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Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Darnestown, Maryland
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Dual Use Trailer?
I have a galvanized boat trailer for my 22' pro-line Cuddy.
It's a great trailer with dual axles, brakes and electric winch.
Last summer I refurbished pretty much everything on it. This lead me to thinking about using it to haul my SC to DE events.
The trailer is plenty big and has plenty of weight capacity. It's size is almost a pertfect fit and it's fairly low because it has the torsion axles.
There are 4 sets of rollers that can be removed in about 10 min.
All I need to do is install some ramps and runners for the wheels.
The runners would not conflict a bit with the use of the boat and would actually make it easier to load / unload.
The simplest solution would be to get some scaffolding boards (typically oak) and bolt them on.
I have seen a few car trailers that are open in the middle and have steel runners on the sides. I'd like to do this with galvanized steel if I can find it. The ramps can be regular steel because they won't be going in the water.
I pretty much only use the trailer to store the boat during the winter + spring and fall hauling. Sometimes take it with us on vacation.
I haul it with a Tahoe so no problems with towing.
So I thought I'd run this up the flagpole here and see if anyone has some design tips or tricks!
Thanks!
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Bill Miller
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