SoCal Jet Boats

Tech Talk => Hulls => Topic started by: patha on July 19, 2009, 11:24:08 PM

Title: Lifting hull off trailer? and a floor question
Post by: patha on July 19, 2009, 11:24:08 PM: Need to fix a crack on the bottom but I can't get to it on the trailer. I suppose I have to pull my motor out to begin with. Its a 18' Challenger jet boat. What are my options, I don have an a frame, i do have a shop crane, and can probably fab something up. just need some ideas here.

also gotta cut some of the floor, not sure if it is wood or fiberglass?? i know in the backseat it is fiberglass flooring, is that available to buy in a sheet or what are my options there?
Title: Re: Lifting hull off trailer? and a floor question
Post by: 78centurian on July 19, 2009, 11:39:03 PM: get a group of guys and some beer and your good to go lifting it offa the trailer....and deffinetly pull the motor

as far as the floor it is plywood covered in fiberglass....actually we just replaced the floor in the challenger we are building
Title: Re: Lifting hull off trailer? and a floor question
Post by: Sanger Pete on July 20, 2009, 01:28:14 AM: I used 2 cherry pickers to, by myself, jack an 18' jetboat (no motor or interior, and drained tanks) off the trailer, turned it over and set it down on a dolly. Where in CA are you located?
Title: Re: Lifting hull off trailer? and a floor question
Post by: patha on July 20, 2009, 04:42:42 PM: so after i get it lifted, what should i set it on? or what parts of the boat do i set it on?
Title: Re: Lifting hull off trailer? and a floor question
Post by: Sanger Pete on July 20, 2009, 07:33:21 PM: I set mine down on a flat bottom boat dolly that I have so I could roll it around, but I have seen some set upside down on a number of strategically placed tires.
Title: Re: Lifting hull off trailer? and a floor question
Post by: Factory502 on July 20, 2009, 09:11:01 PM: Strip it, get friends, flip it, put it back on the trailer and start fixing that crack- let me try to post pics- Oh get lots of friends, those challengers are built like a Panzer- good luck if you have any questions PM me-

Bo
Title: Re: Lifting hull off trailer? and a floor question
Post by: patha on July 23, 2009, 11:01:28 PM: my boat is a 1/4 stringer. pulled the floor to fix a crack. the 2x4 that runs down the middle of the boat, is it structural or what? mine is waterlogged from the leak from the crack. looks like it can use replacing, how hard is it? or should i just let it dry nice and good and reglass it?
Title: Re: Lifting hull off trailer? and a floor question
Post by: sandeggo on July 25, 2009, 06:49:11 AM: shawn if you can flip it like bo posted pics of, it will be easier to fix, and you can really fix the problems from the ghost ride.
bo crack the whip on that thing and get it goin.
Title: Re: Lifting hull off trailer? and a floor question
Post by: patha on July 25, 2009, 12:02:40 PM: I'm on it August 7th I'll be there with the remodeled boat and some upgrades