Hi all,
I have a 30+ year old boat trailer, that has seen better days. The main problem is that one of the bunks is sort of loose - when I reload the boat, or hit a bump on the road, one of them keeps jamming down from the boat's weight. It has nut/bolts that are fused by rust, on an adjustable bracket rail (I don't know what else to call it) that hold the bunks up at the proper level and angle. My current solution: I use a hand sledge to pound it back up after unloading the boat at the lake.
Sounds idiotic, right? But here is the bigger idiotic question: How do you go about making the proper repairs on something like this - the boat would be in the way, and the weight would also prevent me from making adjustments. I don't have a private pond/lake to keep the boat tied up at while I work on the trailer. I have thought of "lending" the boat to a friend on the lake for a day, but you know what happens once you start tearing things apart: you can bet that it will take a heck of a lot longer to get it done than you thought.
Anybody have any ideas how to go about this with very minimal equipment availability (no lifts, no acetylene torches, etc), or know of a place in Greensboro area that does boat trailer repairs (upon receiving the trailer WITH the boat on top)?
Thanks,
Jay
I have a 30+ year old boat trailer, that has seen better days. The main problem is that one of the bunks is sort of loose - when I reload the boat, or hit a bump on the road, one of them keeps jamming down from the boat's weight. It has nut/bolts that are fused by rust, on an adjustable bracket rail (I don't know what else to call it) that hold the bunks up at the proper level and angle. My current solution: I use a hand sledge to pound it back up after unloading the boat at the lake.
Sounds idiotic, right? But here is the bigger idiotic question: How do you go about making the proper repairs on something like this - the boat would be in the way, and the weight would also prevent me from making adjustments. I don't have a private pond/lake to keep the boat tied up at while I work on the trailer. I have thought of "lending" the boat to a friend on the lake for a day, but you know what happens once you start tearing things apart: you can bet that it will take a heck of a lot longer to get it done than you thought.
Anybody have any ideas how to go about this with very minimal equipment availability (no lifts, no acetylene torches, etc), or know of a place in Greensboro area that does boat trailer repairs (upon receiving the trailer WITH the boat on top)?
Thanks,
Jay