Kriseffinger
Member
I joined this site last year after finding it by accident when looking for information on boat I was looking to purchase and I have to say that the information on this site is GREAT!!
Last year my wife and I decided to purchase a v-bottom boat for our annual vacation to northern Minnesota. This past year we pulled my 20 Ft Ranger Fiberglass boat 15 hours one way, needless to say we burned a little bit too much gas in the process!!! After looking for a month or so we found this beauty, albeit pretty rough and in desperate need of some serious TLC!!
The boat is a 1992 Alumacraft V-14 with a 1991 20HP Mariner motor; the previous owner put the boat on a 1967 Moody trailer that was originally made for a fiberglass boat and proceeded to "modify" it for its current application. As you can see from the pictures the trailer has several nice homemade additions, see wiring harness and guides for examples!!
The first improvement I made to the trailer was to add fenders and larger tires; I got lucky and scored 3 tires and 2 fenders all in perfect shape from a guy on craigslist for $110. My father in-law manufactured some brackets to attach the fenders to the trailer and the project began!!
I am a little late in posting information as I have the trailer almost completely done except for putting new carpet on the bunk boards which hopefully I will complete tonight.
I will continue to post updates and pics as I finish the trailer and start working on the boat.
Last year my wife and I decided to purchase a v-bottom boat for our annual vacation to northern Minnesota. This past year we pulled my 20 Ft Ranger Fiberglass boat 15 hours one way, needless to say we burned a little bit too much gas in the process!!! After looking for a month or so we found this beauty, albeit pretty rough and in desperate need of some serious TLC!!
The boat is a 1992 Alumacraft V-14 with a 1991 20HP Mariner motor; the previous owner put the boat on a 1967 Moody trailer that was originally made for a fiberglass boat and proceeded to "modify" it for its current application. As you can see from the pictures the trailer has several nice homemade additions, see wiring harness and guides for examples!!
The first improvement I made to the trailer was to add fenders and larger tires; I got lucky and scored 3 tires and 2 fenders all in perfect shape from a guy on craigslist for $110. My father in-law manufactured some brackets to attach the fenders to the trailer and the project began!!
I am a little late in posting information as I have the trailer almost completely done except for putting new carpet on the bunk boards which hopefully I will complete tonight.
I will continue to post updates and pics as I finish the trailer and start working on the boat.