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Bill - Mine's 32 x 40. But, as those who've been here will attest, it has a very large, floored attic where the parts from several pickups are stored - along with engines, transmissions, spare steel sheet and pipe, and some tools. But it isn't big enough when the Bee is inside awaiting restoration. So a pad with a roof is going up behind the shop. And, even the lift constrains things a bit, as shown below:
Brad - I didn't doubt Rusty could do it, but just how well was questionable. Can't wait to see how Dad's will do. I'm thinking that 400/ZF combo will be a bit stronger.
As for the driveway, the crossover works fairly well, but the brick pillars at the street are a problem. The angle the street makes with them, as well as the pair on the other side of the street, makes the turn in when coming from the entrance of the neighborhood impossible. So we have to go to the other end of the neighborhood and come back. And even then the turn is close - yesterday we literally had 1" of clearance between the trailer's left fender and the brick column. The trailer is 1' longer in the tongue than it needs to be, so I think I'll shorten it this summer while the boat is in the slip. Should help the turn-in a bit.
How do you go backing it in off the road, you can pivot it in a lot tighter that way. I love a long "a" frame on a trailer makes em nice and stable, and less twitchy to reverse. Be a shame to mod the trailer if you don't have to.
Yes, she's tight. Luckily I won't have to put it in the shop often. It'll stay in the slip at the lake and then in the storage area behind the shop in the winter.
But, I won't mod the frame - yet. My Plan B is to drop the trailer in the street, hook up my garden tractor, and pull it in that way. The tractor can turn extremely tight, so I can clear the brick columns pretty easily. And, since I live in a small neighborhood dropping the trailer in the street for a few minutes is not a problem.
Jim - It must be quite a sight seeing the little garden tractor pulling the boat. But, the neighbors may be used to it as I've pulled the '50 Chevy and several 80 - 86 trucks with it, as well as three different trailers for bringing those trucks home. However, not much of them is stored in the "holler", as it is said down here. Instead, there must be at least two pickups-worth of parts in the attic.
Matthew - Yep. And, hole in the water into which you through money. But, it'll be fun doing it.
They say the two best days are the day you buy your boat, and the day you sell (or sink) it!
Very true, as I've bought and sold several. Oddly enough, I've never been in a boat as big as this one. But, I have a family of 9 at the moment, so went with a boat that'll handle 10 people. That way I can take everyone in one go.
And, oddly enough, whomever spec'd this boat ticked all of the boxes I would have ticked. For instance, trim tabs were included. And, the twin, counter-rotating props. But the best part is the 377 cube 320 HP Chevy engine. Anyone know how you get to 377 inches in a Chevy?
Tooling down the street with a boat on a trailer, towed by a garden tractor...
Barefoot, in overalls with a straw hat and toothless grin completes the look Gary.
The neighborhood he lives in could very easily fit that description... it's missing the random, stray goats & alpacas and strategically-placed, hand-operated water pumps & wells and the occasional pile of garbage, but, other than that, his neighborhood is real accommodating to that kind of thing.
The neighborhood he lives in could very easily fit that description... it's missing the random, stray goats & alpacas and strategically-placed, hand-operated water pumps & wells and the occasional pile of garbage, but, other than that, his neighborhood is real accommodating to that kind of thing.
Plus, they don't seem to mind WHO comes for a visit! Huh, Chris?
I know you are jesting, but it is a somewhat laid-back neighborhood. However, there are some things that haven't been accommodated. A neighbor down the street was planning to have an unusual animal as a pet, something like an alpaca, and another neighbor explained that doing so would be against the covenants, so they didn't. But, above-ground pools are also against the covenants and there are at least two of those ugly things.
I've personally stayed with the letter of the covenants. My shop cost far more to build because I made it look like the house and included brick on the front and wainscoting on the back and sides - to meet the covenants. But, not all have done that. And, since we don't have a homeowner's association we have no recourse…
The trailer is 1' longer in the tongue than it needs to be, so I think I'll shorten it this summer while the boat is in the slip. Should help the turn-in a bit.
