Yeah, Dave, but what I am hoping to find will not include the threaded lift parts. This trailer was designed and built by an engineer that I know, way back in 1985, who originally purchased the boat. When I bought it 5 years ago, the boat rested perfectly on the trailer as bought. When I launched her, I discovered that the long bunks were barely stable enough to have supported the boat, so I replaced them with treated 2X6-14' and covered with bunk carpet with "bunk carpet", exterior carpet adhesive, and stainless staples. Those replacements never really curved around like the originals had over many years, because I had never hauled out until just a month ago, when I just brought her out of the water to make her "Hiney Charmin' Shiney"
After that Ill fit, and a scary trip to the edge of the parking lot, to wash, I decided to try a more flexible two-ply composite decking trick, which turns out to be just too flexible, as shown in the photos, if you can see the low spots between the stands.
If I use the plates that I see on the website that you have suggested (Thank You!), I will need to modify the stands to a height that may interfere with the angle bracing. It may be, that I can just cut a treated 2X12 (1/2"X11 1/2") to a "2X12" Square to mount on the existing swivel brackets that you see, and just pretend that they are similar to the suggestion that you have made. I can only hope that the fore/aft angle of the plates will simply be overcome by weight, without affecting the mounting fasteners. The port/starboard angle would not be a significant issue, due to the way they self-adjust. (Wow! I'm being pretty wordy. Sorry)
Anyway, I took some photos, and welcome any input, from anyone. If I don't feel comfy with any suggestions, I'll just go to the lumber store and look for some overly crowned 2X6's to make another set of 14' bunks
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