wihil
Well-known member
Step one completed on the trailer thanks to you folks here at Tinboats - the ladder stabilizer/pvc was a total success!
In securing it to the trailer, I put a couple lag bolts through the bottom of the two bunks to keep them from rotating as the boat loaded/unloaded and it was then (as I lay under the trailer with cordless drill in hand) I found out how bad of shape the current bunks are in.
I know the standard is pressure treated with bunk carpet, but is there any reason why I couldn't use something like the Trex decking material - without the carpet? Plastic decking is PVC based, and I know a few guys on the lake by me are just using S40 PVC for tops of their bunks. The big thing is that I don't want to wreck my new to me boat! Carpet's cheap enough, I just go buy a roll if I need to.
Thanks!
Chris
As much as I want to start working on the boat, it's probably going to be next summer - I'm having too much fun fishing!
In securing it to the trailer, I put a couple lag bolts through the bottom of the two bunks to keep them from rotating as the boat loaded/unloaded and it was then (as I lay under the trailer with cordless drill in hand) I found out how bad of shape the current bunks are in.
I know the standard is pressure treated with bunk carpet, but is there any reason why I couldn't use something like the Trex decking material - without the carpet? Plastic decking is PVC based, and I know a few guys on the lake by me are just using S40 PVC for tops of their bunks. The big thing is that I don't want to wreck my new to me boat! Carpet's cheap enough, I just go buy a roll if I need to.
Thanks!
Chris
As much as I want to start working on the boat, it's probably going to be next summer - I'm having too much fun fishing!