my trailer rebuild project: not dial up friendly

[92 5 oh]

I've really been looking at getting some kind of boat for about a year and half but haven't had the time or money until recently when things started falling into place. about a 4 weeks ago my friend called me up and said he would give me $20 to haul off his hold boat trailer to dispose of it for him. He said he had the title, it needed some work but no boat. instead i asked him if he would let me have it instead of paying me to get rid of it, he said yes.   the trailer itself was in pretty good shape, very very few places with surface rust.  the trailer looks like it was painted over a few times, actually i believe i have counted 4 layers including the original.  everything was painted over, the lug nuts, hubs, nuts, bolts, rollers...you name it. i started taking off all the old bolts, pretty much every single bolt broke due to too much paint or surface corrosion.  needless to say, this took a lot longer than i planned, not to mention the weather wasn't cooperating sometimes. after talking to some friends who used a roll-in bed line on their 4x4's i decided to go ahead and paint the whole trailer with 2 coats (some areas with 3) of plasticoat roll in bed liner.  everything on the trailer is now replaced except the hubs,fenders, axle, springs and bunk/roller supports.  most of the nuts and bolts are galvanized accept a few odd sizes that i could only get in zinc.  the only thing i've got left to do is carpet the bunks and bolt then in place, adjust the roller height and bolt on the winch. i probably wouldn't do this again, it's been a lot more work than i anticipated but it's been fun.  i've got roughly about $200 tied into everything including new tires and wheels. so far the bed liner has held up well, actually better than i though. i've dropped a hammer and drillbit on the trailer and it didn't chip it or anything and today is day 3 of straight rain and doesn't seem to have any trouble with moisture.  the trailer is pretty heavy duty, it's 3" square tube for the main section, the areas that are 'C' shaped are pretty heavy guaged.  I also recently purchased a 15' spectrum that i will transfer to this trailer because it's in much better shape and stronger.  soon i'm hoping to get some pictures of the boat up.

i've got some better 'before' pictures that i can't seem to find right now, so here's what i got..hope everyone likes it

particially painted bottom side. birds like to poop on my tailer for some reason  >

almost complete

lights wired up (they look crooked in this pic for some reason). this is pretty much how it sits right now except i've got the jack on it now.

here is a scrap peice of metal i had, so i make an offset spare tire carrier. still needs to be drilled out and painted. i think i'm going to tack a wheel stud to the back of the smaller peice to hold the tire on.

don't be too harsh on my welding, i'm still learning.

and finally here is the boat that i got for $1350, ill try to post more pictures on the boat as it comes along.

thanks for looking, let me know what you think!

steve

[Splat]

Hey man looks good. Almost brand new infact. Those are some welds on that spare tire holder  ;D

Bill

[CPT Scrap]

trailer looks really good, like new.  but did you remove all the paint and start from the bare metal, or jus cover the old paint?  i only ask cuz ive had projects where i failed to remove all the old paint, and the new paint just fell of w/the old.  of course with the bed liner material, you probably wont have to worry about it.

Hope it works for ya!

[Kevin Davis]

looks real good!!