XXXX Building a trailer is not advisable XXXX
I know, but this is gunna happen.
My boat needs too much work to pay to store a boat in a yard, so I decided I'm bringing her home. It's about a ten mile drive, but it's over farm equipment torn road so it'll have to be sturdy. FKTR, and it will be pulled and launched by lift, not ramp.
A co-worker has a trailer for free that held a twenty-something foot boat, so I'll slap on some new rubber and light kit, repack the bearings and bring it to the shop to modify. I'm an industrial mechanic by trade, so that means not only do I have the proper tools and equipment to modify a trailer, but I'm surrounded by people with the knowledge of doing such projects. Ill pull her on a Friday, and drive her early Saturday so I can drive slow and not hold anyone up.
What I'm asking for is general dimensions of where the jackstands are welded and roughly what angle their at. Or is there a better alternative to jacks? Im taking a stab in the dark here but, I'm assuming the whole deal is pushing around nine foot high? 4' draft + 4'2" headroom + road to keel tip; is this a safe assumption? It would also be cool if you guys that do trailer could tell me mods that you wished yours had or changes you have done. I'm starting from scratch, so I have a number of ideas bouncing around. I love my boat and plan on keeping her, so I plan on only doing this once in my life. I have a set of side-boxes for a pickup, would that be something I might want to consider adding?
Id like to think my Google skills are many, but I couldnt find much. Some interesting J-24 trailers tho'. ALL ideas and input is welcome!
Thanks guys, for all the help!
-Chris
I know, but this is gunna happen.
My boat needs too much work to pay to store a boat in a yard, so I decided I'm bringing her home. It's about a ten mile drive, but it's over farm equipment torn road so it'll have to be sturdy. FKTR, and it will be pulled and launched by lift, not ramp.
A co-worker has a trailer for free that held a twenty-something foot boat, so I'll slap on some new rubber and light kit, repack the bearings and bring it to the shop to modify. I'm an industrial mechanic by trade, so that means not only do I have the proper tools and equipment to modify a trailer, but I'm surrounded by people with the knowledge of doing such projects. Ill pull her on a Friday, and drive her early Saturday so I can drive slow and not hold anyone up.
What I'm asking for is general dimensions of where the jackstands are welded and roughly what angle their at. Or is there a better alternative to jacks? Im taking a stab in the dark here but, I'm assuming the whole deal is pushing around nine foot high? 4' draft + 4'2" headroom + road to keel tip; is this a safe assumption? It would also be cool if you guys that do trailer could tell me mods that you wished yours had or changes you have done. I'm starting from scratch, so I have a number of ideas bouncing around. I love my boat and plan on keeping her, so I plan on only doing this once in my life. I have a set of side-boxes for a pickup, would that be something I might want to consider adding?
Id like to think my Google skills are many, but I couldnt find much. Some interesting J-24 trailers tho'. ALL ideas and input is welcome!
Thanks guys, for all the help!
-Chris