family eliminator

« **on:** July 18, 2016, 12:18:16 AM »

my dad had this 1983 eliminator through his childhood and all through his college waterski team years, it got sold from the family a while back. my dad decided for my 18th birthday to hunt it down and buy it for me, best present ever. when it was found it was in a bit rougher condition than we remember but in the last couple months weve put plenty of blood sweet and tears into it

« **Reply #1 on:** July 18, 2016, 12:22:50 AM »

prime paint sand and polish anything i can!

« **Reply #2 on:** July 18, 2016, 12:27:55 AM »

taking the boat off the trailer super sketchy!!
sanding and painting the trailer in our homemade booth then recreated the stripes and redid all the births with carpeting and redid all the lights and wiring

« **Reply #3 on:** July 18, 2016, 12:31:11 AM »

finishing up the motor and putting interior back in
had to do all new bearings races and seals on all 4 wheels cant wait to get it to the river!!

« **Reply #4 on:** July 18, 2016, 03:42:57 AM »

Good job looks great and thanks for the paint booth idea lol. I need to do my trailer soon.

« **Reply #5 on:** July 18, 2016, 08:34:01 AM »

Nice job"" everything looks top notch. Great use of available resources and dig the mobile paint booth 😎👍

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« **Reply #6 on:** July 18, 2016, 09:25:10 AM »

Good looking boat. Trailer looks bitchen!

« **Reply #7 on:** July 18, 2016, 01:18:04 PM »

Quote from: RiverRat474 on July 18, 2016, 03:42:57 AM

Good job looks great and thanks for the paint booth idea lol. I need to do my trailer soon.

thanks! the paint booth was a jery rig special all duct tape plastic and staples

« **Reply #8 on:** July 18, 2016, 01:42:30 PM »

Quote from: smartalec on July 18, 2016, 01:18:04 PM

thanks! the paint booth was a jery rig special all duct tape plastic and staples

I have to say trailer looks great for a jery rig. I bet if you had extra time and the space. You could make some extra money painting a trailer or two. You have helped me out just seeing your pics. Thanks Andrew

« **Reply #9 on:** July 18, 2016, 09:12:59 PM »

How did you lift the boat off the trailer? I need to overhaul my trailer and trying to get ideas to seperate the two but no good ideas yet...

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« **Reply #10 on:** July 19, 2016, 12:48:21 AM »

Quote from: drogers87 on July 18, 2016, 09:12:59 PM

How did you lift the boat off the trailer? I need to overhaul my trailer and trying to get ideas to seperate the two but no good ideas yet...
jack the boat up in the rear and slide it off a little then we built wooden supports under the rear section of the boat. ratchet strap to the trailer and to the boat and ratcheted the trailer out from under the boat then jacked it up and built some more wooden supports. sounds complicated but pretty simple if you take your time!

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« **Reply #11 on:** July 20, 2016, 05:52:17 PM »

Awesome thanks for the tips. I appreciate the help.

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« **Reply #12 on:** July 20, 2016, 06:06:42 PM »

Quote from: drogers87 on July 18, 2016, 09:12:59 PM

How did you lift the boat off the trailer? I need to overhaul my trailer and trying to get ideas to seperate the two but no good ideas yet...

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I have seen guys stack bags of sand or manure or anything else with a tough bag that conforms slightly to the hull. A lot of weight to move around and a bunch of sand or $h!t kicking around after your done! But surprisingly makes a pretty steady foundation under the boat that you know won't fall over! Then just spread the crap around your yard when your done! LOL

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« **Reply #13 on:** July 20, 2016, 06:07:43 PM »

Nice job on the boat and trailer btw!!

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« **Reply #14 on:** July 21, 2016, 06:38:20 AM »

thanks! mayden voyage this weekend

« **Reply #15 on:** July 21, 2016, 09:46:35 AM »

Thanks crusader, didn't think of sand bags but makes perfect sense!

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« **Reply #16 on:** July 22, 2016, 11:06:29 PM »

first fire up in years!!!

« **Reply #17 on:** July 23, 2016, 09:11:34 AM »

Where you guys taking it out at

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« **Reply #18 on:** July 23, 2016, 10:21:26 AM »

probably piru for the day sometime sunday or monday but got a big havasu trip planned in august!

« **Reply #19 on:** July 24, 2016, 01:41:41 AM »

test tow went well

« **Reply #20 on:** July 24, 2016, 11:11:09 AM »

Awesome job

« **Reply #21 on:** July 24, 2016, 03:05:20 PM »

first time in the water in 5 years everything ran perfect

« **Reply #22 on:** July 24, 2016, 04:32:51 PM »

Congrats you guys hit the water and start skiing. Doesn't get any better than that.

« **Reply #23 on:** August 16, 2016, 05:15:15 PM »

havasu trip was perfect

« **Reply #24 on:** August 18, 2016, 02:22:10 PM »

Awesome job looks great!

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