Bye bye Jackstands …Followup

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Finally, correct upright supports were made, hot dip galvanized and installed.

CaryOn was pulled this morning (10/09) and she fits like a glove on the trailer. Unfortunately, although balanced on the trailer, the tongue weight came in at about 1600 lbs. which is too much for a standard pickup truck. The club has a tractor which can handle it with ease.

(We’re going to add one more forward support angled back to the top of the keel to help the forward bow just as a precaution.)

 

[kapnkd]

Finally, correct upright supports were made, hot dip galvanized and installed.

CaryOn was pulled this morning (10/09) and she fits like a glove on the trailer. Unfortunately, although balanced on the trailer, the tongue weight came in at about 1600 lbs. which is too much for a standard pickup truck. The club has a tractor which can handle it with ease.

(We’re going to add one more forward support angled back to the top of the keel to help the forward bow just as a precaution.)

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One more photo….

 

[Bolo]

Very nice! This made me recall a story I heard from an owner of a Cal 28 that I knew through my business contacts. He kept his boat on the Chesapeake Bay off of Middle River at a marina whose name I won’t mention. They pulled his boat and used the usual jack stands, positioning his boat side by side in line with others. Then the rains came and the mistake by the yard of not putting marine grade plywood “squares” under each jack stand to spread out the load became an issue. As the ground saturated a number of stands sank into the mud until one of more of the boats tipped over knocking the others in line down like dominos. All were deemed total losses. With your trailer this can never happen of course.

 

[kapnkd]

Very nice! This made me recall a story I heard from an owner of a Cal 28 that I knew through my business contacts. He kept his boat on the Chesapeake Bay off of Middle River at a marina whose name I won’t mention. They pulled his boat and used the usual jack stands, positioning his boat side by side in line with others. Then the rains came and the mistake by the yard of not putting marine grade plywood “squares” under each jack stand to spread out the load became an issue. As the ground saturated a number of stands sank into the mud until one of more of the boats tipped over knocking the others in line down like dominos. All were deemed total losses. With your trailer this can never happen of course.

What a nightmare!! …Our club specifically stated in the rules to use marine ply PLUS the stands must be chained together across and forward/aft.

 

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One more photo….
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And a couple more with the cover in place…all set for the coming winter!