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Jon and V Boat Conversions & Modifications
My 1985 PolarKraft project (HELP, I BROKE my boat! page 13)
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<blockquote data-quote="dixie_boysles" data-source="post: 216972" data-attributes="member: 2609"><p>I haz a MAJOR problem. Went fishing on the New River yesterday. Had a decent day fishing (6 boated). Finally got done fishing and was putting the boat on the trailer. i got the boat halfway on the trailer and then winched it the rest of the way up. Pulled the truck up to get boat ready for trailering. I do my usual walkaround of the boat (especially after smacking rocks in the river) and thats when I noticed something.</p><p></p><p>Apparently, when I winched the boat up the trailer, it broke the weld and was slowly pulling the front of the boat off like the top of a tin can!!! I dont have pics right now, but will get them today after work. Im so upset. Im hoping having it welded back will be strong enough.....</p><p></p><p>I dont know if its the location of my bow eyelet or what. I even have a backing plate behind the eyelet to help spread the stress out. I know the front of the boat sheet metal seemed kinda thin...bummer</p><p></p><p>this is an old pic but basically the red straight lines represents where the front has separated along the weld. the curved red line is location of eyelet.</p><p>In this build, I do not have an updated pic of where I changed the position of the eyelet to a vertical position and lower</p><p></p><p><img src="https://i694.photobucket.com/albums/vv308/dixie_boysles/boatpics006-1.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="dixie_boysles, post: 216972, member: 2609"] I haz a MAJOR problem. Went fishing on the New River yesterday. Had a decent day fishing (6 boated). Finally got done fishing and was putting the boat on the trailer. i got the boat halfway on the trailer and then winched it the rest of the way up. Pulled the truck up to get boat ready for trailering. I do my usual walkaround of the boat (especially after smacking rocks in the river) and thats when I noticed something. Apparently, when I winched the boat up the trailer, it broke the weld and was slowly pulling the front of the boat off like the top of a tin can!!! I dont have pics right now, but will get them today after work. Im so upset. Im hoping having it welded back will be strong enough..... I dont know if its the location of my bow eyelet or what. I even have a backing plate behind the eyelet to help spread the stress out. I know the front of the boat sheet metal seemed kinda thin...bummer this is an old pic but basically the red straight lines represents where the front has separated along the weld. the curved red line is location of eyelet. In this build, I do not have an updated pic of where I changed the position of the eyelet to a vertical position and lower [img]https://i694.photobucket.com/albums/vv308/dixie_boysles/boatpics006-1.jpg[/img] [/QUOTE]
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