Trailer rebuild so far ( updated)completed
Submitted by scottnofish on Sat, 2014-04-12 17:36
The old trailer was starting to look a little worse for wear so thought i might just knock a new one up
here is a few pics so far ,only taken about 7 hours so far and $600 in materials ,just have to finish hot galving to welds and seal the ends of the main beams then swap over the a frame and suspesion from the old trailer
just took the boat off the old trailer today bit scary
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Rob H
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looking good Neil, bloody
looking good Neil, bloody cat trailers are so simple
Not going to get the whole thing hot dipped?
Nice shed by the way
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scottnofish
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nah not going to dip it
built it from dura gal and have this stuff at work thats like solder but has a high zinc conntent that you just apply to the welds after welding with a bit of heat and a wire brush ,I am sealing all the main beams and putting some inox inside afterwards through some bungs ,Bit off a different way of doing it but we will see how long it lasts
scottnofish
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Took the boat off the trailer yesterday
Bit scary at first as to weather it was going to stay up there or come crashing down
milsey
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I want that shed, starting
I want that shed, starting to look good.
scottnofish
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Just added a few more pics
Finally finished and boat back on the trailer just in time to go back to work
Rob H
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looks great Neil!Had been
looks great Neil!
Had been wondering what the upside down T was for but can see now
Hard to see from the pics, but you may need to be careful of the distance from the tail lights/plates to outboards.
Cant remember what the max is supposed to be but a heap of people got pinged a year back on Indian Ocean drive for not using a flag on the overhanging outboard.
When those guys get a bee in their bonnet it can screw up everyones fun!
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scottnofish
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The t at the back is the short ass step
Will have to check on those distances but I think I read somewhere that it 2.5 m from the axle or 1.5 m from the rear of the trailer