Trying to find old trailer maintanance topic

[s-pac]

Need help please.
A while back someone did a good topic on launching and retreiving your boat at home to do trailer maintanance with a step by step photo instructions. My searchs have failed.
Can anyone remember this thread and point me in the right direction??

regards Andrew

[dnej]

Andrew,
Get yourself some car tyres.about ten will do. Borrow them from the local tyre place,and return them when you are finished.

Put two( double) behind the boat,for the stern to "land on".

You will have to adjust these, as you push your boat off the trailer,to get the landing spot correct.

Push the boat off,as you would normally launch.

The first two tyres become "the water"

Add more single tyres,( more water)under the keel as you drive your car forward,after the stern "has landed" A helper here is great.

If you can tie the stern to a tree,or post,that helps as you drive forward. Other wise you will need to assist by doing a little bit of pushing.

Deckie drives,you work.

As the boat comes off, say half way,Use tyres to support under both the sides of the boat, to stop her from tipping.

When reloading,leave the trailer off the car.
Slip the trailer into position,hook up the boat,and start winching.The trailer wiil work its way under the boat.Take care, as the trailer will lift off the ground,at the winch end.

I say take care , as you could end up with a dentist bill otherwise.

Take out the tyres as you go. Hook her back up to the car,and away you go.

You dont need luck, its an easy exercise,so long as you think of the tyres as the water. You cant drag the boat off the tyres, that is why you let the trailer work under the boat for retrieval.
David
Ps done it many times

[s-pac]

Thanks David,
Much appreciated will give it a try.
Does sound simple, just a little nervous with a bigger boat, have done before but with a much smaller boat.
Regards Andrew

[dnej]

Andrew,
What size is your boat?
David

[s-pac]

5.5m JBS centre cab

[dnej]

No worries,just watch you pack under the sides as it comes off,so it cant roll. Mine is a 570 plate bottom cuddy cab,so you wont have any problems.
Just did my brothers trailer,16 feet Savage glass boat,built like a brick dunny.
Probably 1000kg all up.
Not a problem
David

[dnej]

Say S pac,how did you go with this exercise?
David

[Chimo]

Hi David

He cannot talk, they had to rewire his jaw!











Just kidding...............,

Must be less of a GOM as Hinze Dam is full, yipee, now the Nerang and the Broadwater etc can get a flush which will be good as long as the flood is a small one.

Cheers
Chimo