Re: Here we go - have at it.
Originally posted by Barlow:<br /> are you refering to the 'cup' type brushes or the 'disc' type? Average cost??
4400 pounds for the trailer? <br />Naw,,,,, no way.<br /><br />that's probably its gross load carrying capacity. (it and the max. load it can carry-- which means it'll handel a 5,000 load without any problems) <br /><br />The trailer itself probably doesn't weigh more than about 1,000 pounds by itself--- probably closer to 800.<br /><br />If you pulled that whole rig onto the scales, and unhitched it from your truck,,, it shouldn't weigh over 3,000 pounds with full fuel tanks, batteries, towels, life jackets and a ice chest full of beer. <br /><br />BEER!!?? No, no,,,I didn't mean that.<br />It should read, 'A ice chest full of soda pop along with a gallon of milk'.<br /><br /><br />That trailer was mass produced. It will also carry the same size of fiberglass hull-- possibly with a car engine--- which they sell more of. But, its cheaper for the dealer to buy it like it is than specify a lighter/weaker one for the few Aluminum hull boats they sell new. <br /><br />/////////////////////////<br /><br />On your grinder discs-<br /><br />The cup ones are OK for flat pannels, the disc shped ones get around the rivets better for a cleaner, crisper job. I'd Just stay away from the real coarse ones that are meant to clean the welds on a Interstate hi-way bridge. I can't remember exactly, but the ones I used on mine that did so well were only about 3-4 dollars each.<br /><br />The softer ones wear out pretty fast, but they don't chew up the Aluminum.<br /><br />I didn't want to say so, but I figured with that 200 on that light a boat, even as big as it is, it should do at least 60 with the right prop and setup, without going over 6,000 rpm. <br /><br />A tupperware boat that size would more than likely have a big block V-8 and be a I/0, carrying a 75 gal. or bigger fuel cell to go much farther than 'barely out of sight' at 60, if it could get up that fast at all on a stock single engine. <br /><br />Something else that sweetens the deal is that big trolling motor. I haven't ever bought one, but that thing is gotta be worth $300 or so. It shuld pull that boat along on flat water about as fast as you can walk.<br /><br />If you use it alot, you might look into a big battery like they use on a bulldozer or 18 wheeler truck. They're expensive, heavy, and huge; but they'll last several years, and should run that trolling motor for about a week before going flat. <br /><br /><br />Ya got a great boat for a great price bro.<br /><br /><br />Ed.<br /><br />I know that kicked by a Clydsdale feeling. Back in 1990 I saw my 1968 Cherokee 21' cruiser the first time, and fell in love with it. For me, it was the perfect boat I'd lusted after all my life.<br /><br />5 years later, the guy who owned it asked me about how much it'd cost to do a full restoration on it, since he'd let it rot. <br /><br />It needed a new:<br />floor, cabin walls, engine overhaul-from rot, trailer tires, paint job, windows, overhaul the outdrive, on, nad on, and on,,,,,, <br /><br />It had sat full of rainwater and sunk in his yard after 2-3 years of total neglect.<br /><br />I told him it'd be cheaper to just buy a new boat than pay to have the Cherokee fixed. <br /><br />He asked, "Well, what's it worth, as it sits"?<br /><br />I didn't tell him how much the hull would bring at the scrap yard (about $300), but said, "A old boat is worth what the engine on it will sell for. The hull & trailer are free".<br /><br />"That's good to know, Now, can you please answer my question"?<br /><br />I told him, "OK, That engine has been sitting in your yard, and under water for 2 years. I doubt if it runs. But, the core deposit on that block is $450.". I forgot to tell him the outdrive by itself was fine and worth $1,000---- without the 3 spare props.<br /><br />He pondered on that a few seconds, and said, "I'll sell ya the whole thing for $500".<br /><br />On my lunch break, I went home and got 4 trailer tires, a shovel, and a pair of floor jacks to suck it up out of his yard with. <br /><br />I picked up the most perfect boat ever built that afternoon on the way home.<br /><br /><br />You got pretty much the same deal as I did on my dream boat, only yours is in much, much better shape for the price than mine was.
<br /><br />The boat supposedly runs and holds water but that's the farmer talking and not the horses mouth. Floor and carpeting need total redo -entirely-. Paint was a poor once over can job. Missing a transom/gun wale corner. A few other odds and ends.<br /> I couldn't walk away from it and it's been bugging me all day so I turn to the place that's helped me out in the past. The guy wants $1,500.00 for what's in the pictures. What I plan on doing is dressing her up a bit for the lake:<br />-Paint (sandblast the exterior...?? rivet inspection!!)<br />-new ply floor and carpet<br />-3-4 pedestal seats and existing live well<br />-rigging for trolling (in addition of a kicker I already own)<br /> I sold my Michigan rig last summer due to moving 3hrs away from the big pond. I miss having my own rig and think this might be something for next season to tow easier(and give me a winters worth of busy weekends!!).<br /><br />Everyone - I need some thoughts, good and bad. I've seached through the catacombs here and have seen many well done projects and am entertaining ANY comments. Thank-you all for the past knowledge you've shared to this point. -Barlow-
. I look at it as a 'labor of love'... and yes I'm starting to feel a little dirty about the price we agreed on but I'm sure that will fade!