jesse_boston
Petty Officer 3rd Class
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- Aug 2, 2020
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Been working through a bunch of deferred maintenance from the last owner of the boat, overheating, leaking bellows, rotted risers, wrong spark plugs and fuel filter etc.
It's a 23' Doral sterndrive on a '99 Karavan tandem axle trailer.
On the trailer, I've finished rewiring, putting on the last two new LED lights tomorrow.
The bunks are pretty well rotted out, one is held on by a strap at this point.
I picked up some 2x6 PT and was going to swap out the worst of the bunks first... I tried jacking the front up all the way with the jack on top of an 8x8, then stacking up 8x8's under the keel (is it called a keel when it isn't a sailboat?) and then lowering the front, but that didn't do anything, it still has tons of weight on the bunk...
So my questions:
* any ideas on how to get weight off the front bunk?
* should I be avoiding pressure treated wood?
* what is wrong with my winch setup? As it is, I can't get the boat all the way forward, the lower of the two rollers tries to flip up and stops the boat from coming in any further, then I have to winch out a few turns and manhandle the roller back down, winch in a bit, rinse and repeat until I've thoroughly pissed off the next person in line at the launch.
Twice I've driven home and felt like the boat was going to flip the truck if I went too fast, with about 20 pounds of tongue weight.
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It's a 23' Doral sterndrive on a '99 Karavan tandem axle trailer.
On the trailer, I've finished rewiring, putting on the last two new LED lights tomorrow.
The bunks are pretty well rotted out, one is held on by a strap at this point.
I picked up some 2x6 PT and was going to swap out the worst of the bunks first... I tried jacking the front up all the way with the jack on top of an 8x8, then stacking up 8x8's under the keel (is it called a keel when it isn't a sailboat?) and then lowering the front, but that didn't do anything, it still has tons of weight on the bunk...
So my questions:
* any ideas on how to get weight off the front bunk?
* should I be avoiding pressure treated wood?
* what is wrong with my winch setup? As it is, I can't get the boat all the way forward, the lower of the two rollers tries to flip up and stops the boat from coming in any further, then I have to winch out a few turns and manhandle the roller back down, winch in a bit, rinse and repeat until I've thoroughly pissed off the next person in line at the launch.
Twice I've driven home and felt like the boat was going to flip the truck if I went too fast, with about 20 pounds of tongue weight.
![Click image for larger version Name: Views: 1 Size: 61.9 KB ID: 10918628 Click image for larger version Name: Views: 1 Size: 61.9 KB ID: 10918628](https://forums.iboats.com/data/attachments/319/319010-de269238b8e4a22fbfdac2f20c49a888.jpg)
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