Restoring boat and trailer 74 aristocraft V-hull

[75 AristoCraft]

Hey guys, whats the best way to get the boat off the trailer so I can sandblast, repaint and rewire the trailer (except for the obvious and launching it in the water). I live about 40mins from the lake and want to do some work in the backyard. Thanks for the input.

 

[Rickairmedic]

Re: Restoring boat and trailer 74 aristocraft V-hull

Make some stands out of wood with some bunk carpet ontop of them . To get her off jack the tongue down low and slip the stands under the rear sides of the boat . Then jack the tongue back up hook her up to your tow vehicle and slowly slide the trailer out from under the boat . when you ket close to the bow pull tow vehicle out again drop tongue down low again slide third stand under keel then rehook to tow vehicle and slowly pull trailer the rest of the way out.


Rick

 

[redfury]

Re: Restoring boat and trailer 74 aristocraft V-hull

Couple of ways to do it. You can just beach it on the ground and then winch it back up by pulling it off the boat by securing the back of the boat to something strong enough to hold it as you pull the trailer forward and let it drop down onto some old tires/etc.

Or, there's the more complicated method of keeping the boat jacked up in the air on blocks of wood, etc so that it is more level with the trailer when you put it back on.

Personally, in your situation, I'd just take the boat off the trailer and put it on the ground with the motor tilted up all the way. When you put it back on the trailer, leave the trailer unhooked from the tow vehicle so the trailer can raise up to the level of the boat bottom as it is winched back on to avoid putting too much pressure on the front of the hull.

I've done it this way a few times with my Glastron hull ( no motor though ).