Watercraft Trailer Maintenance

Wet down the lawn and smear butter on the pontoons; then hitch your young-uns to the front and tell 'em first one to the river gets ice cream

The Brits developed their own Landing Craft Tank (LCT) MK1 and II in 1940. Those were used in early British landing operations. After the US entered the war the MK III, IV, V and VI were jointly developed and built by the US and Britain from 1942 onward. The Brits developed the Landing Craft Machinery LCM in 1924 it was upgraded many times and used through WWII adopted by the US Army, the LCM was primarily for delivering large amounts of cargo to the beaches.

The USMC used the Higgins Boat, LCP-Landing Craft Personnel and LCVP (Vehicles and Personnel in the Pacific theatre). The only difference was the width of the ramp, the LCVP having a wider ramp. The British/Australians purchased some number of LCPL's-Landing Craft Personnel Large from the Higgins factory in Louisiana.

Jack it up, remove the wheel, pry off the center cap, remove the cotter pin and nut, then pull the bearings out with the hub. Note that some trailer bearings are sealed and replaced as an entire unit.

The trailer is the big variable here, but the my 20' pontoon boat weighs about 1600 pounds with all the furniture on. The trailer will probably weigh about 1600-1800 if it's made of steel, so about 3200 lbs is probably about right.

it's about 2,000 per month

First make sure that the outer tube and the inner tube groove are lined up. Sometimes these jacks get twisted and they are out of alignment. Next if it is a side wind jack then you have to check and make sure the gears are in good working order, they may have to be replaced.

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A winch post is where you mount either your manual, or electric winch. It also has the bow roller(s) or stop mounted there, and usually has the safety chains mounted to it.

They can be adjusted fore and aft for weight redistribution.

This is a fairly easy job. First you will have to pull the old strap off. Do this by releasing the winch lock, and pulling the strap off the spool all the way to the end. Be careful while you do this, as the winch handle will rotate while the spool is unloading. When you're down to the end of the old strap, remove the cross bolt securing it to the winch spool. Often times this bolt will need to be replaced due to rust or salt corrosion. Replace if needed. At this point, you need to measure the width of your old strap as well as the length. Your new strap should be of the same size. To install the new strap slide cross bolt through hole in side of spool, through the sewn-in loop in strap, out through hole in opposite side of spool. Don't forget to re-install nut on end of the bolt. While holding tension on the strap, begin to winch it onto the spool turning the handle in a clockwise direction. Once you have a couple of rounds winched on, flip your lock back on and continue winching while holding tension on strap. When all the strap is wound onto spool, slide hook in the bow eye of the boat and winch a few more turns until tight. Hope this helps.

They are geared drums that the cable winds around pulling what is attached.

In the old days we used a direct drive drive shaft off a manual transmission to the winch gear box to drive the winch. It was possible to do a Lot of damage to the machine if it was operated incorrectly.

More recently the winch is driven Hydraulically, either of the electrical system of the trucks but more commonly from an engine driven pump.

In Canada 2.6 meters (8 feet 5 inches)

In the UK 2.3

In the USA 8 feet 6 in most states 8 in some.

Seaplane pontoons are made of aluminum.This is an aircraft grade aluminum such as 2024-T3.

No little dude closed around 1970 and one of the owners, Oscar Brown opened Skipper B boat trailers and hired my grandfather who set up the factory for both companies. Frank p Jones. Little dude had factories in ft worth tx and delta Ohio. Skipper b was located in ft worth th and then moved to Joshua tx

usually every 2 years or 6,000 miles

Too little tongue weight can lead to an out of control swaying condition causing the tow vehicle and trailer to fishtail, leave the road, overturn, or hit other vehicles on the road. The ideal tongue weight is 9 to 15 percent of the gross weight of the entire trailer.

Mine weighed 410 lbs.

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Well, a steel trailer for a 17' boat will clock in at 500 lbs. An aluminum would probably come in around 300 lbs. The hull will definately be over 1000 lbs, and possibly up to 2000lbs. If it is a simple bowrider, I would say a good estimate WITHOUT a motor would be between 1500 and 1800 lbs. Most boats of this size use 85-120hp motors, which are normally around 300-400 lbs. I would say a good estimate will be between 2000 and 2500 lbs.

Poorly balanced wheels, too stiff a suspension, just a bad road in general.

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5 to 15%