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Finally done with my trailer. I’m quite happy with how it turned out. I had some issues with the electrical that took some time. I finally realized one of my marker lights was putting power to the trailer frame. I left all of the nuts and bolts mostly loose so I can put the boat on the bunks and...
Progress to this point looks the same as my previous post however I’ve finished all three coats of paint. I want to give it at least 36 hours to harden before I start putting it back together. My bunks are complete and ready to go on, rollers and lights are ordered. Hopefully in my next post...
Tonight I tried my hand at painting with a hvlp gun. I’m sure a pro would say my paint job was god awful, but since it is a trailer I looked at it as practice and I don’t really care if there are runs or orange peel. I’m happy with my first coat. Tomorrow night I will apply a second coat...
I finally got ALL of the grinding/sanding done and ha e primed everything. Next weekend I will be spraying Rustoleum’s Top Side for the finish. Once I get the painting done. The trailer will be put back together. While the boat is off I’ll need to get the trailer weighed so I can get it legal...
The aircraft gun is better than a standard air hammer. The bit you will need for his gun can be found in the sticky. It is called a brazier head and 3/16 I believe is the size you’re looking for.
This weekend I was able to get the entire frame sanded and primed. I also replaced all 4 hub races, bearings and seals. I started sanding a few of the parts off the trailer like the fenders. Next weekend I hope to have all of the parts primed and ready for paint. Parts include fenders, winch...
My weekend was well spent on the boat trailer. I’ve made a lot of progress on the sanding and priming. Hopefully after next weekend I will be done priming the trailer, but I’ve got all of the parts that I took off the trailer that will need it. I also came to the conclusion that my hubs are...
I spent tonight deconstructing my trailer, sanding it down to as close to bare metal as I could and applying a couple coats of primer. This project is going to take me a couple of weeks (maybe months) so I decided to break the trailer up into sections and prime those sections so they didn’t form...
I’ve been watching videos on it tonight! Looks easy enough. Now to decide if I want to use bearing buddies or not. I see it can be quite the controversy.
Well tonight after work I was able to get the boat off of my trailer and safely on the ground. I hooked a strap to the transom hooks and grabbed the strap with my tractor grapple. From there I slowly pull the trailer out, letting the transom fall onto a tire. I then pulled a little more and...
