74SkeeterHawk
Seaman
- Joined
- Oct 11, 2008
- Messages
- 73
Hey fella's, well heres the deal. I bought a 16' Skeeter bass boat(tri hull) and King Custom trailer from the same era for a few hundred bucks last fall and it has turned into quite a project my wife and I never expected. I have been working on the boat restoration...check that forum for the latest... and recently been trying to rid the trailer of bad parts, broken welds, and rust. Like the boat the closer I look the less I want to see. After removing the keel rollers and guids and snaping half the bolts I realized the far aft cross frame is damn near rusted through and I will probubly have to have it replaced. The rest of the frame seems sound but a lot of surface rust. What should I do...work it or replace it. Im thinking of maybe getting the whole thing sand blasted and primed but I have no idea how much that will run. Im pretty sure that a few cans of rustoleum will do the trick as far as surface coat goes! I just don't know. Sometimes I just get tired of finding things wrong thats going to cost me another hundred here and a hundred there.
. Well there it is....let me have it.
Thanks all!