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The bigger the boat the less a little weight matters. When I had my 12' tinner, If I was alone the car went up front. When with another...

I remember back in my youth, a 10' jon boat with a 5hp outboard from 1954 when they were heavy....a pkg of peanuts could shift the load...

Yessir....at least snow gives you something to play in....if you get enough ! That has been our issue, just an inch here and there, but...

Nice little boat. If you sell that trailer and get a decent price, that might even pay for a boat, motor and trailer outright, no money...

We've had about a foot of snow, but had a pelting ice storm this morning, with more to come this afternoon/evening. Yuck. I liked...

That looks really good, Jogar! My Princecraft had the same thing, except it was just a stack of 2x2", schedule 40 square pipe, run...

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The plywood worked great and never budged in years of use. Yes, it was relatively lightweight. Some aluminum alloys are surprisingly...

I mounted 6" pedestals to the tops of two of my bench seats in my Mirrocraft. The seats were foam filled but one had a crack in it near...

Facebook short: Boat slip idea that I would definitely use...

If you HAVE to keep the utility trailer, I would do exactly what Loosescrew wrote. IF not, I would clean up the utility trailer and...

I had a pop up trailer that I converted to a wood deck utility trailer in the 80's using 2x12 planks with low fixed sides. it was 12ft...

I'm with Airshot on this one. In general, a 10x10 piece will hold the bases down firmly, but you really want a piece that is big...

In my experience, I have found wood to be the best support as it has some give/ flex where the aluminum was more rigid. Also use a...

I was going to do that on my last one, until I saw the price tag on the aluminum. YIKES!!!!