I've been meaning to write this up for ages, It was last years winter project (14/15)
Since we nearly always boat is salt water it was pretty clear that the trailer was going to be eaten in no time from the inside out :-( the previous owners only used it in fresh water so it was in great condition but that would certainly be short lived!
So we set about getting it galvanised, which obviously means a lot of work, in short take everything apart and try and make it fit back together after everything has gotten thicker!!
as part of the project I welded up a spare wheel holder, and a mount for a hand brake.
So a few of you must be wondering what you do with a boat for a few months if it doesn't live on the water but normally on the trailer!
Well I'm lucky that I do some work in the entertainment industry so have access to lifting equipment and truss so here's what I did...
basically I built a truss box with chain hosts then put legs on and removed the hoists as I didn't want to leave them in a barn for several months as they are super expensive! plus this is pretty secure, how do you steal a boat that is floating in the air!!
unfortunately the barn roof was a bit low so packing was needed as i couldn't get another 0.5M in but needed the height.
The structure as i built it was capable of lifting 2T, limited by the fact the were 0.5T motors, the structure itself could take far more.
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Since we nearly always boat is salt water it was pretty clear that the trailer was going to be eaten in no time from the inside out :-( the previous owners only used it in fresh water so it was in great condition but that would certainly be short lived!
So we set about getting it galvanised, which obviously means a lot of work, in short take everything apart and try and make it fit back together after everything has gotten thicker!!
as part of the project I welded up a spare wheel holder, and a mount for a hand brake.
So a few of you must be wondering what you do with a boat for a few months if it doesn't live on the water but normally on the trailer!
Well I'm lucky that I do some work in the entertainment industry so have access to lifting equipment and truss so here's what I did...
basically I built a truss box with chain hosts then put legs on and removed the hoists as I didn't want to leave them in a barn for several months as they are super expensive! plus this is pretty secure, how do you steal a boat that is floating in the air!!
unfortunately the barn roof was a bit low so packing was needed as i couldn't get another 0.5M in but needed the height.
The structure as i built it was capable of lifting 2T, limited by the fact the were 0.5T motors, the structure itself could take far more.
IMAG0452.jpgIMAG0523.jpgIMAG0524.jpgIMAG0527.jpgIMAG0529.jpg
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