restoration of 1990 Sweetwater

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kcdaniels
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restoration of 1990 Sweetwater

#1 Post by kcdaniels » Wed Jul 22, 2015 11:11 am

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 :donno ....
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1990 20' Sweetwater
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida

turbom700
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Re: lifting boat off trailer

#2 Post by turbom700 » Wed Jul 22, 2015 2:09 pm

Here is what I did,
I let the tounge of the trailer all the way on the ground then built this
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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.
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You then get this.
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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.

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Good luck

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Re: lifting boat off trailer

#3 Post by kcdaniels » Wed Jul 22, 2015 4:31 pm

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 :scared ...but it was all painted and looked sharp....

Dan
1990 20' Sweetwater
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida

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Re: lifting boat off trailer

#4 Post by COTTS4x4 » Wed Jul 22, 2015 7:30 pm

Here's how we got mine off!
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Re: lifting boat off trailer

#5 Post by kcdaniels » Wed Jul 22, 2015 7:42 pm

Nice !!!
1990 20' Sweetwater
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida

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Re: lifting boat off trailer

#6 Post by Bamaman » Wed Jul 22, 2015 8:00 pm

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.
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Re: lifting boat off trailer

#7 Post by kcdaniels » Thu Jul 23, 2015 7:47 pm

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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

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Re: restoration of 1990 Sweetwater

#8 Post by photonfanatic » Sat Aug 01, 2015 1:44 am

Can't wait to see the rest!! :drink2

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Re: restoration of 1990 Sweetwater

#9 Post by kcdaniels » Tue Aug 04, 2015 3:58 am

Well it's been raining every day...but is suppose to clear today... hopefully will be able to spray my logs and rail skins :nana Will post pictures if all goes well...
1990 20' Sweetwater
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida

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Re: restoration of 1990 Sweetwater

#10 Post by kcdaniels » Tue Aug 04, 2015 3:48 pm

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Primer sprayed !
1990 20' Sweetwater
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida

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Re: restoration of 1990 Sweetwater

#11 Post by kcdaniels » Tue Aug 04, 2015 3:49 pm

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1990 20' Sweetwater
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida

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Re: restoration of 1990 Sweetwater

#12 Post by kcdaniels » Tue Aug 04, 2015 3:53 pm

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And the final color :nana
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1990 20' Sweetwater
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida

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Re: restoration of 1990 Sweetwater

#13 Post by kcdaniels » Tue Aug 04, 2015 3:57 pm

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This was my inspiration...
1990 20' Sweetwater
1994 55 Suzuki 2 stroke
GPS 20 mph two people
Central Florida

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Re: restoration of 1990 Sweetwater

#14 Post by photonfanatic » Wed Aug 05, 2015 2:20 am

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!

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Re: restoration of 1990 Sweetwater

#15 Post by kcdaniels » Wed Aug 05, 2015 4:11 am

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 :nana
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

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