Hope everyone is having a nice Memorial Day weekend . Let us not forget the sacrifice our armed forces have done for us in the past present and future .
Drove around the backside of the big blue store today ... They had lumber stacked to the roof all the way around the building .. Inside the racks were pretty much filled .. Walked out with 4 sheets of 1/2" 4 ply sheathing and 300 bucks lighter in my back pocket ..This is ridiculous .....
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I watch this guys video's regularly .. He is a local Hatteras guy Who has surfing and fishing sponsors .. You gotta see this one .. Right off the coast there .. I've seen plenty of reds back in the creeks but nothing like this ..LOL!
Looking at this axle I was gunna use from another trailer . Everything is the same except the drilled spring mount holes . Can I just drill the holes in the correct spot for the gator trailer ? Would it hurt anything to leave the old hole there ? Fill it with a weld ? Then re-drill ?
Last bit of progress. That was kinda scary .. I used the 6013 rods with the setting on around 90 amps ..
I never burned through but came close a couple times ..good thing it’s under the fender . LOL!
TD that is a real close match .. No not any luck on the manufacturer ..
The mid rail on yours has 3 rivets on the very end and it’s shaped a bit different . Other than that it’s pretty close .. For now it’s a Sammycraft I guess LOL !
when things get clamped yo something round they like to spin...
Yeah a MIG is on the list for sure .
Everyone seems to say they are easier to weld with . I still want to get halfway decent at stick welding ..Quite gubbery but I don’t think the coupler is going anywhere .
I’ll hit it with the grinder and call it good .LOL !
Slow progress arch ...
Doing my best to weld all the parts and pieces on to the new steel tube . I don’t have a son in law that welds anymore so It’s my time to learn . Not the prettiest but strong I think .. I need to decide how I should fasten the coupler to the tube . Just bolt it or weld...
Almost forgot how much fun it is to spray paint in Florida 90% humidity ...dug out the ol purple people eater from way back when and shot a sealer coat of primer on part of the main frame .
mall the small parts I had done a few days ago with just a paint brush ..I’ll be putting at least one...
There was a thread here with a guy that had a 15' tri-hull similar to yours .
It actually worked out pretty well . He runs it off shore .
I wish I could remember the members name but it escapes me ...
Kind of on topic here . A neighborhood not far from me got blanketed !!
https://www.news4jax.com/news/local/2021/05/02/mystery-solved-beekeeper-identifies-weird-brown-stuff-falling-on-northside/
There was a lot of speculation on what it was ..
