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I had to get the inner liner out of the way so I made it mobile! I was able to pull it by myself (with a little effort) but now I can move it where ever I want at anytime. Here are the pics...


Space in the yard is at a premium. I'm glad nothing else can come off the boat, I'm about outa room!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...J/DSC00067.jpg

4 wheel indepentant steering! *;D I spent a little time at Home Depot trying to figure out what to use so I could make the wheels turn since the only wheels Harbor Freight had that would work didn't swivel...
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...J/DSC00068.jpg


Just another image of the same... To bad I couldn't get a pic of me pulling this contraption like a mule... yall would've loved that!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y19...J/DSC00069.jpg

Hammer, I dunno when I be able to post more pics of anything new, so I hope this holds you over for a while *;D

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Great Pics. and a great set up. Your like me. A man without a garage. :-[ ;D ;D ;D
So your going forward with the project. Sounds great. Your doing a Great Job. ;)

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I actually do have a garage, it's just not big enough... :'(

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WTH!!!

What are you doing to that poor boat? ;D

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I don't have a clue... ???

Maybe MTV will come by and pimp my boat...or something ::)

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JEFF,

you got a lot more courage than I do. I would be too afraid I was doing something wrong. :-/ But looks like you are on the right track ;D

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Good luck!!!


Im calling Xzibit for you now!! ;D

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What a GREAT IDEA!!...WHEELS!!...I like yer thinkin' 8) 8) ...did you see my motor-stand...assembled w/ all deck-screws(and some lags in strategic locations)...easy to take apart...now it's something else ;) ...


Good Work!!... ;D ...only thing I'da done different is run the wheel mount-blocks back to the angles for a little more stability... ;)...


That's WILD 8) ... Like havin' 3 boats in the yard 8) ;D ...

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good job jeff ;D

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Great idea and assenbly. Any pics of the inside yet? Billy Mac ;D

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That looks like some sort of contraption that Johnny Knoxville would use to somehow injure his nuts.

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Norton Snagger Approved!! ;D ...

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I think I mighta dropped one on the ground while trying to pull that contraption through the mud! :o ;D

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Ok, I have one more thing to build before I can get to work. I need to build a cradle for the hull so it wont lose it's shape while I'm cutting stringers and bulkheads out. Unlike the contraption on wheels, I'm a little more nervous about this part because this is where the shape of the boat comes from and I think if I screw this up the hull will end up with a twist. Any suggestions as to the best places to support the hull? I took it off the trailer last night and right now it's sitting on blocks. I've drawn a few ideas out on paper (everything always looks good on paper), but I'm unsure of the best points to support the boat. Right now I'm thinking either along the chines or the the first strakes in from the chines and the keel. Any suggestions?

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Looks good. Where did you find those wheels as I need 4 that size or bigger to move the shed in my back yard. I need some that do not swivel.

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None of the wheels swivel. You can find them at Harbour Freight, off of Military HWY (by Military Circle). They are rated at 300lbs a piece and cost almost 20 bucks a piece. If you want then to swivel, then you'll have to fabricate something for that (which is what I had to do).

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Thanks for the info and do they have some larger which mount the same way?

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Those were the largest I saw

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Ooops!!...I thought they swiveled, too!!...forget my comment about 'em earlier...SORRY ;D ...

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So whats the deal with your project? Has it come to a hult, waiting on the weather, posting new stuff I have missed, I think everyone is waiting for an up date. Does anyone know whats up?

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JeffX, whats the scoop brother. You loose the camera. ;D
Whats been going on with the V. ;D

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May be he got burnd out or spent all his extra cash building all those hoist and other things to hold the boat.

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What if you do 1/2 the stringers first, then when done do the 2nd half, this way you never losing the support?

Cut the ends on lets say a 45* angle and when front is glassed, attach the rear angle on top of that. It really is the glass that hold the boat, wood is there just for the mold. and to attach things to.