Could you tell me the details of jacking the boat up and getting it off the trailer. I need to do the same with my M17, want to paint the boat, & do some repair on the trailer, & I. have been reluctant to start. What type jack did you use, where did you place it, & how did you block the boat up? How do you get the trailer out from under the boat with the jack in place? Appreciate your input.
Wayne M17 #204 ----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: ">Mboats<" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 17, 2002 4:24 PM Subject: M_Boats: trailer refurb and a question on winch location. Well, wish me luck....Am in the process of a trailerectomy. Last time I jacked the boat up off the trailer; this time I'm jacking up the whole kit and caboodle, then blocking the boat and lowering the trailer. We'll see which is easier. 'Twould be nice to have slings and a hoist but alas I have none (next time around I hope to!). Just picked up the sandblaster. Bought some steel from work to replace the tongue tube and add keel rollers (will have 4 instead of 1) and keel guides. Thanks everyone for sending in their pictures of their guides (and Doug for adding them to the web page), it helped me see how I'd like to do them. Hopefully by this time tomorrow the trailer will have that stuff and a coat of primer on it. *******Question in this paragraph******Right now, there is a 2.5" x 2.5" square tube sticking up from the tongue tube. On top of that is a 3" or 4" (can't recall just what it is) channel with both legs facing down. The winch is mounted on top of that and there is a V-block at the aft end of the channel for the bow of the boat. The V-block contacts the bow a couple of inches below the bow eye. Does anyone have a better arrangement? Thanks much, Tod _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats _______________________________________________ http://mailman.xmission.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/montgomery_boats
