... What are you going to call the masts? I understand that the Thomas Lawson's masts were named after the days of the week. You might have to call yours after...
April CA Delta Messabout at Brannan Island State Recreation Area is just over a week away. Saturday April 17th. Meet at the boat launch ramps 10 am. Several...
In case anyone is interested in an electric outboard, Briggs and Stratton now has 3hp (one tiller and one remote control) electric outboards. 1800-1900...
As far as I'm concerned, the ... I could see an application for it if one were building a skin on frame type of boat and replaced the designed skin with the...
I am an economy minded kind of guy, some may even say cheep, but when it comes to the curses of boating, trailers, toilets and batteries. I say buy the best...
Bob, you may become another 'Boating Curmudgeon' like me if you aren't careful! It's taken my a long time to realize this myself, but penny wise and pound...
Penny wise and pound foolish is not the way to be but I have to say that I've pulled a bolt together trailer like those sold at Harbor Frieght close to 30K...
... I have been towing my ~3000lb boat on a bolt together trailer for 13 years. Boat and trailer both doing fine. BTW all the trailer's components are hot dip...
... well ... I like that big notch in the stern, along with the motor well at the last foot or two of the boat. Should allow the motor to tip up and if the...
... Jeff, Hal, and anyone else who knows trailers well -- I've been doodling designs for a trailer for Cormorant all winter long. I bought the Glen-L trailer...
You sure can use angle iron. Check out any double axle utility trailer. Most are built using 2" and 3" angle. I'm not sure bolting it together would be any...
Ah, Max: Looks like we were poking around the same website last night. I don't know what is going on with Yahoo! but sometimes it is taking an hour or more for...
See: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/KingstonMessabout/ for constantly updated information on this year's event. If you're planning on attending, no need to...
Motor well? Slop well? We always refered to them as splash wells and they were originally used on boats so that waves that would splash over a 15 inch transom...
Hey, Garth: This long, light boat sounds like a Tennessee; I'll start building one at the end of summer, and I've been looking at trailers, too. I'll be...
... night. ... taking ... I posted messages to (2) different groups and they both took a considerable amount of time to appear. I guess yahoo was having...
To keep a long trailer light it has to be built to be stiff. My experience is C channel is better than angle. Go to a boatyard and jump on some empty trailers...
Trailers should ... I've extensively modified my trailer by bolting things on to it. Don't grease the threads of your bolts, and always tighten a second nut...
Well harbor freight says their now sending me the proper paperwork.Id say most trailers are real heavy and overbuilt for the average boat,these mickey mouse...
... Could you use the boat as a strength member? In other words, could you attach the boat and trailer together reasonable rigidly at the bow and stern? The...
Id say ... I'm not sure I agree, the stresses on anything bouncing around at 50+ mph are pretty big. The other comment I'd make is that if you have a light...
Okay.......its time for Mikeeeeeeeeeeee to opt in. 1. Myth - heavy trailer will beat a light boat to death. #$% ^&#*@#^#^$ &#&&&$#&#&#&# and again I say...
... I did exactly this with my Bolger Tennessee - I used a trailer that came under a 16 foot FG sailboat. I had to extend the tongue quite a bit to ...
I modified the trailer for a 13' sailboat to fit my 18' AF-4 by swapping out the tongue. I bought a 12' length of 3" square steel tubing which replaced the...
Chuck, Al, Rick, Mike, Jeff, all who have posted on trailers here -- Thank you for all these ideas! God, I love this group! What would we have done in the days...
I've got a Harbor Freight folding trailler sitting in my driveway, still in it's 3 neat boxes. I'll be assembliting it soon for the trip north. Should I? 1-Add...
When I built the trailer for my Frolic2, I use 4" C-Channel unsupported for it's full length. Empty, the trailer would twist and bounce something fierce. I...
