Just a suggestion for others, I just bought a spare hub for emergencies. My hub only costs $30 at harbor freight and is pretty easy to change on the side of the road if the hub fails. I figure if/when a hub fails, I will be 100 miles or more from a place to buy a new hub.
I have brand new hubs on there now but for $30, its good insurance.
I'm an Eagle Scout so I want to be 100% prepared for my 1000+ mile trip to Florida next month.
Zach,
Is this you????
http://tippecanoe.craigslist.org/boa/2959058939.html
BTW GO Boilermakers! I'm a former Indiana boy, living a little further north now, gotta lot of friends that went to school down there. I ended up at ball state, finishing up my engineering degree at Grand Valley State now, even though I've been a project engineer for almost 7 years, haha.
That'd be me. I've had good luck finding boats and parts from that ad. Yes, Boiler Up! I'm about to finish my Junior year in electrical engineering.
Edited by PurdueZach on Apr 21, 2012 - 09:37 AM.
I redid a trailer over the winter too; it is lots of work. The box came from the donated trailer but needed work. The tube came with the boat (Nacra) trailer and needs work (someone painted it, Really?). The spin pole is nestled in the middle. The mast cradle is far enough forward to allow the spinaker pole to stay on while on the trailer. I 'dry sail' the boat so all I have to do is remove the bag and kite and leave the pole on the trailer.
Anyhow, I had the trailer sand blasted (it needed it bad), painted (roller) with primer and then paint (roller again), built the deck, reinstalled cradles, added new wiring/lights, a tongue wheel (used) and it is good to go. I find having a tube and box is really nice. The box holds all the stuff, dagger boards rudder etc and the tube protects the sails so no chafing.
My 18 trailer which I built in the early 90s is very similar but is a stacker (duh you can see the pic). It also has an older car topper on the front for jackets, harness, cooler etc. The thing I like is going to the lake with food and beer and all the sailing stuff is already there, makes it impossible to forget stuff (almost) I am fortunate to be able to stack the boats for the winter in a barn. The below pic is just after coming out of the barn and getting ready to put the nacra on the redone trailer.
If I were to do it again, I would never ever do a painted trailer again. The one I built is Hot dipped Galvanized and looks just as good today as it did when I built it. The redone trailer is the same age and was it terrible shape. Sorry if I am hijacking the topic.
I'd love to some up close pics of how your double stack is setup. I really need that on mine soon.
Dustin
Magna, UT
Prindle 18
RicardOben wrote: Sorry if I am hijacking the topic.
You're not threadjacking at all. I meant for this to be more of a show and tell rather than for me to show what I have done. I'm looking for ideas to make mine better all the time. I'm leaving for Florida in exactly 3 weeks and I'm oddly excited for the 1100 mile journey with the trailer. Now the only problem is that I have 2 free boats in the works (to be picked up next week) that I need to find a way to break them down and bring with me. If nothing else, I'll keep the good parts and give away anything that friends in Florida may need.
Quarath wrote: I'd love to some up close pics of how your double stack is setup. I really need that on mine soon.
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The Y frame of the trailer is not bent it is side welded to the long frame on each side. This leaves the ends open and allow the racks to slide in. There are holes in the racks and on the trailer for 1/2 inch hitch pins or bolts. The rack sits on the bottom of the tubing and bolts hold them, I never snug them to avoid crushing the tube, I use nylocs and they do the job. I can get pix of the racks in the am, if you click on the pic above it gets bigger and you can see the idea. What you can not see is the mast cradle has two mast racks. The Hobie 18 and trailer are already at the dry sail area so I will not get pix of that for a couple of weeks.
The down side is the trailer is heavier as all the tubing is thicker and stronger and I had to upgrade the axle and tires. All this is fine when you start from scratch but not so good when starting with a thin wall trailer with a light duty axle and light duty tires. I am running Trailer wheels and multi ply trailer tires in 13 inch. The tongue is longer, the cradles and rollers are further apart to accomodate the racks. The whole thing was built twice (more like 3 times), more holes drilled for light wiring, the axle is on a movable frame so I can get the tongue weight right, the main tongue is removeable so if it gets bent it can un bolt, the list of custom stuff goes on and on. I would not modify the new trailer to be a stack it is just not strong enough to start with. It was enough work that I did two and decided not to do any more than that. Even doing two I spent a grand on parts before galvanizing and that was in the late 80s (crap I am old) HTH, Ricardo.