Tuesday, March 29, 2011

steel horse

My neighbor's new guest lodger likes cheesy classic rock, loud, so if I have it rolling around in my head, you get to share some Bon Jovi too.

Long couple days, getting the bunks made (they're about 90% now, just some sanding, glassing, and painting to go -hmm, made only 75% done, then), getting the trailer stripped (tore up knuckles from wrenching on rusty bolts and galvanized frame), getting the mold for another prod ready (side job), turning the boat around in the driveway on its cradle, pushing it back into the shed (it bottoms out on my yard, so I need to keep putting skid plates under, and ramps under the wheels, think egyptians pushing the rocks up when they built the pyramids), then lift the boat (turns out saw horses were easiest- just lift an end of the boat and kick the horse under, aligning it with your feet while your knuckles strained), roll the trailer under, and drop the boat on. Pics of this ramble follow:



build jig (missing f18 and f214 at this point, but I still have them)





1 comment:

  1. How about a Who quote... "going mobile"...

    Looks great. Fixed a trailer this past weekend myself. I feel the scrapped knuckle love with you.

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