Trailer restoration

[John Doerfler]

Hello guys, been away for a while but I have moved onto restoring my trailer today.  Got the old girl of the trailer with 9 cement blocks, a floor jack, some wood shims and some carpet.  Got to be honest I was sweating bullets but it was a success.  Getting her media blasted and powdercoated next week.  Should look great when I get done.  Will post some pics.  Later
John Doerfler

[phil]

Hi, How did you manage to hoist the boat?

[John Doerfler]

Well, I started by lowering the nose of the trailer to the floor.  Then I placed concrete blocks at the two rear corners of the boat and also placed some wood and carpet on the concrete blocks for support.  Then with a automotive floor jack I raised the front of the trailer until the rear supports took the weight of the rear half of the boat off the trailer.  Once I had the rear part of the boat off the trailer I began placing a support under the keel of the boat.  Placement of that support is important because you will need to have enough room to lower the boat onto that then move the trailer forward until it hits the support then you get the floor jack and raise the boat with some wood and carpet on it and continuously raise and lower the boat while moving the trailer forward past the axle and the prop guard.   
     Sorry if it is confusing but I dont know how to explain it.  Basically, the back of the boat was supported at all times and I placed supports under the keel in various positions to move the trailer forward a little at a time until I was able to get her out.  I will post some pictures to show you guys how I did it.  It worked great!

Does anybody know what color of carpet came on the trailers of an 83 American Skier and what type of wood was used.  Thanks!
John Doerfler

[John Doerfler]

I had trouble loading the images of the boat of off the trailer in the post section so I put them in my album.  Later
John Doerfler

[Mike Harry]

This could very well be a stupid question, but I must ask....... my boat has picking loops, or lifting eyes, or whatever you want to call them. This is how I moved my boat around off of the trailer for paint and resto.......

Do they not all have lifting eyes? Was that an option I overlooked?

[John Doerfler]

Hey Mike,
     I have never heard of lifting eyes.  My boat has metal loops for tied downs at the rear but I dont think they could be used to lift the boat.  Besides the method I used didnt require the use of a hoist to lift the boat.
John Doerfler

[Joel]

Those are EXTRA!!!       Not all of 'em have 'em...   

[Mike Harry]

After a further look into my build sheet, it appears they were an option.  It wasn't checked on my sheet but I do have them.