restoration of 1990 Sweetwater
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restoration of 1990 Sweetwater
Ok a newbie question....lol... I'm starting my restoration on my 20' Sweetwater and I want to lift it off the trailer...how do I go about that ....
Last edited by kcdaniels on Thu Jul 23, 2015 7:56 pm, edited 1 time in total.
1990 20' Sweetwater
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida
Re: lifting boat off trailer
Here is what I did,
I let the tounge of the trailer all the way on the ground then built this
I then took a engine hoist and picked the tounge of the trailer up high enough so that when I let it down I could slide it out.
You then get this.
Once out I used a floor jack and picked each corner up a tiny amount and put 4x4 right under the pontoons in each corner. Then put a ton of cross braces.
Good luck
I let the tounge of the trailer all the way on the ground then built this
I then took a engine hoist and picked the tounge of the trailer up high enough so that when I let it down I could slide it out.
You then get this.
Once out I used a floor jack and picked each corner up a tiny amount and put 4x4 right under the pontoons in each corner. Then put a ton of cross braces.
Good luck
Re: lifting boat off trailer
Pictures worth a thousand words...lol... thanks for the post...started pulling the rails tonight...looks like the carpet going to come up a lot easy than I thought...
Guess I should rename this post as my restoration...my plan is to paint the toons along with the skin on the rails...made the mistake of going to Bass Pro and saw a $86 k pontoon ...but it was all painted and looked sharp....
Dan
Guess I should rename this post as my restoration...my plan is to paint the toons along with the skin on the rails...made the mistake of going to Bass Pro and saw a $86 k pontoon ...but it was all painted and looked sharp....
Dan
1990 20' Sweetwater
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida
Re: lifting boat off trailer
Here's how we got mine off!
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Re: lifting boat off trailer
Nice !!!
1990 20' Sweetwater
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida
Re: lifting boat off trailer
All it takes is some ingenuity. And a big oak tree to tie the back end to helps when you want to slide it off a trailer onto the ground. Hydraulic jacks also help.
'12 Bennington 24' SSLX Yamaha 150
Re: lifting boat off trailer
Well more progress today...rails removed...two layers of carpet up...the deck is sound but old glue and the left over carpet rubber backing is still down I'm thinking now I might go with vinyl on the deck instead of the 10X. Paint..also plan on painting the pontoons...
Dan
1990 20' Sweetwater
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida
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Re: restoration of 1990 Sweetwater
Can't wait to see the rest!!
Re: restoration of 1990 Sweetwater
Well it's been raining every day...but is suppose to clear today... hopefully will be able to spray my logs and rail skins Will post pictures if all goes well...
1990 20' Sweetwater
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida
Re: restoration of 1990 Sweetwater
Primer sprayed !
1990 20' Sweetwater
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida
Re: restoration of 1990 Sweetwater
1990 20' Sweetwater
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida
Re: restoration of 1990 Sweetwater
And the final color
Last edited by kcdaniels on Tue Aug 04, 2015 4:00 pm, edited 1 time in total.
1990 20' Sweetwater
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida
Re: restoration of 1990 Sweetwater
This was my inspiration...
1990 20' Sweetwater
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida
- photonfanatic
- Posts: 185
- Joined: Tue Jul 28, 2015 9:16 pm
Re: restoration of 1990 Sweetwater
So the black is just primer right? It would be super cool if you painted the fence to be the same color as the boat in that pic!
Re: restoration of 1990 Sweetwater
Yes the black was the primer....the brown is as close to the tracker boat that I saw in bass pro...as far as the skin at the last minute I decided to use the brown then bring contrast with stripes and maybe some graphics...
We did a lot of prep work on the logs before primer...so far I'm very happy with the top coat...been a long time since I have sprayed two part top coats...but I still got it
Waiting for the vinyl, but can do the under skining and will post more pictures as I go...
We did a lot of prep work on the logs before primer...so far I'm very happy with the top coat...been a long time since I have sprayed two part top coats...but I still got it
Waiting for the vinyl, but can do the under skining and will post more pictures as I go...
1990 20' Sweetwater
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida