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Roger Chambers

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Any good way to replace bunk boards in the driveway, so I don't have to take the boat to the lake and launch it. And what is best, lug screws or carriage bolts.
 
Sure, get your forklift out of the garage and lift up the boat, then replace your bunks. OK, I am being a smart @ss, but since your boat sits on the bunks, the only way to do it is to jack up the boat and put it on stands or do 1 side at a time.



TOXIC
 
Tox, loaned my forklift to a neighbor and he never brought it back so I can't use that LOL. Can you tell me the process of jacking the boat up. Braces? How to make?
 
It would be a lot easier to just take it to the lake and tie the boat up til' your done...it's a lot easier to get to everything. Have your boards carpeted and ready to go...didn't take me 15 minutes.

TEE
 
R. Chambers

I just did mine last fall before stowing for the winter. I took a floor jack and a 2x12. Wrapped the two by in towels and placed it under the hull and the jack under the two by twelve near the balancing point. Then jacked it up and made a support on each end of the boat incase "Murphy" let the jack down on me. You only need to get the boat up a few inches to slide the bunk off. Then remove the old carpeting if its still good reuse it if not use it for a pattern on the new carpet. Replace and thats aboutit.

fatrap
 
Fatrap, how long was the 2X12? I would think the weight of the boat resting on a small surface area may crack the glass.
 
I used a eight footer if you want you can jack up one end Then brace it with some stacked wood or a car jack then do the other end. It didn't bother on mine because the 2x12 was thick and long enough to distribute the weight. But do put something under the ends because if the jack slips or lets the boat down when the bunks are off it lands on the metal angle iron that the bunks are screwed onto. Then your screwed. Good luck

ftrap
 
R. - Check out the Bunk replacement project done by John Foster in the Grab Bag!!
 
I do it the way Tee said, it's the best way. Do you really want to chance something happening to the hull, by jacking it up? Get everything ready to go. Carpet the new bunks. bring your tools, and launch the boat, tie it up, replace the bunks, load it back on. Or go fishing, that's even better.
 
R-,

I would put mine in the water, take the dog and let him play in the water with my son until I was done. My luck would have it I would dump the silly thing in my driveway.....carlos
 
A long long time ago (mid 70's) I went to a tire retailer and got 14 to 16 old carcasses, got my buddy, backed the boat up to a tree tied the transon to the tree, sllloooowwwlllyy pulled the boat off the trailer and laid two (deep) tires on each side of the keel. Pulled the entire boat off the trailer and it rested on the tires. Crude but effective. Wet everything down when you get ready to winch it back on the trailer. Alot of elbow grease to get it back on though, take turns with your bud.

The boat I did was a 17 ft. Delta Pro (do they still make them?) with an 85 hp.

 
Lag bolts. Definately.

Although they're almost impossible to find - stainless, if you can.
 

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