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Matching angles (floor and sides), level, and square, oh my!
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<blockquote data-quote="acabtp" data-source="post: 258407" data-attributes="member: 5368"><p>when working on something, i level the whole boat and trailer at the attitude it would be at the boat would be at while in the water. it's easy and just takes three jackstands, a level and 3 minutes. one jackstand at each rear corner of the trailer and one at the tounge. then adjust their heights of the jackstands until the boat is sitting as you want it, checking with your level. since it's supported by the trailer, you can hop in and out to do whatever work you need. since it's level you can work faster because you can check for square with a simple bubble level rather than a bunch of measurements, and a direct reading from a level is more accurate than establishing an angle from multiple measurements to different parts of the boat which may not be square (old boats often have beat up bent gunwales).</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="acabtp, post: 258407, member: 5368"] when working on something, i level the whole boat and trailer at the attitude it would be at the boat would be at while in the water. it's easy and just takes three jackstands, a level and 3 minutes. one jackstand at each rear corner of the trailer and one at the tounge. then adjust their heights of the jackstands until the boat is sitting as you want it, checking with your level. since it's supported by the trailer, you can hop in and out to do whatever work you need. since it's level you can work faster because you can check for square with a simple bubble level rather than a bunch of measurements, and a direct reading from a level is more accurate than establishing an angle from multiple measurements to different parts of the boat which may not be square (old boats often have beat up bent gunwales). [/QUOTE]
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