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colbysmith
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Are those load range c or d?  I'd be a little nervous just using 1/2". But has to roll better than on flat tires! Colby |
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jkidd
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| Posted: Sat Feb 05, 2022 8:19 pm Post subject: |
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Well it’s nine ply Baltic Birch should last the 30’ I have to move it. I bet I can push it by hand now. I thought about carving 2022 AD in them didn’t think about giving them a load range.
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colbysmith
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| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 3:48 pm Post subject: |
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Load Range B for Birch.  |
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jkidd
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| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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Got the load range B's mounted and does it ever sit low. Rolls nice and easy too.
Trailer back under the boat with 4 inches of clearance above the bunks.
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colbysmith
Joined: 02 Oct 2011
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| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 9:05 pm Post subject: |
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| Nicely done. I'm still impressed that only two 1/2" "wheels" didn't splinter under the strain. It'll be interesting to see how your paint holds up where the bunk boards go. Mine is already starting to wear off from loading the boat after many launches. More so where the bow runs up on the target boards. Colby |
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jkidd
Joined: 23 Oct 2006
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| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 9:52 pm Post subject: |
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| colbysmith wrote: | | Nicely done. I'm still impressed that only two 1/2" "wheels" didn't splinter under the strain. It'll be interesting to see how your paint holds up where the bunk boards go. Mine is already starting to wear off from loading the boat after many launches. More so where the bow runs up on the target boards. Colby |
Maybe 500 lbs per wheel they didn’t even have a problem when I slid then sideways to center the trailer. What paint are you using.
PS maybe I could carry some of them for spares. |
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colbysmith
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| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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| I used the Pettit Hydrocoat Ablative bottom paint. Cleaned the bottom off of much of the old stuff that wasn't put on very well before I bought the boat, and then painted over that. I think when I redo it, I may take it down to the fiberglass and start from there with an epoxy coat. I can't tell if there was any primer coat originally or not. Didn't seem like it when I worked on cleaning the other stuff off. Next time I may just take it to a boat yard. Otherwise I may use the sandblaster rather than the pressure washer. Then again, most my boating is fresh water, so other than for cosmetics while on the trailer, I probably don't really need to worry too much about it. |
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jkidd
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| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Was it the Pettit Hydrocoat Eco the waterbase paint? |
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colbysmith
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| Posted: Sun Feb 06, 2022 10:35 pm Post subject: |
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| Water based. But just the regular stuff, not the eco. |
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thataway
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| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2022 10:45 am Post subject: |
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| colbysmith wrote: | | I think when I redo it, I may take it down to the fiberglass and start from there with an epoxy coat. I can't tell if there was any primer coat originally or not. |
Colby, please do not go below the gel coat. The reason is if you get into the glass, then individual fibers are exposed. Then if some abrasions occurs, there will be wicking of moisture. This is the same reason I tell people not to sand blast the bottom. Using dry ice or some less aggressive media can be done, just to remove the bottom paint, and not the gel coat.
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colbysmith
Joined: 02 Oct 2011
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| Posted: Mon Feb 07, 2022 12:31 pm Post subject: |
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| Thanks Bob. I said fiberglass, but meant gelcoat. If I do it myself, probably just stick with the pressure washer and then sanding again... Colby |
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