Turning the 170 over in the yard

[breadman]

I did it my daughter and I turned the critter over in the yard, we slid it off the trailer and once on the ground we turned it over no problems now I can sand and fill scratches and give it a good wet sanding with 1500 grit.

 

[breadman]

It works

It worked real well got the bottom all done with a good coat of wax flipped it back over and put it back on the trailer it survived no problems. Best its look since I bought it new.

 

[Tereza]

Easy bottom cleaning/waxing

Congratulations! These are wonderfully easy boats to care for...As long as we are lucky enough to avoid those cracks that lot's of people post about getting!

 

[Glenn17427]

Turtling !

I'm sorry, "trutling" the boat on the ground does not qualify you as a member in the "turtle Club".......Sounds like you did a good job, I have some small scratches below the water line area that I would like to fill and sand out too, I keep putting it off because its to hard to sit or lay under the boat/trailer and work on it.I might study your suggestions a lttle bit more, sounds pretty good way to work on her.

 

[breadman]

Ground turtle

worked well only thing to be concerned about is the metal loops (whatever they are called). I wet the ground pretty good before I turned it over so those loop where the shrouds or sidestays hook to sank easily into the ground.

 

[Bob]

Getting the 170 back on the trailer

How difficult is it to right the 170 and return it to the trailer?

 

[breadman]

Ground turtle

Its not that hard with 2 people. just need to watch the bow or the boat so it dont scrap on the back of the trailer as it comes up, I lifted the tonge of the trailer way up in the air and used the winch to winch it back on and the boat was sitting on 3 mil plastic so 1 it wouldnt scratch and 2 it would slide easily. Once the boat came up on 1st set of bunks the tonge came down and it winched up nicely.