted on a winch and bow stop, painted it with white Rustoleum, added a couple bunks and a spare tire and was done for about $350.
HF sells a boat trailer kit for $325 that might work for you. I wanted 12" tires and by the time I added everything I wanted, building one made more sense than buying the boat trailer kit.
The home made trailer is working nice, only thing I changed on it was the crappy lights that came with the kit, swapped them out with HF LED lights that have been working well for the past year or so.
