Was suggested I post about the trailer for the F-9 here. It needed a lot of work, but I'm getting towards the end of that.
Pre-teardown.
Keel rollers torn up, bunks stick straight up in a way that only the edge of the 2x4 contacts the hull of the boat. Between where the bunks were mounted and the keel-rollers bolted to angles welded to the frame, the boat sat much too high. Add to that, there were 4 sets of holes for each bunk-mount on the rear and 2 sets per on the mid-frame cross member...ya, it was a mess. It's like they mounted the bunks, decided that wasn't where they wanted them, so just drilled new holes and kept doing that until they got the mounts where they wanted them.
Everything torn off, paint striped, rust wire-wheeled off and holes filled with JB Weld. This is where I was at a few days ago, just about to spray primer on the rear section...rest of the parts I'm keeping have already been primed and ready for top-coat.
I'm also going to cut off the old coupler as they 'squeezed' the front of the frame (3x3) to fit a coupler made for a 2" frame...so it's 'deformed. New coupler on order which will be mounted with 1/2" bolts rather than being welded on.
Once all that's done - drill new holes for the keel-rollers and bunk supports in their proper locations and put everything back together again. Only things I'm keeping from the original are the frame, axle, tires, winch-mount and fenders.
Pre-teardown.
Keel rollers torn up, bunks stick straight up in a way that only the edge of the 2x4 contacts the hull of the boat. Between where the bunks were mounted and the keel-rollers bolted to angles welded to the frame, the boat sat much too high. Add to that, there were 4 sets of holes for each bunk-mount on the rear and 2 sets per on the mid-frame cross member...ya, it was a mess. It's like they mounted the bunks, decided that wasn't where they wanted them, so just drilled new holes and kept doing that until they got the mounts where they wanted them.
Everything torn off, paint striped, rust wire-wheeled off and holes filled with JB Weld. This is where I was at a few days ago, just about to spray primer on the rear section...rest of the parts I'm keeping have already been primed and ready for top-coat.
I'm also going to cut off the old coupler as they 'squeezed' the front of the frame (3x3) to fit a coupler made for a 2" frame...so it's 'deformed. New coupler on order which will be mounted with 1/2" bolts rather than being welded on.
Once all that's done - drill new holes for the keel-rollers and bunk supports in their proper locations and put everything back together again. Only things I'm keeping from the original are the frame, axle, tires, winch-mount and fenders.
