How do I sand and paint underneath my hull with the trailer in the way

[Clarkman]

Hi guys sorry for all the questions but I'm re spraying my boat and was wondering now to do underneath with the trailer in the way , with my old boat I just put it on some truck tires but this boat is a lot heavier . Cheers guys

[Moonlighter]

What boat have you got? Impossible to advise you if we dont know how big heavy etc. More details!!

The best way for most boats is to gut it of all fittings, windscreens etc, drop it off the trailer and turn it over. Did my old Quintrex tinny that way. But of course the bigger the boat, the harder that is to do.

[Clarkman]

It's a 19ft half cabin mate ,not sure how heavy it is

[Clarkman]

Fibreglass

[midcoast learner]

It's a 19ft half cabin mate ,not sure how heavy it is

Sorry to jump in on this Clarkman but will also be interested in any advice . Looking at removing the old antifoul

[fandtm666]

slide it back off onto stands similar to ones i had mine sitting on for a while

We have also had a 25 sitting on them while we did some work on it

[fat-buoy]

From a safety perspective I would recommend putting it on the ground on tyres the same as you did the other boat... even spread of weight on the ground is better for the boat... and the external forces put on those stands would be enormous.. there is no cross bracing on them and they rely solely on the weld at the bottom to hold the weight of the boat up... they could do the job but it only takes one weld to fail when you are underneath doing your thing and you are gooooone! there is the issue of having the boats total weight supported by less points too... probs not that much of a concern but you don't want to stress the hull if you don't have to.

[macmac]

Hi, u may consider using auto rotisserie. Im not sure if u can hire one in your local area but u can DIY one. Search "auto rotisserie" from google and there are plenty of plans available for DIY. What all u need is basic welding skill.
Regards, Phil

[WalrusLike]

I personally would be ok with my boat offloaded onto tyres and laying one side upwards. More tyres down then tipped gently the other side when needed.

Anything else is just too risky to boat or owner I reckon.


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[wirlybird]

enging crane at the back and a stand at the front works a treat

[Tracker]

92872650 haines.2 blokes and one good water/sander blaster.(and plenty of beer.


that went well:-[

[Tracker]

92873

try again8-)

[Tracker]

one side done.:-*

92874

[Clarkman]

How did u get it off ur trailer ?

[Tracker]

92884finished:)

How did u get it off ur trailer ?

Multiroller trailer,just pushed it back to point of balance then put some tires under and drove(car) off.
To put back on lined trailer up and winched it on.
Just two of use.Just take your time.

[Clarkman]

Looks got mate and thanks for the help

[dreemon]

Did mine a bit different, rolled the boat off the trailer rollers 300 mm , brush painted a brushable flow coat in the spots the rollers sit ( mark the spots) let it dry then winched back to normal and brushed the rest, not the best way but worked ; )

[Tracker]

Did mine a bit different, rolled the boat off the trailer rollers 300 mm , brush painted a brushable flow coat in the spots the rollers sit ( mark the spots) let it dry then winched back to normal and brushed the rest, not the best way but worked ; )
We also had the problem of many coats of antifoul to get rid off.A real pain in the butt on a 6.5m boat.