Winch Support Repair

[Wakeman22]

While loading my boat at the end of last year the winch support bracket bent. This seems to be a weak point in trailers as others have had this problem. Below is a pic of the issue. This is on a Boatmate trailer.

[Wakeman22]

I need to give credit for those who came up with the idea and did the first repair on their trailer. Skippabecool's support looked just like mine. He took it to Wickedcummings who did the repair in which I copied. Thanks guys. There is a thread on the site somewhere that shows their work. Here is a pic of Wicked's work after priming.Winch support.jpg

[Wakeman22]

111_0005 (600x450).jpgI cut my old piece off and prepped it for the new fabricated parts.111_0004 (600x450).jpg

[Wakeman22]

The new piece is welded in place and ready for paint. Notice the extra support piece further up.111_0007 (600x450).jpg

[Wakeman22]

The new part painted and ready to reinstall the winch.111_0008 (600x450).jpg111_0009 (600x450).jpg

[Wakeman22]

And the completed repair. 3" square tubing was used and a 1 1/4" round pipe was used as an extra support. This is way more stout than the factory piece. Should have been done this way to start with. It bent from just loading111_0012 (600x450).jpg and the weight of the boat pushing down and not from crashing into it.

[Ewok]

Nice work! Are you planning to add some support to the bunk brackets too?