Jan 17. Trailer Bunks and Boat Smoothing

You've seen boat trailers. Most boats have rollers and bunks all over the place. Drift boats are really tough because of the multiple, huge supporting curves. You can rest the boat on two thwartwise bunks near the quarters of the boat. So the trailer is just a box with a hole in the middle. 

I just had to cut a be so in the 2x4 bunk to match the curve of the boat at that point. Easy. Haven't said that word much on this project. Rear bunk. 

Front bunk. It's screwed from beneath onto tabs I welded on the frame. 

The quarter inch step was looking a little silly hanging out there by itself, so I tacked on a 1" strap. That looks better, and it won't cut your leg off when you bang your shin into it. 

Meantime, I also put a coat of fill on the bottom of the boat to smooth out the edges of the 10 oz Fiberglas corner reinforcements. I had to wet sand this by hand. A machine sander heats up the plastic and it melts, gumming up the sandpaper in seconds. "Wax On, Wax Off". I'm actually getting pretty tough. 

I have the boat in garage door #3, and the trailer in garage door #1, and I'm timing work on each so that they will complete at the same time. Then I can put the boat on the trailer without on waiting for the other. 

And the trailer lights are installed. See?  Cool, angry trailer lights. Yeah.