trailer repairs

[scotty c]

what do you do with your boat when you have <br />to do trailer repairs ?<br />ideally, i would dump the boat in the water<br />and tie it up at a marina while doing the job,<br />but there's nothing close.

 

[Reel Poor]

Re: trailer repairs

What kind of repairs are you needing to do?

 

[Danny_Ocean]

Re: trailer repairs

Block it. In the "old days", we'd crank the boat off the trailer a few feet, then rest the corners of the stern on concrete blocks with wood "pads". Slowly pull forward while placing blocks under the keel.<br /><br />Nowadays, they use them new-fangled metal stands...look much safer. It's amazing I'm still alive having pulled some of the stunts I did...

 

[Bondo]

Re: trailer repairs

Ayuh,...... It depends on What you're looking to Do......<br /><br />I've done it like Danny Ocean, Many Times.....<br /><br />Only Differences is,..... I'd drop the boat onto Old Used Truck Tires..........

 

[ST]

Re: trailer repairs

I recently changed all my keel rollers(5) with STOLTZ's. I simply used my Garage jack to raise (just enough to loosen the brackets) the bow end to replace the bow end rollers there; and repeat the process for the stern end rollers.<br /><br />I don't know about your boat, but my boat has the srongest structure at the keel, so that's where I placed the jack at. I made a V-cut out of scrap 4x4 plus some rag over it so that it won't scratch the bottom before jacking it up; like this:<br />

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<br /><br />Hope that helps!

 

[scotty c]

Re: trailer repairs

ya, thats what i have to do, replace the keel<br />roller,<br />good plan, and thanks for all the advice !

 

[tashasdaddy]

Re: trailer repairs

nice job, ST